Will ISO 27001 certification help you with SOC 2 compliance?

There is a lot of overlap between ISO 27001:2022 and SOC 2.  So, if your organisation has an ISO 27001-conformant ISMS in place, this will be a great starting point for meeting the requirements of SOC 2, although some extra effort will be required to become fully compliant.  As a very rough ‘rule of thumb’, having an ISMS that is fully conformant to ISO 27001 represents around 75% of what will be required to achieve a successful SOC 2 audit.  However, further work will be needed to ensure that you can fully evidence the operational effectiveness of your information security controls over the defined reporting period, and to ensure that you have appropriate processes and controls in place for the areas of people management, organisational governance and communication that are not included in ISO 27001.