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SOC Readiness Assessment

Evaluate your current security controls across core SOC 1 and SOC 2 criteria. Get an instant readiness score and customized recommendations to close control gaps.

Self-Assessment

Is your company ready for a SOC 2 audit?

Preparing for a SOC audit can feel overwhelming. This interactive tool helps you identify security control gaps, estimate your compliance readiness, and build an actionable plan to prepare for a successful examination.

Takes 2 Minutes 8 simple, high-impact questions.
Instant Score Immediate visual feedback of your readiness tier.
Tailored Action Plan Get customized recommendations based on your responses.

About the SOC Readiness Assessment

This self-assessment tool is designed for SaaS founders, product engineering leads, fintech teams, and operations directors who need to determine if their organization is prepared for a formal System and Organization Controls (SOC) audit.

By answering high-level questions based on key requirements of the AICPA Trust Services Criteria (TSC), you can quickly locate gaps in your access security, change control systems, backups, vulnerability management, and organizational policies before bringing in an independent auditor.

Assessment Categories & Controls

Our assessment evaluates eight fundamental areas of your control environment that auditors examine during a SOC 2 audit or a SOC 1 audit:

1. Access & Authentication (MFA)
Ensuring that Multi-Factor Authentication is enforced across all endpoints, identity providers, version control platforms, and cloud production environments. MFA mitigates credential-based risks and is a non-negotiable baseline for auditors.
2. Identity Management
Documented controls for user lifecycle management, including role-based access approvals, annual privilege reviews, and immediate (within 24 hours) revocation of access upon employee termination.
3. System Development & Change Control
Segregation of duties in code repositories, ensuring that all production deployments, infrastructure adjustments, and database schema updates require peer review and approval prior to release.
4. Data Protection & Backups
Daily automated backups of critical client-facing databases, utilizing encryption in transit and at rest, and validating recovery via an annual restore drill.
5. Security Operations (SecOps)
Continuous automated vulnerability scanning across infrastructure and code libraries, backed by annual independent penetration tests and documented patch management policies.
6. Incident Management
A formalized incident response plan, tabletop simulation records, and incident tracking registers that log containment, remediation, and lessons learned.
7. Security Culture & Awareness
Security awareness training modules assigned to all active employees and contractors upon onboarding and refreshed at least once a year.
8. Governance & Risk Management
Formal risk assessments performed by leadership annually, along with an annual review and board/executive approval of all corporate security policies.

Scoring Methodology

Your score is calculated mathematically by evaluating each of the eight control categories equally:

  • Category Weight: Each category is worth exactly 12.5% of the total score (100% / 8 categories).
  • Implementation Value:
    • Fully Implemented (Yes): Scores 100% of the category value (12.5 points).
    • Partially Implemented (Partial): Scores 50% of the category value (6.25 points).
    • Not Implemented (No): Scores 0% (0 points).
  • Non-Gameable Framework: While a higher score indicates greater preparedness, this self-assessment does not evaluate detailed sub-criteria. An auditor checks physical and digital evidence (logs, screenshots, tickets) for each item during the audit.

What Your Score Represents

⚠️ What it represents:

A directional gap analysis indicating whether your technical controls and documentation align with AICPA standards. Use it to prioritize your remediation efforts.

❌ What it does NOT represent:

This self-assessment does not constitute a formal audit, guarantee a clean opinion, or represent a CPA-signed attestation. A formal SOC readiness engagement is needed to validate evidence compliance.

Sample Output & Tiers

Score Range Status Tier Primary Next Steps
85% – 100% Highly Ready Initiate formal audit scoping, define boundaries, map controls.
60% – 84% Moderate Gaps Remediate missing controls, establish restore drills, draft policies.
0% – 59% Action Required Enforce global MFA, set up peer approval flows, build basic policies.

Need help preparing for an audit?

Expert Insights provides custom pre-audit consulting and formal SOC examinations to help your business satisfy customer trust requirements.

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