SOC 2 Certification Consultancy
Punyam.com provides the services of experienced SOC 2 Consultants to help service organizations achieve SOC 2 Certification. Companies that handle or stores customer data, technology service provider or SaaS companies, their partners, third-party vendors, or support organizations that those firms work with, can take our SOC 2 Consultancy service to achieve and maintain SOC 2 compliance in order to ensure the integrity of their information/data systems and controls. Although SOC 2 is a voluntary framework, in present scenario of data security and cybercrime, every service organization should go for SOC 2 Certification.
SOC 2, i.e., Systems and Organization Controls 2, is a voluntary cybersecurity compliance framework developed by the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) for service organizations. SOC 2 compliance allows organizations to enhance their overall cybersecurity and provide assurance to stakeholders, customers, and prospective clients. SOC 2 specifies how organizations should handle customer data. SOC 2 specifies the criteria called Trust Services Criteria (TSC) — Security, Availability, Processing Integrity, Confidentiality, and Privacy. Fulfilling these criteria is required to maintain robust information security, allowing companies to adopt the practices and processes relevant to their own objectives and operations. The main focus of SOC 2 is to show that you have the internal security controls in place to protect customer data.
Following are the steps, that Punyam follows for SOC certification in any organization in India:
- Micro-level survey of the existing system.
- Prepare the documentation.
- Conduct awareness programs for information security controls (top + middle + bottom level).
- Form a steering committee and task force for documentation.
- Identify and define the process approach.
- Define policy and establish objectives.
- Carryout vulnerability assessment and penetration testing( VAPT)
- Prepare documents for the information security management system.
- Implementation & train of all personnel in the use of procedures & formats.
- Training for the employee on risk evaluation and mitigation
- Training for internal auditors.
- Assess the system through the first internal audit.
- Take corrective actions for non-conformities.
- Identify assessment body and make contract with them
- Avail pre-certification gap audit of certifying body.
- Take action on suggestions given by them.
- Final audit by SOC 2certification body.
- Get SOC 2 compliance report for type 1 or type 2.
- Makes it easier to demonstrate your data security standards to external stakeholders.
- Demonstrates that you have a robust operational risk management.
- Assures your customers and that their data/information is protected from unauthorized access (both from within and outside the company).
- In case of security incidents, you will be able to identify, assess, and mitigate the threat through tight security controls.
- Gives valuable insights on how and where to improve your operations and reduce the risk of security breaches.
- Your company will have better idea of sensitive data and controls to be implemented, risk assessment processes, and policies to protect data.
- You’ll have tools in place to recognize threats and alert your customer, supplier, partner, etc. so they can evaluate the threat and take necessary action to protect data and systems.
- Competitive advantage, and trust of all interested parties
SOC 2 compliance is evaluated for each organization using two reports— SOC 2 Type I and SOC 2 Type II.
Type I
- Contains descriptions of the service organization’s system(s) and the suitability of the design of controls for the time of audit (Single point in time).
- Type 1 compliance evaluates an organization’s cybersecurity controls at a single point in time.
- Type 1 audits and reports can be completed in a matter of weeks.
- Companies who want to demonstrate SOC 2 compliance immediately can opt for Type I report as this report can be generated faster and more easily.
Type II
- Covers everything in Type I along with descriptions of the operating effectiveness of those controls for specific period for example 1-year data is verified.
- Ensures that the company complies with the standard’s requirements and it has sufficient processes and controls in place to mitigate risk.
- Demonstrates that the security processes and procedures are in place and effective over a period of time, not a single point in time.
- Ensures the safety and privacy of customers’ data.
- Appropriate for companies who want or need to demonstrate SOC 2 compliance on an ongoing basis.
Our Strength for Information Security Management System Consultancy
- We have a team of highly- experienced ISO consultant and globally certified lead auditors for Consulting Services
- Our team is having graduate/master degree of Engineering/management having more than 15+ years of experience in management system implementation for clients.
- Our consultants provide handholding support to clients in development and implementation of policies, plans, controls, documentation and record-keeping as well.
- 100+ Information Security Management System implementation in various industries in 10+ countries.
- Implemented 7000+ Man-days ISMS projects successfully
- We follow the latest standard industry best practices for ISMS implementation
- 100+ Editable documents for various management systems have been sold to our global clients
- 1000+ personnel of clients and other individuals trained by our ISO 27001 consultants for awareness, system implementation and auditor training through online/class room.
- Our ISMS consultants work with more than 50 leading International & National Certification Bodies such as BV; BSI; TUV; DNV; SGS; Lloyds; ISOQAR; NABL; IAS; UKAS, etc.
- Our clients had got benefits of continuous improvements and business excellence with use of our practical approach in consultancy projects.
- In our ready to use ISMS documentation package we provide 150+ editable sample document templates with more than 400 pages.