The ONE thing every business owner must do before starting SOC 2 compliance

The Gap Analysis report is hands down the most valuable tool for your company’s compliance health. In my experience, most companies abandon their compliance efforts if they don’t start with a Gap Analysis. 

It’s understandable—without a Gap analysis, you don’t know where to focus your resources or what needs fixing.

One of the biggest frustrations I hear from business owners working toward SOC 2 readiness is not knowing where the gaps are or just how "bad" their compliance program is. And by "bad," I mean how much time and money it's going to take to get it in shape to pass a Vendor Risk Assessment—or even an audit.

Typically, the solution is to hire a consultant for an initial Gap Analysis. They’ll prepare a report highlighting all the gaps, and then you can start remediation and implementation. But by the time you're done, you're out $3k-$5k, and you’ve lost 4 weeks (on average) between finding a consultant, signing a contract, workshops, and waiting for the report.

I’ve always thought that bringing projects to readiness assessments feels super repetitive and doesn’t really require much thought. A consultant asks tons of questions from a massive spreadsheet, writes down the answers, and creates a report—without much (human) intelligence involved.

It’s always seemed like this process could be highly automated, providing a better experience, faster results, and a clear roadmap, all at a fraction of the time and cost. Why wait four weeks and spend $3-5k?

Earlier this year, I worked with a fintech startup whose founder, being super tech-savvy, asked if I had an automated tool to streamline their assessments and track progress more objectively. 

That’s when the idea for the SOC 2 Readiness Assessment Tool was born. Over the past few months, I’ve been refining the best questions to assess a company’s SOC 2 readiness. I’m about to kick off the private beta phase next week, offering the first 5 to 10 sign-ups a massive 70% discount—because I’d love to get quick feedback.

You can join the waitlist here: https://www.soc-2-compliance.com/readiness

Until then,

Adam