SOC 2 for Data & Analytics
Platforms

They are different instruments that work together. DPDP and GDPR define your obligations as a data processor; a Data Processing Agreement contracts them. SOC 2 is an independent attestation of the controls those obligations assume — access, encryption, confidentiality, and the integrity of your processing. A SOC 2 report does not replace a DPA, but it is the evidence that lets an enterprise client rely on it. We map the overlaps so your report answers the security and privacy schedule directly.

Security (the Common Criteria) is mandatory in every SOC 2 report. For a data and analytics platform we almost always add Confidentiality, Privacy, and Processing Integrity, because you hold client datasets, process personal data at scale, and produce outputs clients act on. Availability is added where pipelines or dashboards carry SLAs. Over-scoping inflates both consulting effort and the CPA fee, so we map criteria to what your contracts actually demand.

Most start with Type I to put a report in a buyer’s hands quickly — it attests that controls are designed correctly at a point in time, in roughly 10–12 weeks. You then roll straight into the Type II observation window, which tests that those controls operate effectively over 3–12 months. Because enterprise data buyers usually require Type II before connecting a source, we scope the observation period up front and aim for the fastest path to your deal.

Plan on 10–16 weeks of consulting work: Type I in 10–12 weeks, Type II in 14–16 weeks plus its observation window. TCSA’s consulting fee is ₹2–4 Lakh (indicative until a scoping call), covering scoping, gap assessment, control design, policy drafting, evidence preparation, and audit coordination. The CPA firm’s attestation fee is billed separately and varies with scope.

A clean SOC 2 Type II report is the single most effective document for getting an enterprise to connect its data warehouse or lake, because it lets their risk team rely on an independent CPA’s testing instead of a long questionnaire. We scope the system description and Trust Services Criteria specifically to the ingestion, transformation, and output components a buyer assesses, so the report answers their questions directly.

Yes, and building on a managed data warehouse usually makes it easier, because Snowflake, BigQuery, and the major clouds already hold their own SOC reports. You inherit their infrastructure controls and focus on what you operate — access, pipeline change management, encryption, and the integrity of your transformations. We carve out those subservice organisations and document the complementary user-entity controls for data-source owners so the shared-responsibility boundary is explicit and the auditor finds no gaps.