Aegis AI™ · SOC 2 readiness assessment & gap analysis
SOC 2 readiness, done before the auditor arrives.
A SOC 2 readiness assessment is the diagnostic step before the audit: it maps your environment to the Trust Services Criteria, finds the gaps, and gives you a prioritized plan to close them. Aegis AI™ runs that assessment as Agent-as-a-Service, then keeps your controls validated continuously so you walk into the audit with the evidence already assembled. We do readiness. Your CPA does the audit.
Readiness assessment vs. the audit: the difference that decides who you hire
Readiness assessment (Aegis AI™)Maps your controls to the SOC 2 criteria, finds gaps, fixes the program, and keeps evidence current. The blueprint and the build.
The audit (an independent CPA)An independent licensed CPA firm examines your controls and issues the formal SOC 2 report. The inspection.
These are deliberately separate roles. To preserve auditor independence, the firm that builds your program cannot be the firm that issues your report. So you want a readiness partner that gets you genuinely ready, not one that quietly grades its own work. Aegis AI™ is built for that side of the line, and hands a clean, defensible posture to whichever CPA you choose.
What your readiness assessment includes
- Gap analysis against the SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria: every control either evidenced or explicitly flagged as not-yet-met. Nothing un-measured is counted as passing.
- Evidence inventory from your real environment: read-only telemetry across AWS, Azure, Microsoft 365, Okta, and CrowdStrike, scoped to configuration metadata, revocable in 30 seconds.
- A prioritized 30/60/90 remediation plan: what to fix first, and the evidence that closes each gap.
- Continuous validation between audits: readiness that does not decay the week after a consultant leaves.
- A human in the loop on every material decision. The agents do the work; your leader approves it.
Not just SOC 2
The same engine runs ISO 27001 gap analysis, HIPAA risk analysis, PCI DSS v4.0 readiness, and NIST CSF, mapped to whichever framework your auditor reads. One control matrix, one cycle, one binder. See all frameworks → · HIPAA SRA → · PCI DSS readiness →
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Common questions
What is a SOC 2 readiness assessment?The diagnostic step before the audit: it maps your environment to the Trust Services Criteria, identifies gaps, and produces a prioritized remediation plan. It is not the audit and does not produce a SOC 2 report.
Readiness assessment vs audit?Readiness is preparation; the audit is the examination by an independent CPA firm that issues the report. Aegis AI™ does readiness; your CPA does the audit.
Can the same firm do both?No. Auditor independence means the firm that builds your program cannot issue your report. A readiness partner and your auditor are two separate roles by design.
How long does it take?Readiness can start now: a directional gap check in minutes, a measured Snapshot the same day. A SOC 2 Type 2 report then needs an observation window of several months, which is why starting early matters.
How much does it cost?Free gap check, then a one-time $1,995 Readiness Snapshot for a measured baseline. Continuous readiness runs through month-to-month tiers on the pricing page.
Aegis AI™ is a vCISO platform delivered as Agent-as-a-Service by ElasticD3M, LLC. Aegis AI is not a 3rd-party auditor and does not conduct audits or attestations. SOC 2 reports are issued by independent licensed CPA firms; ISO 27001 by accredited certification bodies; PCI DSS by QSAs. A readiness assessment is a compliance work product prepared from your intake and, when connected, read-only telemetry; it is not an audit, attestation, or guarantee of audit outcome. ElasticD3M, LLC is a Texas limited liability company. Patent Pending.