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SOC 1 is the AICPA report focused on the controls a service organization uses that touch its customers' financial statements. It looks at how transactions, payroll, or other financial data flow through the service, not at general cybersecurity. Payroll processors, claims administrators, and similar companies are usually the ones that need to produce one.
While SOC 1 focuses on financial controls, cybersecurity professionals often support SOC 1 audits because IT controls underpin financial processing. GRC analysts at financial services firms or outsourcing companies regularly work with SOC 1 alongside SOC 2. Understanding the difference between SOC 1 and SOC 2 is a common interview question.
SOC 1 is the AICPA report focused on the controls a service organization uses that touch its customers' financial statements. It looks at how transactions, payroll, or other financial data flow through the service, not at general cybersecurity. Payroll processors, claims administrators, and similar companies are usually the ones that need to produce one.
While SOC 1 focuses on financial controls, cybersecurity professionals often support SOC 1 audits because IT controls underpin financial processing. GRC analysts at financial services firms or outsourcing companies regularly work with SOC 1 alongside SOC 2. Understanding the difference between SOC 1 and SOC 2 is a common interview question.
Cybersecurity professionals who work with SOC 1 include GRC Analyst, Chief Information Security Officer. These roles apply SOC 1 knowledge within the GRC & Compliance domain.
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