System Certification

System and Organization Controls (SOC)

Position your organization as a trusted partner.

In today’s digital environment, customers, regulators, and partners expect clear, independent evidence that your controls are designed and operating effectively

SOC reports provide internationally recognized assurance over your security, data governance, and financial reporting controls.

BSI’s SOC services help you, as a third‑party provider, demonstrate reduction of risks, accelerate your client’s procurement cycles, and demonstrate a mature, well-governed control environment.

Our Solutions

SOC assessments, reports, and attestation

We offer a variety of SOC and ISAE solutions to support your needs and demonstrate compliance.

SOC 1

Assurance for financial reporting controls

Confirm your controls that impact your client’s financial reporting are designed and operating effectively.

SOC 2

Assurance for service organizations

Demonstrate the security, availability, and processing integrity of your systems, and the confidentiality and privacy of the information they process.

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Global Variants

Support with international report requirements

Align with international report requirements: ISAE 3402, ISAE 3000, EU Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) Controls.

SOC 3

Publicly shareable assurance

Provide publicly available assurance on your organization’s controls.

Creating Impact

Building trust throughout the digital service supply chain

Growing digital supply chains increase risks and incidents. SOC and ISAE give you independent assurance to strengthen customer trust.

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FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

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The Service Organization Control (SOC) framework was created by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)

A SOC report gives you independent assurance over how your organization manages and operates key controls. When you use a SOC report, you get trusted, third‑party attestation that your security, availability, confidentiality, or processing‑related controls are designed and functioning effectively. It helps you show clients and partners that they can rely on how you protect and manage their information.
You may need a SOC report if you provide services that affect your clients’ security, availability, confidentiality, or processing of information. If your clients rely on you to protect their data or support their compliance needs, a SOC report helps you give them the confidence and assurance they expect.

SOC 1 is applicable for service organizations that handle, process, or store data that affects their clients’ internal controls over financial reporting (ICFR).

SOC 2 is applicable for service organizations that store, process, or transmit customer data in the cloud.
You have received a requirement from your client that SOC is necessary, your next step is to reach out to our team to understand what next steps look like and to get started.

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Your attestation journey typically includes the following steps:

Step 1: Kickoff meeting and scope definition

Step 2: Planning and control alignment

Step 3: Process walkthroughs

Step 4: Evidence collection and testing

Step 5: Results finalization and drafting

Step 6: Final report & attestation

Step 7: Management review and close out meeting

Step 8: Project closure meeting

Want to confirm that you are ready to move forward with attestation? We offer an optional Pre-Assessment that can help you confirm any gaps in your implementation before proceeding with the formal assessment.
Both SOC 1 and SOC 2 have two types of reports to support the different informational needs of users:

A Type 1 report evaluates whether a service organization’s system description is fairly presented and whether controls are suitably designed, at a specific point in time, to meet stated objectives and trust services criteria.

A Type 2 report evaluates whether a service organization’s system description is fairly presented and whether controls were suitably designed and operated effectively throughout a specified period to meet objectives and trust services criteria.
SOC reports, help you gain clear, independent evidence that your controls are designed and operating effectively. This helps you align with the EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) by strengthening your Information and Communication Technology (ICT) risk management, operational resilience, and third‑party oversight. Our DORA Controls check gives independent verification of the effectiveness of your controls to support your EU DORA Compliance declaration.
Even if you don’t work with clients in the U.S., a Service Organization Control (SOC) report may still be right for you. If your stakeholders want independent assurance about how you manage security, availability, or other controls, SOC gives you clear, trusted attestation. You can use it to demonstrate that your controls are designed and operating effectively, helping you build confidence with clients, partners, or regulators—regardless of location.
You typically need an International Standard on Assurance Engagements (ISAE) report when you operate outside the U.S. or when your stakeholders require a globally recognized assurance standard. ISAE gives you independent attestation that your controls meet international expectations, while SOC reports are primarily used in the U.S. If your clients, regulators, or markets expect worldwide applicability, an ISAE report helps you demonstrate the level of trust and assurance they need.
Transferring to BSI is easy. SOC requires an annual assessment making changing providers a straightforward process. Just reach out to our team and we can provide an information form and quote to get started.

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Embed resilience and build stakeholder trust

Develop a resilient digital future, that respects privacy, safety, security, and reliability with our additional areas of support.

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Protect your information through a structured, risk‑based system that boosts security, resilience and performance.

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Helping you understand the digital risks associated with your organization and manage them to the appropriate level of mitigation.

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Build an approach to privacy that protects individuals, meets regulatory requirements, and mitigates the impact of data breaches.

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