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Halo Security Achieves SOC 2 Type II Compliance: Proving Security Excellence Over Time

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Halo Security Achieves SOC 2 Type II Compliance: Proving Security Excellence Over Time

We're excited to announce that Halo Security has successfully achieved SOC 2 Type II compliance, marking another significant milestone in our commitment to protecting our customers' data and maintaining the highest standards of security.

From Type I to Type II: What's the Difference?

Last year, we achieved SOC 2 Type I compliance, which validated that our security controls were properly designed and implemented. Now, with Type II compliance, we've taken it a step further.

SOC 2 Type II certification means that an independent auditor (in our case, Insight Assurance) monitored our security controls over multiple months to verify they're not just well-designed, but consistently effective in practice. Think of Type I as a snapshot and Type II as a time-lapse video showing our security practices in action, day after day.

What This Means for Our Customers

For organizations that trust us with their attack surface data, this certification provides concrete evidence that we maintain rigorous security practices continuously, not just during audit periods. We help you discover vulnerabilities in your external-facing assets before attackers can exploit them, so it's essential that we hold ourselves to the same high standards.

The extended audit evaluated how our security controls performed in real-world conditions, including:

  • Operational Effectiveness: How our controls actually work under daily operational conditions
  • Consistency: Whether we maintain our security practices uniformly across all systems and teams
  • Continuous Monitoring: How we detect and respond to security events in real-time
  • Change Management: How we maintain security during system updates and infrastructure changes
  • Incident Response: The effectiveness of our procedures when security issues arise

Our Compliance Journey

Achieving SOC 2 Type II compliance required sustained effort across our entire organization. We partnered with Genius GRC for expert guidance under the leadership of Eric Shoemaker. Throughout the process, we leveraged the Vanta platform to maintain continuous compliance readiness. We even built a custom integration between Halo Security and Vanta to streamline our audit workflow.

"SOC 2 Type II compliance demonstrates our unwavering commitment to protecting customer data through proven, operational security practices," says Lisa Dowling, CEO of Halo Security. "Our customers trust us to help them discover and remediate vulnerabilities across their attack surface. This certification shows we apply that same rigorous security discipline to our own operations every single day."

Independent Verification

As a company that helps organizations identify and remediate security vulnerabilities, maintaining exceptional security in our own operations is fundamental to who we are. This certification provides independent verification of our security practices from Insight Assurance.

We extend our sincere appreciation to Insight Assurance for their thorough evaluation and validation of our compliance efforts. Their expertise and impartial assessment have been instrumental in verifying our adherence to the SOC 2 framework.

Looking Ahead

Achieving SOC 2 Type II compliance represents our ongoing commitment to security excellence. We'll continue to maintain and evolve our security practices to protect our customers' data and support their security goals.

For more information about our SOC 2 Type II compliance or to request our SOC 2 report, please contact your Halo Security representative or visit our Trust Center.