SOC 2
Type II in
5 Months
67%
of enterprise buyers require
SOC 2 before contract signing
SOC 2 before contract signing
$4.5M
average cost of a SaaS
data breach (IBM 2024)
data breach (IBM 2024)
9-15mo
typical time from start
to SOC 2 Type II report
to SOC 2 Type II report
82%
of SaaS breaches involve
cloud misconfiguration
cloud misconfiguration
The Threat Landscape
Cloud Misconfiguration & Data Exposure
Overly permissive IAM roles, public S3 buckets, disabled logging, and unencrypted storage are the most common causes of SaaS data breaches. Cloud environments grow fast and misconfigurations accumulate faster. Most SaaS companies discover significant exposure only when an external researcher reports it or a breach occurs.
Application Vulnerabilities in the Product
SaaS application vulnerabilities: injection flaws, authentication bypasses, broken access control, and business logic errors: expose customer data and can result in tenant isolation failures. Enterprise buyers require annual penetration test results as evidence that the product has been tested by independent security professionals.
Supply Chain & Third-Party Dependency Risk
SaaS products depend on dozens of open source libraries, third-party APIs, and infrastructure services. Vulnerabilities in dependencies and malicious packages in the software supply chain are a growing attack vector. SaaS companies that cannot demonstrate supply chain security practices face increasing friction in enterprise sales.
Insider Threats & Privileged Access
Engineering teams with production access create insider threat exposure. Developers with direct database access, shared admin credentials, and no audit trail of privileged operations are common findings in SaaS security assessments. SOC 2 auditors specifically evaluate access controls for production environments.
How AI Is Being Used to Attack This Industry
AI-Automated Vulnerability Discovery
AI tools automate the identification of vulnerabilities in SaaS applications and APIs at a scale and speed that manual testing cannot match. Attackers use AI-powered scanners to continuously probe SaaS platforms for new vulnerabilities introduced with each code deployment.
AI-Generated Social Engineering Targeting Engineers
SaaS engineering staff are targeted with AI-generated social engineering: fake recruiter outreach, vendor impersonation, and security researcher contact: designed to extract credentials, API keys, or details about production architecture that inform targeted attacks.
AI-Powered API Abuse
AI tools are used to discover and abuse API endpoints that are not intended for public use: testing parameter combinations, enumerating customer data through undocumented endpoints, and identifying rate limiting gaps that enable data harvesting at scale.
AI-Assisted Cloud Privilege Escalation
AI tools enumerate IAM permissions and identify privilege escalation paths in cloud environments: finding chains of permissions that lead from a low-privilege service account to administrative access. SaaS cloud environments with complex IAM configurations are particularly vulnerable to these automated attacks.
How We Help
SOC 2 Type II Compliance
We guide SaaS companies through trust service criteria scoping, control design, evidence collection, and auditor coordination: delivering SOC 2 Type II readiness aligned to your sales pipeline timeline.
Learn MoreApplication Penetration Testing
We test SaaS platforms and APIs for OWASP vulnerabilities, business logic flaws, and tenant isolation gaps: providing results in formats usable in enterprise security reviews and investor due diligence.
Learn MoreAWS & Cloud Security Hardening
We assess and harden your cloud environment against the specific controls that SOC 2 auditors and enterprise security reviewers evaluate: IAM, encryption, logging, and network exposure.
Learn MoreSecurity Policy & Documentation Library
We build the policy library that answers enterprise security questionnaires: acceptable use, access control, incident response, data retention, vendor management: and satisfies SOC 2 documentation requirements.
Learn MoreEnterprise Security Review Support
We build security questionnaire response libraries and can directly support responses to large enterprise security reviews: enabling your sales team to close deals without engineering escalation for every security question.
Learn MorevCISO Services for SaaS Companies
We provide fractional CISO leadership for SaaS companies that need security executive expertise without the full-time hire: including board reporting, investor due diligence support, and security program ownership.
Learn MoreHow We Use AI to Protect You
Continuous Cloud Security Monitoring
AI-powered CSPM continuously monitors your cloud environment for misconfigurations and new exposure: detecting issues within minutes of introduction rather than finding them months later in an annual assessment.
API Abuse Detection
Machine learning models baseline normal API usage patterns for each customer and detect anomalous behavior: bulk data extraction, parameter enumeration, and unusual access patterns: that indicates active abuse or credential compromise.
SAST/DAST Integration in CI/CD
We integrate static and dynamic application security testing into your development pipeline so vulnerabilities are identified before deployment: not after a penetration test or customer security review.
AI-Driven Threat Intelligence
Continuous monitoring for your organization's data, credentials, and infrastructure on criminal forums, paste sites, and dark web marketplaces: providing early warning of compromised accounts and planned attacks before they become incidents.
Regulatory & Compliance Requirements
SOC 2: The De Facto SaaS Standard
SOC 2 Type II is required by the majority of enterprise and mid-market SaaS buyers. It validates security controls through an independent CPA audit covering the period since controls were implemented. SOC 2 Type I (point-in-time) is useful as an interim credential while accumulating the evidence period for Type II.
View SOC 2 ServicesISO 27001: For European & Global Markets
SaaS companies targeting European enterprise buyers or regulated industries increasingly need ISO 27001 certification. It is a formal certification standard requiring documented ISMS implementation and annual surveillance audits.
View ISO 27001 ServicesGDPR & CCPA: Data Privacy
SaaS companies handling European personal data must comply with GDPR. Those collecting data from California consumers may be subject to CCPA. Both require documented data processing activities, DPA agreements with customers, and breach notification procedures.
View Privacy ServicesSEC Cybersecurity Disclosure Rules
Public SaaS companies must disclose material cybersecurity incidents within four business days and describe their cybersecurity risk management program annually. Pre-IPO companies should build programs that will satisfy SEC requirements before going public.
View vCISO ServicesWhy Organizations Choose garrisonOne
- SOC 2 Sales Acceleration: We optimize the path to SOC 2 for speed and sales impact: certifications ready when you need them for deals.
- SaaS-Specific Cloud Security: SaaS cloud environments have specific patterns: multi-tenant architecture, API-first design. We assess against these patterns, not generic checklists.
- Developer-Friendly Remediation: We document remediation in developer-ready formats: specific code changes, configuration examples: so engineering teams act without translation.
- Enterprise Security Review Support: We build the documentation library that enables your sales team to close enterprise deals without engineering escalation for every security question.
- Investor Due Diligence Preparation: We build the security program and documentation package that satisfies institutional investor due diligence at Series B and pre-IPO.
- Startup to Scale-Up Experience: We work with SaaS companies from pre-SOC 2 through public company: programs sized to your current stage.
Case Study: SaaS Cloud Security
SaaS Platform: AWS Security Assessment Finds 47 Misconfigurations
A B2B SaaS company's AWS environment had grown for three years without a security review. garrisonOne found 47 misconfigurations including public S3 buckets and overly permissive IAM roles. All findings were remediated in six weeks and the SOC 2 cloud controls section passed without a single finding.
Read the Full Case Study47Misconfigs
Found & Fixed
6 wksFull
Remediation
0SOC 2 Cloud
Findings
We were losing enterprise deals because we had no SOC 2 and couldn't answer security reviews. garrisonOne got us to SOC 2 Type II in five months, hardened our AWS environment, and built the documentation library our sales team uses every day. The next enterprise deal closed without a single security objection.
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AWS Security Assessment for SaaS Platform
SaaS/Technology: 47 AWS misconfigurations found and fixed, SOC 2 passed
Read Case StudyFrequently Asked Questions
When should a SaaS company get SOC 2?
The right time is when you start pursuing enterprise contracts or face security questionnaires from mid-market buyers. If you are losing deals to security concerns, you are ready. Most SaaS companies pursue SOC 2 Type I first then Type II six to twelve months later.
What is the difference between SOC 2 Type I and Type II?
SOC 2 Type I evaluates whether controls are suitably designed as of a specific date. SOC 2 Type II evaluates whether those controls operated effectively over a period: typically six to twelve months. Enterprise buyers generally require Type II.
How long does SOC 2 take for a SaaS company?
SOC 2 Type I can be achieved in two to four months from a reasonable security baseline. Type II requires a six to twelve month observation period after controls are implemented. Total time from start to Type II report is typically nine to fifteen months.
What do enterprise security reviewers look for?
Enterprise reviewers typically evaluate: SOC 2 Type II report, penetration test results, data encryption, access controls and MFA, incident response procedures and SLAs, data retention and deletion policies, subprocessor management, and vulnerability management practices.
Does a SaaS company need penetration testing?
Most enterprise buyers require annual penetration test results. SOC 2 and ISO 27001 require regular testing. For SaaS companies with active development, annual testing of the full application with quarterly testing of major releases is recommended.
What is multi-tenant data isolation?
Multi-tenant isolation means each customer's data is logically or physically separated from other customers. Proving it requires architecture documentation, penetration test results confirming tenant boundaries hold, and access control documentation showing personnel access controls.
What security does investor due diligence require?
Growth-stage due diligence typically reviews SOC 2 or equivalent, penetration test results, documented security policies, incident history, key-person security risks, and conversations with engineering leadership about program maturity.
How do we answer 200-question enterprise security questionnaires efficiently?
A documented information security program with a supporting evidence library covers the majority of questionnaire requirements. We build this library so your sales team can answer questionnaires in hours rather than escalating to engineering for every question.
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