SOC 2 software that helps you win the deal — not just pass the audit

Enterprise procurement asked for a SOC 2 report. Your prospect wants evidence this week. ISO-STANDARD.app maps the Trust Services Criteria to controls, collects evidence continuously, publishes a live Trust Center your buyer can verify — and gets you Type I / Type II ready without a six-figure GRC contract.

Why SOC 2 stalls deals — and how we fix it

The pattern is always the same. A buyer's security team drops a 180-question spreadsheet. Your team spends four weeks stitching together answers from Slack, email and screenshots. By the time you send it back, procurement has already tabled the deal for next quarter.

SOC 2 done well is a revenue lever, not an audit tax. It's the artifact that lets your buyer's security team green-light the contract in one meeting. Done badly, it's a folder of stale PDFs no one trusts.

What's in the box

Trust Services Criteria mapped

Security, Availability, Confidentiality, Processing Integrity and Privacy — each Common Criterion mapped to controls, policies and evidence.

Control library, auditor-ready

Pre-built CC1–CC9 controls with owner, cadence and testing procedure. Add custom controls for your architecture.

Continuous evidence collection

Attach cloud screenshots, HR onboarding records, change-management tickets and access reviews to the exact control they evidence.

Gap → remediation → retest

Findings from a readiness assessment become tracked remediation items with owner, target date and effectiveness check.

Roles, MFA & append-only audit log

Owner / admin / member roles, TOTP and WebAuthn MFA, and a tamper-evident audit log the auditor can rely on.

Public Trust Center

One-click publish a branded Trust Center showing your active controls, subprocessors, uptime and current report — cut days off every buyer review.

Why SOC 2 buyers close faster

60–90 d
Typical readiness → Type I window
1 link
Shareable Trust Center per prospect
180+
Questionnaire answers reused from evidence
0
Consultants required to get started

How buyers verify you — in minutes, not weeks

Buyers don't want another PDF. They want to verify — themselves — that your controls are live, owned and reviewed on a cadence.

  1. Step 1

    Share your Trust Center link

    Send one URL. Your prospect sees active controls, subprocessors, MFA posture, incident history and your current SOC 2 status.

  2. Step 2

    Answer the questionnaire in hours

    Every answer is backed by evidence already attached to a control. Export as CSV, Word or PDF, or complete inline.

  3. Step 3

    Route the report under NDA

    Gated download of your SOC 2 report with click-through NDA — no more emailing PDFs and losing track of who has your report.

  4. Step 4

    Close the loop

    When the buyer's security team asks a follow-up, the answer, owner and evidence are one click away.

The artifacts buyers actually ask for

Every artifact below is generated inside the workspace, versioned, timestamped and shareable via a signed link — no last-minute PDF assembly, no "wait, which version did I send them?"

SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria mapping (CC1–CC9)
Access review reports with reviewer sign-off
Change-management logs linked to CC8 controls
Vendor security review pack with subprocessor list
Incident response runbook + tabletop evidence
MFA enforcement report across workforce accounts
Backup and restore test evidence (CC7)
Security training completion register

Who it's for

SaaS company chasing its first enterprise logo

Pain: A Fortune-1000 buyer said 'send us your SOC 2 report'. You don't have one, and the deal is Q3.

With ISO-STANDARD.app: 60–90 day path to a Type I report with a live Trust Center you can share this week to keep the deal warm.

Series A/B startup moving upmarket

Pain: Every deal now brings a security questionnaire. Your CTO is losing a day a week to compliance email.

With ISO-STANDARD.app: One workspace, one Trust Center, one place your answers live. Reuse 80% of every questionnaire response.

Compliance lead already carrying ISO 27001

Pain: Same evidence, second audit, twice the work — SOC 2 feels like starting over.

With ISO-STANDARD.app: Crosswalk between ISO 27001 Annex A and SOC 2 TSC so evidence is reused once, mapped everywhere.

Deal-close moment
"Publishing our Trust Center cut our average enterprise security review from 21 days to 4. Two deals closed that would have slipped."
Head of Security, Series B SaaS, 90 employees

Answers buyers, procurement and auditors want

Does ISO-STANDARD.app issue the SOC 2 report itself?+

No — a SOC 2 report is issued by a licensed CPA firm. The platform gets you audit-ready, hosts your evidence, manages your controls and helps your auditor run testing without a war-room week.

Can I start with Type I and grow into Type II?+

Yes. The same control set, evidence and policies carry through. Type II simply adds a monitoring period — the platform is already collecting evidence continuously.

How does this help me close deals, not just pass audits?+

Every deal-blocking artifact — Trust Center, questionnaire answers, subprocessor list, gated report download — lives in the same workspace. Your GTM team stops waiting on Security to reply to email.

What if my buyer asks a question my controls don't cover?+

Add the answer once. It's stored against your organisation, tagged, versioned, and reused on every future questionnaire.

Do I need a consultant?+

No. The workflow is self-serve. If you want a partner, our directory lists practitioners who work in the platform with you.

Related

Compare with Vanta, Drata and Secureframe. Read the SOC 2 compliance guide or see how it pairs with ISO 27001.

Sample SOC 2 evidence you can download now

Every artifact below is a redacted, anonymised export from the workspace — the same shape auditors and buyers receive under NDA. Download, share with your team, use them as a spec for what 'good' looks like.

Samples are anonymised for public preview. Real exports carry your workspace branding, signed timestamps and per-control mappings.

Start your SOC 2 programme today

Load the Trust Services Criteria, publish a Trust Center your buyers can verify, and be Type I ready in one quarter — with a workspace you can grow into Type II without switching tools.

Prefer a conversation? Email hello@iso-standard.app — a practitioner responds within one business day.

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Michael McCarroll
Founder · 25+ years
IT governance · Information security · AI
Why this platform exists

Enterprise-grade governance — built for the SMEs and consultants enterprise GRC forgets.

I've spent 25 years in corporate governance — aligning technology, controls and compliance with what the business is actually trying to do. Time and again, the same pattern: the organisations that win new clients aren't the ones with the biggest GRC budget. They're the ones who can demonstrate trust on demand. This platform is the tool I wanted for the SMEs and consultants I've worked with — institutional-grade governance without an institutional price tag, built on the way audits and buyer reviews actually happen.