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SOC 2 in 90 Days Without Burning Out Engineering

A week-by-week plan for getting to a clean SOC 2 Type I report in a quarter, with realistic engineering hours and zero theater.

By Hani Braish7 min read

Compliance done badly is a tax on engineering. Done well, it is a forcing function for hygiene you already wanted.

Weeks 1–2: Scope and ownership

Pick the trust services criteria you actually need. For most B2B SaaS, that is Security plus Availability. Name a single accountable owner.

Weeks 3–6: Evidence pipelines

Wire your IdP, MDM, code repo, ticketing, and cloud accounts into a continuous-monitoring tool. If you cannot produce evidence on demand, you do not have a control.

Weeks 7–10: Policy and process

Write policies that match what you actually do. Auditors smell aspirational policies a mile away.

Weeks 11–13: Readiness and audit

Run a dry audit with your firm of record. Fix the findings. Ship Type I. Start the Type I-to-Type II observation window the day after.

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