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Scoping & Readiness Planning
Define what the SOC 2 program needs to cover.
- Service and system boundary review
- Trust Services Criteria selection support
- Stakeholder and control-owner mapping
- Readiness plan and timeline
EAKA IT helps growing organizations prepare for SOC 2 by defining scope, mapping controls, closing practical gaps, organizing evidence and coordinating readiness activities before the independent CPA examination.
Teams waste effort when systems, services, locations and Trust Services Criteria are not clearly scoped.
Policies may be drafted but not consistently operated or evidenced.
Audit preparation becomes stressful when ownership and evidence cadence are not established early.
Identity, logging, vulnerability, change, backup or vendor controls may require lead time to remediate.
Scope is tailored to your current environment, risk profile, technology stack and internal operating model.
Define what the SOC 2 program needs to cover.
Compare current practices with expected control outcomes.
Turn requirements into operable practices.
Create a sustainable evidence model.
Close high-impact implementation gaps.
Prepare for the independent examination.
Every engagement is designed to leave you with clear ownership, documented evidence and prioritized next actions.
We start with evidence and business context, then sequence improvements by risk, dependency and implementation effort.
Clarify services, systems, locations, subservice organizations, customer commitments and target Trust Services Criteria.
Review control design, operating practices, technology settings and available evidence.
Assign owners, improve processes, implement priority controls and establish repeatable evidence collection.
Run a readiness review, resolve open items and support a structured handoff to the independent CPA firm.
No. The SOC 2 examination and attestation are performed by an independent licensed CPA firm. EAKA IT provides readiness, control, remediation, evidence and coordination support.
Yes. The readiness model can be scaled to smaller organizations, focusing first on a practical control baseline and avoiding unnecessary process overhead.
Not necessarily. Security is foundational; the additional categories should be selected based on the service, customer commitments and business requirements.
Yes. EAKA IT can support technical areas such as identity, endpoint, logging, vulnerability management, backup and selected Microsoft security controls as part of readiness.
As early as practical. Controls should be operating consistently and evidence should be collected as part of normal work, rather than recreated immediately before the audit.
Build a broader roadmap where operational, security and governance requirements overlap.
Share your environment, priorities and deadlines. EAKA IT will recommend a pragmatic first step and an appropriate scope.
Get a clear view of current gaps, priorities, ownership and next steps.