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SOC 2 compliance audit

SOC 2 Compliance Audit Tool

AI-powered SOC 2 contract and policy audit that reads your security policies, vendor agreements, and access-control documentation against the 61 Trust Services Criteria. Pinpoint findings cite the exact TSC (CC1.1, CC6.1, etc.) with suggested remediation text.

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What SOC 2 covers

Full name: Service Organization Control 2 — AICPA Trust Services Criteria (2017, revised 2022)

Jurisdiction: United States — AICPA framework, used globally by SaaS and cloud vendors

Penalties: SOC 2 is not regulatory — there are no statutory fines. However, a qualified or adverse SOC 2 report blocks enterprise deals; a clean Type II report is a sales-cycle requirement at most mid-market and enterprise buyers.

Key SOC 2 articles AuditGuard audits against

AuditGuard's database contains 61 SOC 2 articles. Below are the most-cited sections in real-world enforcement actions. Every AuditGuard finding references a specific article ID.

CC1.1 — Control Environment

Demonstrate a commitment to integrity and ethical values; policies must reflect actual practice.

CC6.1 — Logical & Physical Access

Restrict logical and physical access via authentication, authorisation, and protection of credentials.

CC6.6 — Encryption of Data

Implement encryption in transit and at rest for sensitive data; AuditGuard checks contract clauses for explicit standards.

CC7.2 — System Monitoring

Detect and respond to anomalies; vendor agreements must support logging and incident notification.

CC9.2 — Vendor Risk Management

Manage risks from third-party vendors; subprocessor lists and DPAs are evidence.

A1.2 — Availability — Backup & Recovery

Recovery objectives must be defined and tested; contract SLAs should reflect them.

Who needs a SOC 2 audit

  • SaaS companies selling to enterprise (SOC 2 Type II is table-stakes for most enterprise deals)
  • Cloud-service providers and managed-service providers
  • Healthcare and financial-services subprocessors required to map SOC 2 to HIPAA / GLBA
  • CISOs and compliance leads at pre-Series-A through Series-C companies
  • Vendors responding to security questionnaires that reference SOC 2 controls

How AuditGuard audits SOC 2 compliance

  1. Upload your contract, policy, DPA, or BAA (PDF, DOCX, or TXT).
  2. Clause Extractor parses the document and isolates regulation-relevant clauses.
  3. Compliance Validator matches each clause against SOC 2's 61 articles and identifies violations.
  4. Remediation Generator drafts replacement clause text for each finding.
  5. Critic Verifier cross-checks every citation against the regulation database before delivery.
  6. Download a PDF audit report with executive summary, per-clause findings, and corrected text.

Time to first audit: minutes. Compared with a manual legal review at $500/hour, AuditGuard runs from $5.98/audit on the Growth plan.

Frequently asked questions

Is AuditGuard a replacement for a SOC 2 auditor or platform like Vanta?
No — SOC 2 Type II requires a CPA firm to issue the report, and infrastructure-monitoring platforms like Vanta / Drata collect ongoing evidence. AuditGuard complements both: it audits the contract and policy text against the Trust Services Criteria and flags gaps with citation, before the auditor sees it.
Which SOC 2 trust principles does AuditGuard cover?
All five: Security (Common Criteria CC1–CC9), Availability, Confidentiality, Processing Integrity, and Privacy. AuditGuard's 61-entry database covers the AICPA 2017 TSC as revised in 2022.
Can AuditGuard help with SOC 2 readiness for a pre-Series-A startup?
Yes — and it is often cheaper than alternatives. For a startup auditing its own security policies and vendor DPAs against SOC 2 criteria, the Starter plan ($99/month, 10 audits) covers a typical pre-audit cycle.
Does AuditGuard map SOC 2 controls to HIPAA or GDPR?
Yes — because AuditGuard runs all 11 frameworks simultaneously by default, the same document is audited against SOC 2, HIPAA, and GDPR in a single pass. Cross-framework gaps are surfaced together.

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