SOC 3 report: public proof of reliability

How do you make your reliability visible without exposing everything?

More and more clients, partners and stakeholders want to see evidence that your IT and security processes are in order. With a SOC 2 report you mainly serve the professionals: security specialists, risk managers and auditors who want to see the details. At the same time you have a much wider group to whom you want to radiate confidence: marketing wants something to show on the website, sales wants to include supporting evidence in quotations and management wants to demonstrate to stakeholders that the organisation works in a controlled and secure way.

A full SOC 2 report is not suitable for that. It contains confidential information, detailed test procedures and sometimes findings that are not intended for a general audience. So on the one hand you want to show that you have been through a thorough audit, and on the other hand you do not want to put all your cards on the table. The risk is that you either share too little (and miss opportunities), or distribute too much (with possible security or confidentiality risks). A SOC 3 report is the answer!

What a SOC 3 report brings you and your clients

A SOC 3 report presents the outcomes in compact, non-technical language and without sensitive details about individual controls and testing activities.

You get one clear, professional document that you can safely publish on your website, add to quotation material or share in conversations with prospects. You show that an independent auditor has established that your controls are effective over a reporting period. That strengthens your brand, speeds up trust in commercial processes and underlines that you dare to be transparent about your control.

How we combine SOC 2 and SOC 3 smartly

A SOC 3 report never stands on its own: it is always linked to a SOC 2 Type II audit. That is why we first look at your situation together. Do you already have a SOC 2 report, are you in the middle of a process or are you starting from scratch? It is often efficient to combine SOC 2 and SOC 3 in one audit process, so that you make the effort once and get two usable reports out of it.

In the preparation we make sure that your SOC 2 scope and reporting are suitable as the basis for a SOC 3.

Among other things, we pay attention to the reporting period, the Trust Services Criteria chosen and the way your services and systems are described.

We also look at how the SOC 3 report will be used. Think of a download on your website, a reference in RFP answers, or as a standard appendix in due diligence processes. That way you get maximum value from the work you are already putting into SOC 2.