You've been asked to present your SOC 2

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Accelerating security solutions for small businesses
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Tagore offers strategic services to small businesses.

A partnership that can scale
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Tagore prioritized finding a managed compliance partner with an established product, dedicated support team, and rapid release rate.

Standing out from competitors
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Tagore's partnership with Vanta enhances its strategic focus and deepens client value, creating differentiation in a competitive market.

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The first time a prospect brings up security, you might feel like a deer in the headlights. You may even get asked about SOC 2 report by name. If it hasn’t happened yet, you should anticipate questions about security and compliance soon. In this post we’ll help you get a head start on next steps once you’ve been asked for your SOC 2. We’ll get into what the SOC 2 is all about, reasons to get SOC 2, and how a security attestation can help your company close more deals.

The more you grow

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As your company grows, you’ll find that prospect and customer requests for security protocols and documentation are growing too. If you gather or store customer data at any scale, data security should be front-of-mind and on your to-do list. In today’s competitive business climate — in which data breaches are unfortunately common, even as they are increasingly unacceptable — cybersecurity is of peak importance. Companies of all sizes seek clear evidence that vendor and partner security systems meet commonly accepted standards, and you can differentiate your business by leading with strong security and compliance practices.

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If you’re an early-stage startup you may think you’ve got some time before you need to align with industry security standards, or you might think you’re prepared to cobble together one-off security solutions as you go. If this sounds familiar, it’s worth considering an alternative approach: the sooner your company is able to build security and compliance into its operations, the easier it will be to implement practices company-wide that will grow with you. Working proactively to achieve a strong security posture will not only make your organization more secure — it will position you for smooth and successful sales conversations, and the growth you’re looking for.

Access Review Stage	Content / Functionality
Across all stages	Easily create and save a new access review at a point in time View detailed audit evidence of historical access reviews
Setup access review procedures	Define a global access review procedure that stakeholders can follow, ensuring consistency and mitigation of human error in reviews Set your access review frequency (monthly, quarterly, etc.) and working period/deadlines
Consolidate account access data from systems	Integrate systems using dozens of pre-built integrations, or “connectors”. System account and HRIS data is pulled into Vanta. Upcoming integrations include Zoom and Intercom (account access), and Personio (HRIS) Upload access files from non-integrated systems View and select systems in-scope for the review
Review, approve, and deny user access	Select the appropriate systems reviewer and due date Get automatic notifications and reminders to systems reviewer of deadlines Automatic flagging of “risky” employee accounts that have been terminated or switched departments Intuitive interface to see all accounts with access, account accept/deny buttons, and notes section Track progress of individual systems access reviews and see accounts that need to be removed or have access modified Bulk sort, filter, and alter accounts based on account roles and employee title
Assign remediation tasks to system owners	Built-in remediation workflow for reviewers to request access changes and for admin to view and manage requests Optional task tracker integration to create tickets for any access changes and provide visibility to the status of tickets and remediation
Verify changes to access	Focused view of accounts flagged for access changes for easy tracking and management Automated evidence of remediation completion displayed for integrated systems Manual evidence of remediation can be uploaded for non-integrated systems
Report and re-evaluate results	Auditor can log into Vanta to see history of all completed access reviews Internals can see status of reviews in progress and also historical review detail