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SOC 2 Type 2 Compliant
Compliance That Holds Up to Scrutiny.
Comprehensive compliance support for growing businesses. We keep you audit-ready without the consultants, the 6-figure projects, or the surveys nobody reads — just real controls, properly documented, working every day.
Why SMBs Choose Always Beyond for Compliance Services
Three things change for you when compliance is part of how your IT actually runs — not a side project you scramble to assemble at audit time.
Vendor Questionnaires StopBeing a Crisis
Vendor Questionnaires StopBeing a Crisis
A customer sends you a 50-question security questionnaire. You don't start from zero. You hand them our SOC 2 report, the supporting docs from our Trust Center, and the control evidence — most of it's already answered. Three weeks of work, done in a day.
Cyber Insurance Gets Easier
Cyber Insurance Gets Easier
Insurers reward documented, audited controls — and penalize the opposite. Working with us means you can credibly check every box on your renewal application. Lower premiums, broader coverage, fewer awkward calls with your broker.
Your Own Compliance Path Is Half-Built
Your Own Compliance Path Is Half-Built
Pursuing your own SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, or PCI? Roughly half the controls those frameworks require live in your IT environment. Starting with a compliant IT partner means you're not starting from scratch — you're finishing strong.
We hold ourselves to the same standard we hold your data to.
Your IT provider sits at the center of your security posture. If we're the weakest link, you're the weakest link. So we built our operations around the same standards we recommend to our clients — and we get checked on it.
SOC 2 Type 2 isn't a milestone we ticked off. It's the framework we operate under, every day. Our policies, our access controls, our monitoring, our incident response — all of it audited under AICPA standards on an ongoing basis.
Complete Compliance-Grade Protection
The controls running in your environment every day when you work with us — mapped to the technical requirements of SOC 2, PIPEDA, HIPAA, PCI DSS, NIST CSF, and the CIS Controls.
What's running every day
24/7 Endpoint and Identity Monitoring
Managed EDR (endpoint detection and response) on every device, plus identity threat detection on Microsoft Entra ID and Google Workspace. Real humans triage the alerts — not just dashboards lighting up.
ACCESS & IDENTITY
MFA and Role-Based Access
Multi-factor authentication every account, with documented role-based access. Quarterly reviews remove access from departed staff automatically — with the audit evidence ready to hand over.
ENCRYPTION & DATA
Encryption at Rest, in Transit, and in Between
Full-disk encryption (BitLocker / FileVault) on every endpoint. TLS 1.2+ enforced on every connection. Cryptographic keys managed through enterprise-grade key management — not left on the device they're protecting.
PATCHING & VULN MGMT
SLA-Bound Patching Without Disruptions
Critical patches deploy inside 7 days, with documented exceptions where business operations need coordination. Patching runs on a set schedule outside business hours, so your team isn't the one discovering a forced reboot mid-workday.
BACKUP & RESILIENCE
Encrypted, Immutable Backups That Get Tested
Cloud backups with immutability protections — ransomware can't encrypt or delete them. Quarterly restore drills with documented RTO and RPO. "We have backups" isn't proof. "We tested them last Tuesday" is.
INCIDENT RESPONSE
A Written IR Plan That's Actually Been Used
A documented incident response plan tested annually in tabletop exercises — ransomware, account takeover, lost laptop. Notification templates ready for PIPEDA timelines and your customer contracts.
Frameworks we support
One IT environment. Every major framework.
Our SOC 2 Type 2 is the starting point. The same controls behind it carry across most other frameworks your business may need to satisfy.
We’re compliant
SOC 2 Type 2
Our credential. The Trust Services Criteria — the standard for service providers handling client data.
We help you comply
PIPEDA & Provincial Privacy
Canada's federal privacy law plus the provincial overlays (Alberta PIPA, BC PIPA,Quebec Law 25).
We help you comply
HIPAA Security Rule
For businesses with US healthcare clients or PHI moving through their environment.
We help you comply
PCI DSS v4.0
Required for any business handling credit- card transactions. Levels 1-4 supported.
We help you comply
NIST CSF 2.0
Flexible framework for cybersecurity risk management — common in regulated industries and federal contracts.
We help you comply
CIS Controls v8
A practical, prioritized set of 18cybersecurity controls trusted by SMBs and enterprises alike.
We help you comply
ISO 27001
International information security management standard. We support your prep and audit alongside your QMS partner.
We help you comply
Cyber Insurance Readiness
Renewal applications, evidence packages, broker conversations. We help you qualify for better premiums and broader coverage.
Part of our complete IT package.
Compliance doesn't sit on its own. It's one of four interlocking services that work together — which is why our clients don't run their security through one vendor, their support through another, and their compliance through a third.
Trusted by businesses whose IT drives ROI, not headaches.
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FAQs
1
Can I see your full SOC 2 report?
Yes. The full report is available under a short mutual NDA — standard industry practice. The executive summary, active controls, policies, and subprocessors are all public at trust.alwaysbeyond.com. No NDA needed to start there.
2
We're not pursuing our own SOC 2 right now. Is this still relevant?
More relevant than ever, honestly. Even without your own SOC 2, your customers and insurers are asking about your security posture. Working with a SOC 2 compliant IT partner gives you defensible answers without you running your own audit.
3
If we work with Always Beyond, are we automatically SOC 2 compliant?
No — and anyone who tells you otherwise is selling you something. SOC 2 is awarded to organizations, not borrowed from vendors. What we provide is the foundation: most of the technical controls SOC 2 requires, already running in your environment. You still need your own policies, training, and auditor. We make the path significantly shorter.
4
We're a small business. Is SOC 2 actually realistic for us?
Depends on whether you need it. If your customers, contracts, or insurance providers are asking, yes — businesses with 5-10 people achieve it routinely. If nobody's asking, the controls themselves are still smart investments. The audit can wait.
5
How is this different from your Managed IT service?
It isn't — and that's the point. Every Always Beyond Managed IT engagement runs the same compliance-grade controls. This page exists to make that explicit for buyers who need to verify it. If you're already an Always Beyond client, you're already inside this.
6
What's the difference between SOC 2 Type 1 and Type 2?
Type 1 evaluates whether your controls are designed correctly at a single point in time. Type 2 evaluates whether those controls actually operate as designed over a 3-12 month observation period. Type 2 is the harder, more meaningful one — and that's what we hold.
7
Do you support PIPEDA, HIPAA, or PCI DSS specifically?
Yes. The same technical controls behind our SOC 2 compliance support the IT-side requirements of PIPEDA, HIPAA, PCI DSS, NIST CSF, and CIS Controls. We don't hold those certifications ourselves — we help our clients achieve them by handling the IT side of the work.
8
What does this cost?
Compliance-grade controls are included in every Always Beyond Managed IT engagement — no separate "compliance add-on" line item. Total cost depends on team size, complexity, and which frameworks you're targeting. We give you transparent, fixed-fee pricing after the free 30-minute review.
9
Will you run our entire compliance process for us?
Not on our own, and we'd be skeptical of anyone who says they can. Getting certified takes three things working together: a licensed Auditor to issue the report, a GRC platform to track evidence (we can point you to one), and the IT controls that actually pass the audit, that last part's ours. You'll also want someone on your team who owns the process day to day; we handle the IT piece and help coordinate the rest.
Ready for compliance that holds up?
Book a free 30-minute compliance review. We'll map your current state to the framework you actually need, identify the gaps, and tell you straight what it would take to close them. No deck. No 6-month engagement. No long-term contract.
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