SOC 2 Consulting for Startups
SOC 2 blocking a sales deal? Our SOC 2 consulting services take you from zero to a report in 3 to 4 months. Get compliant faster, unlock more customers, and reduce cost and stress.
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SOC 2 in 3 to 4 months. Pass enterprise security reviews.
One engagement: readiness, audit facilitation, compliance platform, and vCISO.
Led by Marçal Santos, a cybersecurity practitioner with 20 years of enterprise experience.
We run the programme. Your engineers stay on product.
We partner with leading compliance platforms
Our SOC 2 consulting services are backed by leading compliance platforms (Vanta, Drata, Secureframe) and accredited CPA auditors, giving you a clear, efficient path to a report that satisfies the five AICPA Trust Services Criteria.
Your next big deal is stuck in compliance
You're close to closing deals that will change your trajectory, but enterprise buyers won't move forward without SOC 2. Your sales team keeps pushing forecasts, prospects ask the same security questions, and progress stalls. That's where our SOC 2 consulting services come in.
Sales stall because you lack the one feature every enterprise demands.
Compliance is complex and slow. Mess up the audit, and you start from zero.
Big 4 firms quote $50K+ and 9 months. Not happening for a startup.
Enterprise credentials, startup speed. You need both.
What a SOC 2 consultant does
A SOC 2 consultant runs the programme so your engineers do not have to: scope, controls, remediation, and the auditor. Cost risk sits in the first. Timeline risk sits in the third.
Scoping and gap analysis
We set the audit boundary and map your gaps against the Trust Services Criteria you actually need. Over-scoping is the fastest way to double your SOC 2 cost.
Policy and control design
A full policy set written for a company your size, not a 200-page enterprise template pack. Controls built around how your team already ships.
Remediation support
Every gap becomes an owned task with a clear definition of done. We close what is configuration. Your engineers only touch what needs code.
Audit facilitation
We bring the accredited CPA firm, manage the auditor, answer the evidence requests, and defend the scope we set. You never negotiate alone.
Don’t Just Take Our Word For It
Hear from businesses who have stood in your shoes, before making their way to your most ambitious goals, with the help of our expertise.
Selling in Europe? You may need ISO 27001.
SOC 2 is the standard in North America. In Europe and regulated industries, enterprise buyers often ask for ISO 27001. We run both in parallel, so your team does the work once and satisfies every buyer.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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A SOC 2 consultant runs your compliance programme end to end: scoping the audit boundary, designing and documenting controls, driving remediation until the gaps are closed, and managing the CPA firm through the examination. SecureLeap does all four in a single engagement, so you are not procuring a consultant, a platform and an auditor separately.
A SOC 2 Type 1 report typically takes 3 to 4 months from kickoff. A Type 2 report covers an observation period of 3 to 12 months after your controls are operating. Most startups run a 3-month window for their first Type 2 to get something into a buyer's hands quickly, then move to a 12-month period for annual renewals.
Type 1 verifies that your controls are designed correctly at a single point in time. Type 2 proves they operated effectively across the observation period. Type 1 unblocks a deal fast; Type 2 is what most enterprise buyers eventually require.
No. SOC 2 is an attestation. A licensed CPA firm examines your controls against the AICPA Trust Services Criteria and issues a report. Buyers commonly say "SOC 2 certified", and the report is what satisfies that request.
The platform automates evidence collection. It does not set your audit scope, write controls that fit your engineering workflow, or handle the auditor. We are a certified partner for Vanta, Drata and Secureframe and include the licence and setup in the engagement, so you get both.
Cost is driven by four things: how many systems sit inside the audit boundary, which Trust Services Criteria beyond Security you include, your current control maturity, and whether a penetration test is bundled. Book a call for a fixed-scope quote within 24 hours.
An independent, accredited CPA firm. A consultant cannot issue their own client's report. We introduce you to an auditor from our network, manage the relationship, and handle evidence requests on your behalf
Not strictly, but enterprise buyers routinely ask for one alongside the report, and auditors treat it as strong evidence for several common controls.
Ongoing. Reports are renewed annually. After your first report we move to maintenance mode so controls keep operating and evidence keeps accumulating, which avoids the pre-audit scramble the following year.
Yes, and it is usually cheaper than running them in sequence. The control sets overlap heavily, so your team does the work once and satisfies buyers in both North America and Europe.
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