For most organizations, the need to obtain a third-party security attestation such as SOC 2 or ISO 27001 is critical to their business. Proving compliance to larger enterprises is a sales imperative and time is of the essence. Tugboat Logic, the leading security assurance company, is proud to announce it is teaming with Armanino LLP, a top 25 national accounting and consulting firm, to provide an integrated security audit process that streamlines and expedites the security audit process so organizations can build trust with their customers, decrease their sales cycles, and increase win rates.
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For third-party attestations such as SOC 2 and ISO 27001, the audit journey is broken down into two phases – “audit readiness” and the “audit examination”. According to the AICPA, which governs and establishes guidelines for SOC 2, there needs to be independence between the entity conducting audit readiness and the entity conducting audit examination. While this guideline is necessary to maintain checks and balances, it creates a risk of things falling through the cracks during the process. Before an enterprise embarks on a time-consuming and costly security audit, there needs to be a high degree of confidence that they will successfully complete the audit and receive their report. Tugboat Logic and Armanino LLP have come together to eliminate this angst by offering a coordinated process that allows for a smooth handoff between readiness and the examination, whilst maintaining the integrity of checks and balances.
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“The COVID pandemic and current economic uncertainty have forced enterprises to look for automation and remote collaboration tools that eliminate the need for on site visits and reduce administrative costs. Some vendors have responded with cut rate SOC-2 certification programs that are so poorly executed that it leaves customers lost in the process or worse – a qualified opinion audit report that has no real commercial value” says Ray Kruck, CEO and Founder, Tugboat Logic Inc. “As market leaders, Tugboat Logic and Armanino are committed to working together with our clients at every step of the journey to ensure these organizations obtain a reputable attestation, at scale, with cost transparency, and in record time.”
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