AICPA
Skill packages tagged with “AICPA”
SOC 2 Control Narrative Author
Guided elaboration of SOC 2 readiness documentation: control narratives aligned to AICPA Trust Services Criteria (Security, Availability, Processing Integrity, Confidentiality, Privacy), control-objective mapping, and evidence placeholders for Type I/II audit.
SOC 2 Internal Audit
Conduct an internal readiness audit for SOC 2 certification. Tests controls per TSC criteria, classifies findings by AICPA severity (Material Weakness, Significant Deficiency, Deficiency, Observation), organizes evidence for auditor handoff, tracks management responses, and produces a readiness assessment. The capstone skill that determines whether the organization is ready to engage an external auditor.
SOC 2 Monitoring & Testing
Build an ongoing monitoring and testing program for SOC 2 audit readiness. Creates a control testing plan with method, frequency, and tester assignments; an evidence collection matrix mapping controls to TSC criteria; and an exception tracker with root cause analysis and remediation. Validates testing coverage, evidence strength, and exception management.
SOC 2 Organization Profile
Build and validate the organizational context profile for SOC 2 audit readiness. Captures principal service commitments, system requirements (SCSR), trust services categories, system boundaries, subservice organizations (carved-out/inclusive), and complementary user entity controls (CUECs). Boundary validator checks scope completeness; CUEC mapper validates controls are specific, actionable, and TSC-aligned.
SOC 2 Policy Generator
Generate Trust Services Criteria-aligned policy documents for SOC 2 audit readiness. Produces 8 core policies (Information Security, Access Control, Change Management, Incident Response, Risk Assessment, Vendor Management, Business Continuity, Data Classification) plus optional Privacy and Processing Integrity policies — each tailored to organizational context with TSC criteria mapping, named roles, and specific systems.
SOC 2 Readiness Gap Analysis
Map internal controls against AICPA Trust Services Criteria (Security, Availability, Processing Integrity, Confidentiality, Privacy). Identifies unmapped criteria, validates evidence artifacts and tests of effectiveness, and produces a prioritized remediation roadmap for SOC 2 Type I or Type II audit readiness.
SOC 2 Risk Assessment
Conduct a structured risk assessment aligned to AICPA Trust Services Criteria. Identifies risks per TSC category using a 5x5 likelihood-impact matrix, maps risks to specific TSC criteria (CC/A/PI/C/P), identifies control gaps, validates residual risk scoring, and produces a risk register with treatment plan. Feeds into gap analysis, control narratives, and policy generation.
SOC 2 System Description & Management Assertion
Draft the SOC 2 system description narrative (Section III) and management assertion letter per AICPA Trust Services Criteria (TSP Section 100) and DC Section 200 description criteria. Covers system boundaries, components, SCSR, subservice organizations (carved-out and inclusive methods), CUECs, CSOCs, control environment mapped to CC1–CC9, and trust services scope validation.
SOC 2 Vendor Management
Establish third-party and subservice organization oversight for SOC 2 audit readiness. Risk-tiered assessment framework with vendor register, SOC report review validation, CSOCs validation, and tiered security requirements per CC9.2. Covers vendor risk scoring, SOC report currency checks, and bridge letter tracking.