SOC 2 Readiness
SOC 2 Type II in six months — engineered into your systems, not bolted on as paperwork.
For SaaS companies whose customers, prospects, or board are asking for an attestation report.
Book a SOC 2 readiness call →You're probably here because:
A customer just made SOC 2 a procurement requirement and your sales pipeline depends on it. Your engineering team is already at capacity. The consultants you've talked to want six figures and 12-18 months. You need a faster, cleaner option that doesn't require pulling half your team off the roadmap.
We do this work for a living. We've engineered SOC 2 programmes inside organizations from 20-person startups to enterprise IT environments. The path is well-trodden — what slows most teams down is consultants who don't know how to move fast inside an engineering culture.
What's included
A SOC 2 readiness engagement with Qhalent delivers:
- · Scope and Trust Services Criteria selection — we help you decide which of Security, Availability, Confidentiality, Processing Integrity, and Privacy apply to your offering
- · Gap assessment against the AICPA criteria, mapped to your existing controls and tooling
- · Policy and procedure library — adapted to your operational reality, not boilerplate
- · Control implementation runbooks — specific to your stack (AWS, GCP, Azure, Kubernetes, identity providers, ticketing, monitoring)
- · Evidence collection automation — designed so your team isn't manually screenshotting for the auditor
- · Vendor risk and third-party management programme
- · Incident response and business continuity programmes
- · Pre-audit dry run — we work through the actual evidence package your auditor will request before they see it
- · Auditor selection guidance and engagement support (we don't audit; we get you ready)
How we deliver
A typical engagement runs in four phases over six months:
Discovery and scoping
We map your current state: what you have, what you're missing, what's broken. Output: a SOC 2 roadmap specific to your business and stack.
Foundation build
Policies, procedures, and core controls implemented. We work directly with your engineering and security teams — async where possible, synchronous only when needed.
Evidence and automation
Evidence collection mechanisms in place. Controls operating. Your team is producing the artifacts auditors expect without manual overhead.
Audit readiness and engagement
Dry-run review, gap remediation, auditor selection, and support through the formal Type II observation window.
Throughout: weekly status reviews, async updates, and a single partner-level point of contact. Your team's time commitment typically stays under 5% — including the engineering reviews and operational handoffs.
What we don't do
We don't perform SOC 2 audits. The audit must be done by an independent CPA firm; we'll recommend two or three based on your size and stack.
We don't bring our own GRC platform. If you want a tool like Vanta, Drata, or Secureframe in your stack, we'll help you select and implement it. If you'd rather not, we'll design a programme that doesn't require one.
We don't do compliance theater. If a control doesn't actually reduce your risk, we'll tell you and design around it rather than performing it for show.
Engagement and pricing
SOC 2 Readiness is a fixed-fee project engagement.
The fee depends on three factors: your company size, the complexity of your stack, and which Trust Services Criteria you're scoping. We'll give you a defined price after a 30-minute discovery call — typically within 48 hours.
What's included in the fee
Every phase listed above, weekly status reviews, async support throughout, the policy and runbook library, evidence automation setup, and audit-engagement support.
What's not included
The auditor's fee (paid directly to the audit firm), and any tooling licenses you choose to adopt (Vanta, Drata, etc.).
Why Qhalent for SOC 2
SOC 2 readiness consulting is a crowded market. Many firms do the work; few do it well. The difference is rarely about knowledge of the criteria — most consultants know SOC 2. The difference is in operational depth.
We've built and operated the systems that SOC 2 examines: identity and access controls, change management workflows, infrastructure monitoring, vulnerability management programmes, incident response processes. We've held CISSP, CCSP, and CISM credentials and worked under regulatory regimes more demanding than SOC 2.
When we tell you "this control should be implemented this way," we know because we've run it ourselves — not because a methodology document said so.
Ready to talk?
Thirty minutes is enough to know whether we're the right fit. Bring your timeline, your auditor situation (if you have one), and any specific concerns. We'll bring a sketch of what your fastest realistic path looks like.