Halo Security Achieves SOC2 Type 1 Compliance: Reinforcing Our Commitment to Data Security

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Halo Security Achieves SOC2 Type 1 Compliance: Reinforcing Our Commitment to Data Security

We're thrilled to announce that Halo Security has successfully achieved SOC 2 Type 1 compliance, marking a significant milestone in our ongoing commitment to protecting our customers' data and maintaining the highest standards of security.

What This Means for Our Customers

SOC 2 (System and Organization Controls 2) is a rigorous framework developed by the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) that specifies how organizations should manage customer data. By achieving Type 1 compliance, we've demonstrated that our security controls and practices are properly designed and implemented to meet the SOC 2 trust principles at a specific point in time.

For our customers, this certification provides independent validation that:

  • Your sensitive data is protected by robust security measures
  • Our systems are continuously monitored for potential security issues
  • We maintain strict access controls to protect your information
  • Our infrastructure is designed with appropriate redundancies and safeguards

Our Security Journey

At Halo Security, we've always prioritized security—it's not just what we do, it's who we are. This certification represents the formalization of security practices we've been building upon since our founding.

To support our efforts, we partnered with GeniusGRC for expert guidance and used the Vanta platform to streamline our preparation. We even built a new integration between Halo Security and Vanta, and leveraged it to enhance our compliance workflow.

Through the rigorous auditing conducted by Insight Assurance, we underwent a comprehensive review of our:

  • Information security policies and procedures
  • Risk management approaches
  • System monitoring and incident response capabilities
  • Vendor management practices
  • Physical and logical access controls

The successful completion of this audit reinforces what our attack surface management and penetration testing customers already know—we practice what we preach.

Looking Forward

While achieving SOC 2 Type 1 compliance is a significant achievement, we view it as just one step in our ongoing security journey. We're already working toward SOC 2 Type 2 compliance, which will verify the operational effectiveness of our security controls over an extended period.

"Security isn't a destination; it's a continuous journey of improvement," says Lisa Dowling, CEO of Halo Security. "Achieving SOC 2 Type 1 compliance demonstrates our commitment to protecting our customers' data with the same diligence we bring to identifying vulnerabilities in their attack surfaces."

We extend our sincere gratitude to our team members who worked tirelessly to achieve this certification and to our customers for their continued trust in our services.

For more information about our SOC 2 Type 1 compliance or to request our SOC 2 report, please contact us.

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