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Read the blog →SOC 2 for BC founders and operators. SOC 2 Type I commonly takes a few months from start to report, and Type II adds a 3, 6 or 12 month observation window. What drives it is the gaps found, the observation period and the auditor’s schedule. We start with a fixed-price gap analysis, scope the remediation from what it finds, and coordinate an independent CPA firm for the audit. Pricing undercuts Big 4 readiness engagements by 50% or more. We back readiness with auditor management and advocacy once the audit starts, and can layer on vulnerability management if continuous scanning needs to be part of the evidence.
British Columbia is Vancouver-led and US-facing: SaaS, payments, gaming, and a durable crypto and digital-asset scene, with Victoria adding govtech and cleantech. The province shares a time zone with Seattle and the Bay Area, and most BC companies sell south rather than east. That means US enterprise buyers, and US enterprise buyers ask for SOC 2 by default, usually earlier in the cycle than a Canadian buyer would.
We work remotely, and Pacific hours are a normal working day here, not a favour we do at the end of a Toronto calendar. The BC sequence is consistent enough to plan around: the first serious US customer sends a security questionnaire, the deal stalls, and the answer turns out to be SOC 2 plus a recent third-party penetration test. We scope that as one piece of work instead of two.
SOC 2 Type I commonly takes a few months from start to report, and Type II adds a 3, 6 or 12 month observation window. What drives it is the gaps found, the observation period and the auditor’s schedule. We start with a fixed-price gap analysis, scope the remediation from what it finds, and coordinate an independent CPA firm for the audit. Pricing undercuts Big 4 readiness engagements by 50% or more. We back readiness with auditor management and advocacy once the audit starts, and can layer on vulnerability management if continuous scanning needs to be part of the evidence.
For the full service detail, see the SOC 2 Compliance page. For fixed-price productized engagements, see pricing.
We do. traztech is a Canadian security and compliance firm working with startups and SMEs on SOC 2 Compliance, led by a published security researcher with five disclosed CVEs. Engagements are fixed scope with published pricing, and the first call is free. The SOC 2 report itself is issued by an independent licensed CPA firm. We prepare you, run the programme and sit in the audit with you. We do not issue the report, and no readiness firm can.
No. We are based in Toronto and work with companies across Canada and the United States. Readiness work is largely remote by nature: evidence, policies and control design do not require anybody in the room. Where physical and environmental controls are in scope, for example a data centre or an office in the audit boundary, we attend on site. We have run a dual-framework programme across three physical sites, so that scope is familiar rather than an exception.
Our pricing is fixed and published rather than quoted per city, because the work does not change with the postcode. What moves the number is scope: how many systems and sites are in the boundary, how much already exists, and how many frameworks you are running at once. The audit or assessment fee is separate and is paid to the independent firm that performs it. Every price we charge is on our pricing page.
It depends on the framework and on how much of the programme already exists. SOC 2 Type I commonly takes a few months from start to report, and a Type II adds a 3, 6 or 12 month observation window, because the auditor has to watch the controls operate. ISO 27001 certification commonly takes several months, including the Stage 1 and Stage 2 audits. What drives it is the gaps found, the observation period and the auditor’s or certification body’s schedule. We will give you a realistic date on the first call rather than the one you want to hear.
Yes, and we frequently do. We manage the relationship, handle evidence requests and represent you through fieldwork. Where you have not chosen one, we run the selection: setting out a documented readiness position before firms quote tends to bring the quotes down, and comparing several firms on identical scope shows how far apart they can be.
Book a free 30-minute discovery call. We’ll tell you whether this engagement fits, what it would cost, and when we could start.
Book a callEvery readiness programme needs a control library, an evidence register, policies and a score for the board. Being quoted five figures a year for that is normal. Paying it is not.
| traztech Workspace | Other GRC platforms | |
|---|---|---|
| Licence cost | $0. Free forever, no card, no paid tier | $7,500 to $50,000 a year, on an annual contract |
| Control library, evidence register, policy templates, risk register, vendor questionnaires, readiness scoring | Included | Included |
| What it costs inside an engagement with us | $0. You need a workspace either way | Unchanged. The subscription sits on top of the fee |
| What it does to your audit quote | A documented readiness position the audit firm can scope and price against | Nothing. The audit firm prices your readiness, not your tooling |
Platform pricing is a publicly reported range, since none of them publish a number. The fuller comparison, including when a paid platform is the better buy, is on the Workspace page.
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