SOC Audit & SOC Compliance

Risk Assurance & Advisory

System and Organization Controls (SOC) audits completed efficiently and effectively to show your clients their data is protected.

Our Approach

Responding to ad hoc security requests from current or potential clients requires extensive time and resources. Employ the latest automation technologies and leading methodologies to complete fast and quality SOC audits proactively.

Our Services

SOC Audits & Assessments

Here’s what the different types of SOC audits do for your organization:

Identifies any weaknesses in your control environment before an audit to give you time to remediate issues in advance.

Displays the controls at a service organization relevant to a user entity’s internal control over financial reporting. Generally used to satisfy Sarbanes-Oxley compliance requirements.

Reports on controls at a service organization relevant to security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality or privacy. Provides comfort to your customers over selected controls.

Trust Services Report similar to SOC 2 but with less detail. Compliance allows you to publish a seal of compliance on your website.

Provides a trusted opinion on a set of policies, processes and controls in place to prevent cyberattacks against industry best-practice benchmarks.

Applies your internal SOC standards to evaluate your vendors to give your stakeholders confidence in the control environment of your supply chain partners.

Testimonials

Our overall experience with the Armanino team in the conduct of our SOC audits continues to be exceptional. The approach, methodology and tools they utilize drive an effective and efficient process and the professionalism and expertise of the team is top notch. They focus on what matters and have helped us think about how we continue to evolve and strengthen our processes and controls.

Pamela Glick

CEO, SyncHR

Armanino provided an ideal experience for us with their speed and efficiency thanks to their knowledgeable and diligent team. Their insight and guidance was very helpful and appreciated! We look forward to working with them again.

Cole S. Otto

Senior Security Analyst, Inflection

Industries

When a SOC partner doesn’t know the ins and outs of your business it can lead to a drawn-out engagement or jeopardize the security of customer and internal data. Working with a team that has expertise in your industry can improve your control programs and compliance with various SOC guidances. We’ve helped companies in numerous industries successfully achieve their SOC objectives.

Partner

Patrick Hall, CPA, CISA

Patrick is a partner in the Risk Assurance & Advisory practice leading the firm’s SOC and HITRUST practices.

San Ramon, CA

Partner

Greg Smith, CPA

Greg is a partner in Armanino’s Risk Assurance and Advisory practice.

St. Louis, MO

Partner

Ryan Goodbary

Ryan Goodbary is an experienced auditor and CPA who helps clients boost productivity and develop compliant workflows.

Austin, TX

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Article

Data Governance: A Guide for Managing Enterprise Risk

Learn why proper data governance is a critical component of managing enterprise risk.

August 03, 2023

Webinar

Demystifying SOC 2 for Small Businesses

Learn why a SOC 2 audit is important for startups and small businesses.

December 2, 2021 | 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM PT

Attaining SOC 2 Report Success of SaaS Companies

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Attaining a SOC 2 Report Is Vital to the Success of SaaS Companies – Here’s Why

Reinforce your control system security and differentiate your business from competitors by securing SOC 2 compliance.

October 18, 2021

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Microsoft Supplier Security and Privacy Assurance (SSPA) Program

The Microsoft SSPA initiative (formerly known as Vendor Privacy Assurance Program compliance) is designed to standardize and strengthen the handling of Microsoft customer, partner, and employee personal information by Microsoft vendors worldwide. Microsoft vendors who collect, store or process customer, partner or employee personal information are required to comply with the program.

Shared Assessments Program

As the trusted source in third party risk assurance, the member-driven Shared Assessments Program has been setting the standard in third party risk assessments since 2005. Shared Assessments Program members work together to build and disseminate best practices, building resources that give all third party risk management stakeholders a faster, more rigorous, more efficient means of conducting security, privacy and business resiliency control assessments.

AICPA SOC for Service Organizations

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) provides information to user auditors and service auditors on understanding and performing SOC for service organization engagements.

HITRUST CSF™ Assessor by HITRUST™

Armanino is approved to provide services using the HITRUST CSF™, a comprehensive security framework that addresses the multitude of security, privacy and regulatory challenges facing organizations to comply with healthcare (HIPAA, HITECH), third-party (PCI, COBIT) government (NIST, FTC) and other industry specific regulations and standards.

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