A commenter claims that compliance automation platforms like Vanta often create more management overhead than benefit for a company's SOC 2 program.

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        "excerpt": "For a ~30 person startup, I wouldn’t recommend trying to build SOC 2 completely from scratch unless you have someone internally who already understands the process. The platform can automate a lot of the evidence collection, but it won’t tell you whether your controls actually make sense for how your company operates.\n\n Before choosing a compliance tool, I’d figure out your scope first: what produ",
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        "excerpt": "I was put in a similar position when I was hired in November 2024 to lead our IT and SOC 2 efforts. I had been through SOC 2 before as a frontline employee, so I at least understood some of what was involved. However, I had never been responsible for leading the entire process.\n\n I also lucked out because my wife is a compliance officer in the banking industry. I work for a technology service prov",
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        "excerpt": "Most of my customers come to me after they have been sold on one of those platforms (Vanta, Drata, Securframe, Scytale, etc.), I’ve seen dozens of them. The thing is, these platforms cost money and create more overhead to manage than actual benefit to your SOC 2 program, so my customers understand they’ve just paid for a bunch of homework and they don’t have the time or resources to manage it and",
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        "excerpt": "As others have said, get a readiness assessment done.",
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        "excerpt": "Sprinto is probably the easiest solution here. You have stated you aren’t experienced with compliance, and you do have a budget to tackle this. Take the budget, get some demos, compare what they will handle vs what you’d have to do, and let them handle the bulk of the setup.\n\n Secureframe is also a viable choice but more if you need sso/scim as part of compliance platform, and there’s someone dedi",
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        "excerpt": "Get in contact with an auditor and have them explain everything first. Audits will also cost in addition to whatever tool you go with",
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        "author": "DigitalQuinn1",
        "excerpt": "If you want a great open source tool that’s easy to manage, check out CISO Assistant",
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        "excerpt": "The platforms you're describing focus on automating evidence collection - but for a new organisation the crucial work is control selection and design.\n\n Bringing in a tool at design stage has a good chance of subconsciously pushing you to a much bigger and more detailed set of controls than you really want or need. In any event, the critical controls in most audits are human reviews and approvals",
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