SOC 2, ISO 27001 & PCI Compliance Services
End-to-end compliance readiness, from gap assessment and control implementation to audit preparation and evidence collection. Get certified faster with fewer surprises.
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Is Compliance Keeping You Up at Night?
Compliance frameworks are complex, and the consequences of getting it wrong, lost clients, audit failures, regulatory penalties, are real.
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Enterprise Clients Requiring Compliance You are losing deals because enterprise prospects require SOC 2 or ISO 27001 certification and you cannot demonstrate it. Every month without certification is revenue left on the table.
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Overwhelming Framework Requirements SOC 2 has dozens of Trust Services Criteria, ISO 27001 has 93 Annex A controls, PCI DSS has 12 requirements with hundreds of sub-requirements. You do not know where to start.
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No Internal Compliance Expertise You do not have a compliance team or a GRC professional on staff. The burden falls on IT and operations teams who are already stretched thin with their day jobs.
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Documentation Gaps You have security controls in place but no documentation to prove it. Policies are outdated, procedures are undocumented, and evidence collection is a scramble before every audit.
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Audit Anxiety You do not know if you will pass your audit until the auditor tells you. There is no continuous compliance monitoring, no self-assessment capability, and no early warning system.
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Compliance Fatigue You achieved certification once but maintaining it year-over-year is exhausting. Evidence collection, control testing, and policy updates consume resources that could be spent on the business.
We have guided dozens of businesses through compliance certification. Here is how we make it manageable.
Compliance Readiness for Canadian Business
Compliance is not about checking boxes; it is about building a security program that protects your business and satisfies the frameworks your clients, regulators, and partners require. At BALANCED+, we provide end-to-end compliance readiness services that take you from gap assessment through certification and into ongoing maintenance.
SOC 2 Type I and Type II
SOC 2 is the most requested compliance framework for technology and SaaS companies. We help you define your scope, select applicable Trust Services Criteria, implement the required controls, develop policies and procedures, build evidence collection processes, and prepare for your auditor. Most of our clients achieve SOC 2 Type I within three to four months and Type II within nine to twelve months of engagement.
ISO 27001
ISO 27001 certification demonstrates a mature information security management system (ISMS). We guide you through the entire process: risk assessment, Statement of Applicability, Annex A control implementation, policy development, internal audit preparation, and certification body selection. Our structured approach breaks this complex framework into manageable phases.
PCI DSS
For businesses handling payment card data, PCI DSS compliance is mandatory. We assess your cardholder data environment, implement required security controls, segment your network to reduce scope, and prepare documentation for your QSA assessment. Our approach minimizes the scope of your PCI environment to reduce both cost and complexity.
Ongoing Compliance Maintenance
Certification is not the finish line, it is the starting point. We provide ongoing compliance monitoring, evidence collection automation, policy maintenance, control testing, and audit preparation support to keep you continuously compliant. No more last-minute scrambles before annual audits.
What's Included
Gap Assessment
Detailed assessment of your current controls against your target framework. Every gap identified with specific remediation requirements, estimated effort, and prioritization by audit criticality.
Control Implementation
We implement the technical and administrative controls required for certification, security configurations, access management, monitoring, backup, incident response, and more. No gap left unaddressed.
Documentation & Audit Prep
Complete policy library, procedure documentation, evidence collection processes, and audit preparation support. We ensure you have everything your auditor will ask for before they ask for it.
Compliance Automation
We use Vanta and OneTrust to automate evidence collection, continuous control monitoring, and audit readiness. Instead of manual spreadsheets, your compliance posture is tracked in real time with automated alerts when something drifts out of compliance.
We needed SOC 2 to close enterprise deals and BALANCED+ got us certified in under six months. They handled the gap assessment, control implementation, and audit prep while we focused on our business. The auditor commented on how well-organized our evidence was.
How It Works
Gap Assessment
We assess your current controls against your target framework and deliver a detailed gap report with prioritized remediation requirements and estimated effort for each item.
Remediate
We implement the required controls, technical configurations, policy development, process documentation, and evidence collection procedures. Each control is tested and verified.
Audit Preparation
We prepare your evidence package, conduct internal readiness reviews, and brief your team on what to expect during the audit. You go into the audit fully prepared.
Maintain
Ongoing compliance monitoring, evidence collection, policy updates, control testing, and annual audit preparation. Continuous compliance instead of annual scrambles.
Why Choose BALANCED+ for Compliance
We combine compliance expertise with technical implementation capability, one partner from assessment through certification and beyond.
End-to-End Service
From gap assessment through control implementation, documentation, audit prep, and ongoing maintenance. One partner handles everything, no handoffs between consulting and implementation.
Faster Time to Certification
Our structured approach and pre-built policy templates accelerate the process. Most SOC 2 Type I certifications are achieved within three to four months.
Technical + Administrative
Because we manage IT and cybersecurity, we implement both technical controls and administrative policies. Your compliance program is built on real security, not just documentation.
Auditor-Ready Evidence
We build your evidence package to the auditor's standards, not just your own. Every control maps to a specific requirement, every policy ties to a technical configuration, so your auditors have no questions we have not already answered.
Results That Speak for Themselves
Building a SaaS Business Management Platform from the Ground Up
A consultant-focused SaaS startup needed a full development partner to turn their platform vision into reality. BALANCED+ delivered end-to-end, from UX design to cloud architecture.
Rebuilding a Legacy Database for a Commercial Window Manufacturer
A 30-year fenestration manufacturer's outdated backend was slowing operations and driving up costs. BALANCED+ rebuilt their data access layer from the ground up, on time…
Securing a Global Mining Corporation’s Firewall Infrastructure
A publicly traded multinational mining company with operations across North America and Europe was drowning in unmanaged firewall policies. BALANCED+ centralized, rationalized, and took over…
Frameworks We Support
We provide compliance readiness services across all major information security and privacy frameworks relevant to Canadian businesses.
- SOC 2 Type I & Type II: Full lifecycle from scoping through certification and ongoing maintenance
- ISO 27001: ISMS implementation, Annex A controls, internal audit, and certification preparation
- PCI DSS: Cardholder data environment scoping, control implementation, and QSA preparation
- PIPEDA: Canadian privacy law compliance for organizations handling personal information
- PHIPA: Ontario health information privacy for healthcare organizations
- NIST CSF: Cybersecurity framework alignment for critical infrastructure and government
Coast to Coast IT & Cybersecurity
Headquartered in Mississauga. Rooted in Toronto. Expanding to Vancouver. Serving businesses across Canada with the same standard of excellence.
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Greater Toronto Area & Southern Ontario
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- Mississauga
- Toronto
- Vaughan
- Brampton
- Oakville
- Burlington
- Hamilton
- Markham
- Kitchener
- British Columbia
- Alberta
- Saskatchewan
- Manitoba
- Ontario
- Québec
- Atlantic Canada
Frequently Asked Questions
SOC 2 Type I (point-in-time) typically takes three to four months from engagement start. SOC 2 Type II (over a period) requires a minimum observation period of three to twelve months after Type I, so the total timeline is typically nine to twelve months. Our structured approach and pre-built templates accelerate the process significantly.
Type I assesses whether your controls are properly designed at a specific point in time. Type II assesses whether those controls operated effectively over a period of time (typically six to twelve months). Most enterprise clients prefer to see a Type II report because it demonstrates sustained compliance, not just a snapshot.
It depends on your business requirements. SOC 2 is most commonly requested by North American technology buyers. ISO 27001 is preferred by international organizations and government. PCI DSS is mandatory if you handle payment card data. We help you determine which frameworks you need based on your client requirements and industry.
Yes. Ongoing compliance maintenance is a core part of our service. We provide continuous compliance monitoring, automated evidence collection, policy updates, periodic control testing, and annual audit preparation. This eliminates the scramble before renewal audits and keeps you continuously compliant.
We assess your current controls against every requirement of your target framework. The output is a detailed report showing which controls are satisfied, which have gaps, and what specific actions are needed to remediate each gap, including estimated effort, cost, and priority.
Costs vary based on framework scope, organization size, and current maturity. A SOC 2 engagement for a typical company typically ranges from $30,000 to $75,000 including gap assessment, control implementation, documentation, and audit preparation. Contact us for a specific estimate based on your situation.
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