SOC 2 – CC2, 4, & 5 Best Practices
For a smooth SOC 2 process, companies should ensure controls are accurate, efforts are effective, and responsibilities are communicated. Without these, the rest of your program will likely run into [...]
Risk3sixty Successfully Completes SOC 1 and SOC 2 Peer Review
Successful completion of the security and compliance process is an affirmation of risk3sixy’s quality assurance processes using their proprietary Phalanx GRC platform. ATLANTA – October 11, 2022 - Risk3sixty, a [...]
CC1 Best Practices
Imagine you are working on your SOC 2 report and trying to ensure you meet the CC1 (Common Criteria) controls. Most of these are met by performing corporate strategy [...]
HITRUST i1 vs SOC 2: What’s The Difference?
SOC 2 vs HITRUST i1 SOC 2 is a reporting framework developed and maintained by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), and as such, a SOC 2 report [...]
3 Steps to Get Started with SOC 2
So, you’ve decided to get a SOC 2 Report (SOC 2 Attestation). However, you aren’t sure where to begin. This article details what you need to know before you start, [...]
8 Improvements to Apply Before your SOC 2 Gap Assessment
Before starting on your gap assessment, there are a few improvements that you can put in place to make your remediation period go by quicker and allow your team to [...]
How risk3sixty Uses SOC 2 to Demonstrate HIPAA Compliance
The AICPA-designated SOC 2 framework is used to express an opinion on controls over security, privacy, availability, confidentiality, and processing integrity for many different systems, organizations, and environments. In addition [...]
How to Read a SOC 2 System Description
In this blog, we’ll dive into one of the most important parts of a SOC 2 report, the SOC 2 System Description! During your due diligence process, a vendor sends [...]
SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria That Apply to Your Business
A guide to the Trust Services Criteria Knowing when to include the various SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria (TSC) (also, criteria) can seem like a daunting task, but it does [...]
SOC 2 Success in 5 Simple Steps
How can you ensure success for your company’s SOC 2 initiative? Here are 5 Steps to SOC 2 success – best practices and lessons learned from the field! I have [...]