by Assurion Services | Sep 2, 2026 | SOC 2
Your SOC 2 Type 2 covers 1 January to 31 December. It is now March, a prospect is in a security review, and their vendor risk team wants to know what happened in the eleven weeks since the period ended. The usual answer is a bridge letter, and it will probably satisfy...
by Assurion Services | Aug 24, 2026 | Compliance Readiness
If you are starting from nothing and your buyer wants a Type 2, plan on somewhere between six months and a year from the day you start to the day you hand over a report. If they will accept a Type 1, you can often get there in two to four months. Those ranges are wide...
by Assurion Services | Aug 24, 2026 | SOC 2
For a first SOC 2 Type 2, three months is the usual answer when a deal is waiting and six months is the usual answer when it is not. After that, almost everyone settles into twelve-month periods that repeat annually. Choosing your SOC 2 observation window is really a...
by Assurion Services | Aug 17, 2026 | SOC 2
Nine times out of ten, the customer asking you for a SOC 2 wants a Type 2. If someone in a security review says “send us your SOC 2” without qualifying it, assume Type 2 and ask them to confirm. A Type 1 will sometimes buy you time or unblock a deal, but...
