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A SOC 1 report covers Service | A SOC 1 report covers Service Organisation Controls. These are internal controls that are likely to be relevant to an audit of a service organisation's customer's financial statements. | ||
A SOC 1 report is written documentation of the internal controls | A SOC 1 report is written documentation of the relevant internal controls. | ||
SOC 1 is divided into Type 1 and Type 2 reports. | SOC 1 is divided into Type 1 and Type 2 reports. | ||
*A Type 1 reports on a service | *A Type 1 reports on a service organisation’s suitability of design of controls on a specific date | ||
*A Type 2 reports on the effectiveness of the control design over a period of time. | *A Type 2 reports on the effectiveness of the control design over a period of time. | ||
Revision as of 20:52, 3 February 2019
Information technology - standards.
A SOC 1 report covers Service Organisation Controls. These are internal controls that are likely to be relevant to an audit of a service organisation's customer's financial statements.
A SOC 1 report is written documentation of the relevant internal controls.
SOC 1 is divided into Type 1 and Type 2 reports.
- A Type 1 reports on a service organisation’s suitability of design of controls on a specific date
- A Type 2 reports on the effectiveness of the control design over a period of time.