If you’re considering a SOC 2 audit, be it due to a customer request or to strengthen your security posture, you may already understand that this examination will include an evaluation of your product or service on a more operational and security-oriented level. You may even already grasp that during a SOC 2, your scope will be evaluated against a set of trust services criteria (TSC) that provide the backbone of the assessment. But what are the trust services categories, the criteria that make up each category, and which ones will you actually need for your SOC 2 audit? At Schellman, we have over two decades of experience in SOC 2 examinations, and we want to help you navigate what can be a complex process. Read on to discover what inclusion of each category will mean for your SOC 2 examination. From there, we’ll give you some guidelines for your internal conversations when making your choice. Afterwards, you’ll be that much closer to pinning down what you need from your upcoming SOC 2 report.

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