22 Mar Practice Test Question-SOC Audits
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Dennis recently received a SOC 2 Type 1 report from a cloud service provider. What assurance should he be able to gain from this report?
A. The cloud provider has appropriate controls in place to protect the accuracy of its own financial reports
B. The cloud provider has appropriate controls in place to protect the accuracy of Dennis’ firm’s financial reports
C. The cloud provider has appropriate controls in place to protect privacy and security of data and those controls are operating effectively
D. The cloud provider has appropriate controls in place to protect privacy and security of data
Correct Answer: D
Service Organizational Control (SOC) reports provide the results of an independent audit of a service provider. SOC 1 reports are done to verify controls that could impact a client’s financial reporting. SOC 2 reports are done to verify controls that could impact security and privacy of data. Type 1 reports simply verify that controls are in place. Type 2 reports verify that the controls are operating efficiently and effectively. From a SOC 2 Type 1 report, Dennis can be confident that the provider has appropriate security and privacy controls but he cannot determine that they are operating efficiently and effectively. That would require a Type 2 report.
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