More RIAs and wealth management firms are being asked for SOC 2 reports. Here's what the audit covers and how to prepare.
Custodians, enterprise clients, and partners increasingly require a SOC 2 report before they'll integrate or share data. For many RIAs it's becoming a condition of doing business.
SOC 2 evaluates controls across security, availability, confidentiality, processing integrity, and privacy. In practice that means access controls, MFA, monitoring, change management, vendor management, and incident response — with evidence.
Start with a readiness assessment to find gaps, remediate, then run the observation period. The firms that struggle are the ones with no evidence trail. We help financial services firms build that trail before the auditor arrives.
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