The SOC 2 Policy Suite: What You Need
The minimum policy set required for a SOC 2 audit — information security policy, access control policy, acceptable use, change management, incident response, vendor management, business continuity, and data retention — with the content requirements for each.
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Writing the System Description
How to write the SOC 2 system description — the narrative overview, infrastructure components, software, people, data, and procedures that together constitute the system in scope — and the common errors that generate auditor qualifications.
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Risk Assessment Documentation
How to document the SOC 2 risk assessment — risk identification methodology, risk register format, fraud risk assessment, and the link between identified risks and the controls that treat them — in a format that satisfies both CC3 and auditor evidence requests.
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Employee Training and Awareness Documentation
The training and awareness requirements across the Trust Services Criteria — security awareness training, role-specific training for staff with privileged access, phishing simulation, and the training records that auditors request as evidence.
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Incident Response Policy and Procedure
Building an incident response procedure that satisfies CC7 — from detection through classification, response, notification, post-incident review, and evidence retention — with the specific documentation artifacts that SOC 2 auditors test.
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Vendor Management Policy and DPA Templates
The vendor management policy, vendor risk tiering methodology, due diligence questionnaire template, contractual security requirements, and sub-processor notification procedures that satisfy CC9 and client contractual obligations.
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Evidence Retention and the Audit Trail
How long to retain SOC 2 evidence, which evidence types must be contemporaneous (cannot be reconstructed after the fact), how to organize the evidence library for efficient auditor review, and the GRC platform features that automate evidence collection and retention.
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