SOC 2 oversight, done right

You hate SOC 2. You need it. Call the doctor.

Stop guessing about SOC 2. Start knowing.

AI-powered compliance oversight, backed by 27 years and 40+ SOC 2 certifications. Real templates, expert guidance, subscriber-only weekly Strategy Hours — from $499/month.

Built for organizations that have been burned by consultants who disappear and platforms that fabricate evidence.

27.
Years in cybersecurity
40+
SOC 2 certifications led
150+
Organizations served
60d
Audit-ready timeline
Drift detection · Q2 review
Live
CC6.1 — Logical access controls
Evidence current · last validated 4d ago
In place
CC7.2 — System monitoring
Policy says daily. Logs say weekly.
Drift
CC8.1 — Change management
All PRs reviewed · auditor-ready
In place
CC9.2 — Vendor management
2 new SaaS vendors detected
Review
3 of 64 controls flagged this monthOpen report

Jen flagged this for Wednesday Strategy Hours. Catch drift in weeks, not at audit.

The status quo

SOC 2 compliance is broken in three predictable ways.

You don't need another opinion about why this is hard. You've lived it. Here's what we hear from every founder who's tried the existing options.

01 / Consultants
The trap

You pay $50K–$150K, then they vanish for three months.

Templates land in your inbox. Your auditor calls in 90 days. You're scrambling to collect evidence nobody told you to start collecting on day one.

02 / Platforms
The lie

“Automated SOC 2” delivers pre-filled templates, not assurance.

The dashboard turns green. The evidence doesn't reflect reality. Some platforms have been caught fabricating audit artifacts — putting your company on the legal hook.

03 / Reality
The gap

Your policies say one thing. Your team does another.

Nobody notices until the auditor does. By then you've lost the deal, delayed the audit, or — worse — passed with evidence that doesn't hold up to scrutiny.

Track record

Built on receipts, not promises.

27.
Years in cybersecurity, risk, and audit
40+
SOC 2 certifications personally led
150+
Organizations served — startups to Fortune 100
60d
From “we need SOC 2” to audit-ready, on average
Past clients include the Federal Reserve · American Express · Target · Deloitte · CapGemini · BBC · NGA
How it works

The oversight layer your platform can't provide.

soc2doc is the AI + human checkpoint that sits on top of your existing tools — or replaces them entirely if you're earlier in the journey.

AI-powered gap analysis

Our knowledge base is built from 40+ real SOC 2 engagements. We cross-reference your situation against actual audit outcomes — not generic checklists. Every output is reviewed by a human practitioner before it reaches you.

Battle-tested templates

15+ policy templates that have already passed auditor review. Real language from real certifications, customizable to fit your organization without rewriting from scratch.

Reality validation

We don't just check that controls exist. We validate that your documentation matches what's actually happening — so drift surfaces in weeks, not at the audit.

CISO-level guidance

Subscriber-only Strategy Hours and 1:1 sessions with someone who's sat across from auditors 40+ times. Ask anything. Get answers that actually work in front of an auditor.

A note on the industry

The compliance industry has a trust problem.

In March 2026, Delve was exposed for fabricating audit evidence, using certification mills to rubber-stamp reports, and leaving clients quietly exposed to criminal liability under HIPAA and fines under GDPR.

It's not isolated. The compliance automation market is full of platforms that prioritize speed over substance — telling you you're “100% compliant” when you're anything but.

soc2doc exists because you deserve to know the truth about your compliance posture — not a dashboard that tells you what you want to hear.
How we work

We don't just hand you templates. We train your compliance lead to think like an auditor.

After 90 days with soc2doc, your CTO or compliance lead doesn't just have a Vanta dashboard — they think like the person sitting across the table at the audit. They write policy like one. They scope evidence like one. They've effectively been trained as a junior auditor by someone who's been the lead auditor 40+ times.

“I feel like I'm training you to be my junior auditor.”— Vikas, in a real customer onboarding call
Pricing

Simple, transparent, monthly.

No contracts. No setup fees. Cancel anytime with 30 days notice.

Navigator

$499 / month

For teams starting their SOC 2 journey or maintaining a Type 2 certification with internal resources. You drive the work; we make sure you don't drive it off a cliff.

  • soc2doc AI chatbot & document analysis
  • Quarterly AI readiness assessment
  • 15+ audit-tested policy templates
  • Security position statement template
  • Subscriber-only weekly Strategy Hours with Vikas (Wednesdays 12:00 PM ET)
  • Monthly AI compliance status report
  • “Zero to SOC 2” ebook + DIRECT framework
  • Email support · 48hr response
  • Slack community access
Start with Navigator
Most popular
Accelerator

$749 / month

For teams actively preparing for a first audit or remediating known gaps.

  • Everything in Navigator, plus:
  • Monthly 1:1 strategy session (45 min)
  • AI gap analysis with human in the loop
  • Customer security assessment support
  • Custom policy review & markup
  • Auditor selection guidance
  • Custom security position statement
  • Priority email support · 24hr response
Start with Accelerator
Command

$999 / month

For organizations needing a fractional compliance officer or multi-framework coverage.

  • Everything in Accelerator, plus:
  • AI Process Discovery — Vikas runs the agent on your engagement
  • Custom policies drafted within 48 hours — unlimited
  • Multi-framework mapping — ALL frameworks included (SOC 2, ISO 27001, NIST CSF, HIPAA, ISO 42001, CIS)
  • Bi-weekly 1:1 with Vikas (45 min)
  • Vikas joins your sales calls (up to 2/mo)
  • Vikas joins your auditor calls (pre-audit + checkpoints)
  • Red / yellow / green control tracking
  • Third-party security review support
  • Monthly drift detection & private Slack channel
Talk to Vikas

*Subscriber Strategy Hours are members-only, recorded, and run on a deeper agenda than the public Open Office Hours linked in the top nav. Subscriber sessions cover tactical reviews of subscriber evidence, member Q&A, and topics voted by the community.

Every plan includes a 90-Day SOC 2 Project Plan

You don't get a subscription. You get a plan with named owners, weekly deliverables, and SOC 2 control mappings — customized to your scope and tier on Day 1.

Phase 1 — Decisions

Weeks 1–2 · Scope, auditor shortlist, control prioritization

Phase 2 — Information

Weeks 3–6 · Policies deployed, asset inventory, evidence patterns

Phase 3 — Relationships

Weeks 7–8 · RACI, sales enablement, vendor reviews

Phase 4 — Efficiency + Communication

Weeks 9–10 · Automation decisions, internal review cadence

Phase 5 — Pre-Audit Dry Run

Weeks 11–12 · Type 1 readiness, evidence package staged

Phase 6 — Type 2 Operations

Week 13+ · Drift detection, monthly reviews, audit window

See the full project plan →

Cost shouldn't be the reason your audit fails. If a tier's price doesn't work right now, tell us what you need. We figure out what works.
Subscriber Strategy Hours

Wednesdays with Vikas. 60 minutes. Bring questions.

Every week, 15 minutes of a hot topic — evidence collection, auditor prep, policy writing, war stories from real engagements — followed by 45 minutes of subscriber-only Q&A on your actual evidence and controls.

Can't make it live? Every session is recorded and posted to the subscriber Slack within 24 hours. Looking for the free, public version? That's our Open Office Hours — same host, broader agenda, no subscription required.

Every Wednesday
12:00 PM Eastern · 60 min · live + recorded
Subscribers only
Reserve your seat
Free ebook

Zero to SOC 2 in 60 days.

The complete playbook used across 40+ successful certifications. Not theory — the exact framework that gets companies from “we need SOC 2” to “we passed.”

D
DecisionsScope, auditor, controls
I
InformationPolicies, assets, evidence
R
RelationshipsStakeholders & auditors
E
EfficiencyAutomation & platforms
C
CommunicationTeam alignment
T
Timelines60-day sprint roadmap
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About

Built by a practitioner, not a product team.

soc2doc is led by Vikas Bhatia — 27 years in cybersecurity, 40+ SOC 2 certifications personally led, and a career spanning intelligence agencies, Big 4 consulting, global media, and 150+ organizations of every size.

This isn't a venture-backed startup trying to automate away the hard parts of compliance. It's a practitioner who's done the work, offering to guide you through it — with AI making the process faster, and experience making it right.

The Myota engagement — an enterprise data security company — is the proof case: structured monthly oversight, AI-powered gap analysis, auditor prep, and sales security support. The same system, now available to every company through soc2doc.

Credentials at a glance
Experience
27 years in cybersecurity & risk management
Certifications led
40+ SOC 2 engagements
Organizations served
150+ across every stage
Past employers
NGA · Deloitte · CapGemini · BBC
Past clients
Federal Reserve · American Express · Target
Frameworks
NIST CSF · SOC 2 · ISO 27001/2 · ISO 42001 · CIS · OWASP
Currently
Founder, ItsJen.ai — AI-driven security & compliance
AI-Native · Command Tier

AI Process Discovery

Find the gap between what your policies say and what your team actually does. That gap is where audit findings come from.

How it works

  1. Vikas configures the engagement and sponsors the agent inside your Slack or Teams.
  2. The agent reaches out to your team via async DM. Open-ended interviews, no checklists.
  3. It extracts roles, handoffs, systems, gaps, and risks — and triangulates across sources.
  4. Every output (process map, RACI, gap register, risk register, contradiction report) is reviewed and signed off by Vikas before it reaches you.

What you get back

  • Process maps — swimlanes for each SOC 2 control showing who does what
  • RACI charts — auto-generated from interviews, per process step
  • Gap register — unowned steps, paper-only controls, undocumented handoffs
  • Risk register — categorized: Revenue · Operational · Compliance · Vulnerability
  • Contradiction reports — where two team members describe the process differently
  • Confidence heatmaps — well-evidenced vs. single-source nodes

Goldfish-bowl transparency

Every interview, every claim, every flag is visible to you in the client portal. The opposite of how Delve worked. You see what the AI saw, who said what, and which findings have been corroborated.

Pilot client: Myota (Series B, enterprise data security). Available exclusively at Command tier.

What makes us different

Our moat? We don't have one. On purpose.

Most SOC 2 vendors design their products to make you dependent on them. Renewal at any cost. Lock-in disguised as “integration.”

soc2doc is designed the opposite way. By month 6, your team owns SOC 2 — even if you fire us. Knowledge transfer is built into the engagement at every tier. Your compliance lead leaves the engagement able to run an audit without us.

That's how we know you'll renew: not because you're locked in, but because the work is good.

FAQ

Common questions, answered honestly.

How is this different from Vanta, Drata, or Sprinto?
Those platforms automate evidence collection — screenshots and config checks. They don't validate that your documentation matches reality, sit on auditor calls, or write your policies. soc2doc is the human + AI oversight layer that makes those tools work — or replaces them for smaller orgs.
Can I use this alongside my existing compliance platform?
Absolutely. Many clients use Vanta or Drata for evidence collection and soc2doc for strategy, policy, and oversight. We're complementary by design.
What if we haven't started SOC 2 at all?
Perfect starting point. Navigator gives you templates and weekly guidance. Accelerator gets you audit-ready in 60–90 days with monthly 1:1 strategy sessions.
Is the AI component real?
Yes. Our knowledge base is built from 40+ actual engagements, and every AI output runs through a human-in-the-loop review by Vikas before it reaches you. Gap analyses compare your situation against real audit outcomes. We're transparent about what AI handles (pattern matching, retrieval, drafts) and what humans handle (judgment, auditor calls, strategy).
Do you handle the audit itself?
No. SOC 2 audits must be performed by an independent CPA firm. We prepare you, help you select the right auditor, and (at Command tier) participate in auditor calls. The audit report comes from your auditor.
Can I cancel anytime?
Yes. 30 days written notice. No long-term contracts. No setup fees.
Get started

Your next audit doesn't have to be a fire drill.

Join soc2doc today. Get your templates, your first readiness assessment, and your seat at Wednesday Strategy Hours — all within 48 hours.

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Setup15 minutes
First Strategy HoursNext Wednesday
First readiness reportWithin 48 hours
ContractMonth-to-month
Cancel30 days notice