Surviving SOC 2 as a small startup
NEO Campus Editorial2 January 20266 min read
SOC 2 is doable for a small team if you treat it as a system, not a project. The trick is automation and clear ownership.
Pick a compliance platform
Drata, Vanta, or Secureframe collapse months of evidence work into weeks. Worth the cost for a first audit.
Policies are templates
Start from vendor templates, adapt to reality, and have someone actually read them. Aspirational policies fail audits.
Type I before Type II
Get a Type I report first to learn the process. Type II is just doing it for six months with logs.
