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In May 2026 the AICPA told peer reviewers to look for identical SOC 2 reports, samples and test steps. Here are the questions a startup should ask a CPA firm before signing.
You shipped an LLM feature and now your SOC 2 system description has a new vendor in it. How to scope the model API, prompts, logs and model changes without overcommitting.
A CTO at a 20 to 60 person company usually owns more SOC 2 controls than anyone else. Here is the map from criteria group to system, owner and evidence.
You are the first security hire at a company with a SOC 2 deadline. What to do in days 1 to 30, 31 to 60 and 61 to 90, based on what auditors actually test.
Your company is going through SOC 2 and the auditor wants managers, not just IT, to sign off on access. The five recurring duties an engineering manager picks up.
A daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual calendar of SOC 2 evidence tasks, with owners and what to save. Works with a spreadsheet, a ticket tracker or a platform.
Auditors sample new hires for background checks, policy acknowledgments and access approvals. How to keep that evidence while following the FCRA steps the FTC and EEOC describe.
Auditors compare HR termination dates to account deactivation dates. A monthly reconciliation catches the contractor and the forgotten tool before the sample does.
Memory misses vendors. Your identity provider, card statements and OAuth grants do not. A three source method to build the register an auditor will sample.
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