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SOC 1
SOC 1 is the AICPA's report on controls at a service organization that are relevant to its customers' internal control over financial reporting. It is performed under the attestation standards (SSAE No. 18, AT-C section 320) and is meant for two audiences: the customer organizations that outsource a process, and the CPA firms that audit those customers' financial statements.
Payroll, claims processing, fund accounting, transaction processing and hosting of financial systems are the usual subjects.
To get one, the service organization must write a description of its system, define control objectives, map the controls that achieve them, and sign a management assertion. A Type 1 report covers design at a point in time; a Type 2 report also covers operating effectiveness across a period.
Because the auditor tests exactly what is described, the written procedures, approval chains and control owners have to be current and evidenced.
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Who has to comply
Voluntary and contractual. Any service organization whose service affects a customer's financial statements will be asked for it by customers or by the customer's financial statement auditor, especially where the customer is publicly traded or regulated.
What the assessor asks to see
System description and management assertion; control objectives and control matrix; organization chart with control owners; policies and procedures for the in-scope processes; population lists (transactions, changes, access grants, terminations); sampled evidence per control (approvals, reconciliations, tickets, logs, access reviews); subservice organization SOC reports and complementary user entity controls; management review and exception handling records.
Who helps with SOC 1
Yes. Readiness consultants (advisory firms, the consulting arms of CPA firms, GRC platform vendors) help write the system description, set control objectives, build the control matrix, and rehearse evidence collection. Typical engagement is a readiness assessment, remediation, then the examination, with the readiness firm kept independent from the signing firm.
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Who assesses SOC 1
A licensed CPA firm (a firm of independent certified public accountants) that performs the examination and issues the service auditor's report. Accredited by AICPA membership and state board CPA licensure; firms performing attestation engagements are subject to the AICPA peer review program. No separate scheme accreditor.
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Tools for SOC 1
Tools that name this framework in their own material.
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Controls, evidence and audit workflows, with a policy module inside.
Related reading
- What is a SOC 1 report and who needs one?A CPA firm explains control objectives, Type 1 versus Type 2, and the complementary user entity controls that trip clients up.Linford & Co
- SOC reports explained: building trust in the services you provideSets SOC 1 next to the other SOC reports so you can tell which one a customer's finance auditor is actually asking for.Warren Averett
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