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SOC 2 Readiness Assessment

Answer 12 questions across policies, access controls, technical safeguards, and operations to get your readiness score and a prioritized gap analysis.

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What This Assessment Measures

This readiness quiz evaluates your organization across four critical SOC 2 domains: policies and governance, access controls, technical safeguards, and operational processes. Each area maps directly to the controls auditors examine during a SOC 2 engagement.

Policies and governance covers your written security policies, risk assessment process, and incident response planning. Access controls examines MFA enforcement, periodic access reviews, and background checks. Technical controls looks at encryption, logging, and change management. Operations evaluates vendor management, security training, and business continuity planning.

Understanding Your Readiness Score

A score of 75 percent or higher indicates strong SOC 2 readiness. Your organization likely has most foundational controls in place and can move directly into evidence collection and auditor engagement. Focus on strengthening any partial items before scheduling the audit.

Scores between 50 and 74 percent mean you have meaningful progress but gaps remain. Expect 4 to 8 weeks of remediation work before you are audit-ready. Prioritize critical gaps first since auditors will flag these as exceptions.

Below 50 percent signals significant work ahead. Organizations in this range typically need 8 to 16 weeks of focused remediation. The good news is that compliance automation platforms can accelerate this timeline substantially.

Closing the Gaps Faster

Hicomply accelerates readiness with 75+ integrations that automate evidence collection across your existing tech stack, including AWS, Azure, GCP, Okta, GitHub, Slack, and more. Built-in policy templates eliminate the need to write security policies from scratch, and continuous monitoring catches control failures before your auditor does.

Organizations using Hicomply are typically audit-ready in 8-12 weeks. Plans start from $6,995 per year with unlimited users across SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, GDPR, and more.

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Frequently Asked Questions

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