B2B SaaS Reaches SOC 2 Audit-Ready in 30 Days
The Challenge
A 40-person Series A SaaS company had reached the point every growing B2B vendor hits: a six-figure enterprise prospect made SOC 2 a condition of signing. They had done the obvious first step months earlier — bought a leading GRC platform — but the program stalled there.
The platform automated evidence collection, but it didn't write policies, fix cloud misconfigurations, or design controls. The engineering team had deep product expertise and no security lead, so the dashboard of failing controls sat untouched while the deal clock ticked. Hiring a full-time compliance person wasn't realistic at their stage, and open-ended consulting quotes felt risky for a team that just needed to get moving.
Our Approach
Access + Gap Assessment
Days 1-12Read-only access to the GRC platform and AWS environment. Mapped SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria against the actual environment and produced a ranked list of gaps with fix-effort estimates.
Quick-Win Remediation
Days 13-24Closed the top critical controls: wrote change-management, access-control, and incident-response policies, and configured audit logging, MFA enforcement, and alerting. Collected evidence as controls were shipped.
Auditor-Ready Roadmap + Handoff
Days 25-30 + Type II windowDelivered an auditor-ready gap report and a Type I/Type II timeline, then supported the team through the observation window and audit fieldwork.
Solution Overview
A fixed-scope 30-day readiness sprint: a controls-vs-reality gap assessment, the first critical controls shipped (policies and cloud configuration), and an auditor-ready roadmap — followed by support through the Type II observation window.
The Results
Business Impact
"We'd been stuck for months staring at a compliance dashboard. PlatOps turned it into shipped controls and a clear plan in a single sprint."
VVP of Engineering, Series A SaaSSeries A B2B SaaS Company
"The fixed scope and price were the reason we said yes — we knew exactly what we'd get and when."
VVP of Engineering, Series A SaaSSeries A B2B SaaS Company
Key Takeaways
- A GRC platform automates evidence — it does not make you audit-ready on its own
- A fixed-scope sprint converts a stalled program into shipped controls fast
- Closing the readiness gap early unblocks enterprise deals worth far more than the engagement
Key Outcome
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