SOC 2 consulting

Get SOC 2 compliant. Close enterprise deals sooner.

We work alongside your team to put efficient security processes in place, guide you through the audit, and keep you compliant as you grow.

  1. 01
    AssessmentInternal security practices in place
  2. 02
    RemediationSOC 2 Type I report ready to share with prospects
  3. 03
    Continuous complianceSOC 2 Type II renewed every 6 to 12 months

Trusted by security-minded SaaS and fintech teams

  • Bitfinex
  • Brave
  • Cimento
  • CircleCI
  • Cockroach Labs
  • Customer.io
  • Front
  • MNTN
  • Procedure Flow
  • Shopmonkey
  • Temporal
Years of SOC 2 experience
10+
Compliant customers
50+
Audit pass rate
100%
Services

Your path to SOC 2, in three phases

We stay with you from the first assessment until the final report is delivered, and after that we help you keep it.

Phase 01

Assessment

Find out where you stand and what it will take to pass.

What we do

  • Gap analysis against the SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria
  • Security policies written to the ISO 27001 standard
  • Data classification
  • A compliance roadmap with realistic milestones
  • Briefing senior staff on common pitfalls

Questions we answer

  • How do we show prospects that we take security seriously?
  • What do we need to build now to keep compliance costs down later?
  • Which requirements actually apply at our stage?
MilestoneInternal security practices in place
Phase 02

Remediation

Close the gaps and get through your first audit.

What we do

  • Company-wide gap remediation, including People Ops and Customer Success
  • High availability, business continuity, and disaster recovery plans
  • Employee security training
  • Introductions to nationally recognized audit firms
  • Hands-on guidance through your first audit

Questions we answer

  • How should our sales team answer security questionnaires?
  • What should onboarding look like for new employees?
  • How do we make compliance part of the culture?
MilestoneSOC 2 Type I report ready to share with prospects
Phase 03

Continuous compliance

Stay compliant as you ship features and grow headcount.

What we do

  • Risk assessment, ISMS, and a recurring audit cadence
  • Rolling out security changes across the company
  • Negotiating scope and pricing with auditors
  • Periodic review of internal processes

Questions we answer

  • How do we build compliance into the sales cycle?
  • How do we keep new features from putting the report at risk?
  • How do we stay compliant through hypergrowth?
MilestoneSOC 2 Type II renewed every 6 to 12 months
About us

Security experience from early-stage startups to the enterprise

Our clients are SaaS and fintech companies with a will to attract large enterprise clients in order to increase their revenue. Originated in the Bay Area, our firm assists businesses with a desire to offer superior security guarantees to their customers. We understand that lining up the right customers can be crucial to raising capital, and we represent companies at every stage of development with their SOC 2 compliance needs. We work with nationally recognized auditing firms and follow our clients throughout the entire process, from the assessment period until the final report is delivered.

Our founding story

Founded in 2016 with a desire to educate and help startups accelerate their compliance timelines, Marana was started by Martin Cozzi. Martin began his career at Google in the Risk and Fraud department and has since been working in a very diverse ecosystem, from early stage all the way to publicly traded companies, where security goes hand in hand with product development. He has been working on large-scale infrastructure running on AWS since 2010, has gone through M&As in the Bay Area, and understands the challenges startups go through. Martin’s unique background gives companies a distinct advantage as they prepare for successful SOC 2 engagements.

Martin Cozzi
Martin CozziFounder
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Audit partners

  • Fine Assurance
  • Frank, Rimerman + Co.
  • Geels Norton / Smith + Howard

Ready to start your SOC 2 journey?

Book a free consultation. We’ll look at where you are today and map out a realistic path to your first report.

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