Tidal Control incident
Why manual SOC 2 slows your team down and what it costs
Resolved on March 3, 2026.
An estimated twenty to thirty percent of first SOC 2 audits fail, and manual programmes are the common factor. Three predictable failure points explain why: evidence collection does not scale, compliance knowledge concentrates in one or two people, and last-minute corrections produce lower-quality results. A manual SOC 2 Type II programme typically requires 500 or more internal hours and 35,000 to 80,000 euros in internal costs before external audit fees. Automation reduces internal hours by 40 to 60 percent and builds evidence continuously across the observation period.
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- resolved Mar 03, 2026, 12:00 AM UTC
An estimated twenty to thirty percent of first SOC 2 audits fail, and manual programmes are the common factor. Three predictable failure points explain why: evidence collection does not scale, compliance knowledge concentrates in one or two people, and last-minute corrections produce lower-quality results. A manual SOC 2 Type II programme typically requires 500 or more internal hours and 35,000 to 80,000 euros in internal costs before external audit fees. Automation reduces internal hours by 40 to 60 percent and builds evidence continuously across the observation period.
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