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For SOX ITGCs, keep a scoping memo, access, change and operations policies, a control matrix, population lists and dated evidence. Here is the working set.
After a clean SOX ITGC audit, controls still decay. Use quarterly self tests, an exceptions log and change gates on in scope systems to stay clean.
First year SOX ITGC failures: loose scope, shallow access reviews, unreviewed emergency changes, weak populations and SaaS blind spots. Fix them early.
SOX IT general controls evidence centres on access, change management and operations. Learn what populations, samples and approvals your auditor will test.
A week by week plan for SOX IT general controls covering scope, access, change management, operations and testing, with the evidence to save each week.
How to track SOX IT general controls in spreadsheets: the four ITGC areas, a workable workbook, where manual testing fails and when to automate.
A SOC 2 Type 2 period needs proof you reviewed vendors all year. This is a yearly cycle for CC9.2: tiering, report review, gaps, sign off and evidence.
Auditors test a sample of events from your audit period, not all of them. Learn what gets sampled, why populations matter, and how to prepare clean ones.
Year two of SOC 2 Type 2 is a continuation, not a restart. Keep one calendar, close last year's exceptions, update scope and risk, avoid a gap.
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