SOC 2 · ISO 27001 · Policy Documentation

SOC 2 Policy Templates

SOC 2 policy templates are pre-written, editable security policies mapped to the Trust Services Criteria — the documented controls an assessor reviews before issuing a SOC 2 report. This set gives you all nineteen, cross-referenced to ISO 27001 and kept current with the 2026 revisions.

Used by seed-stage founders, first security hires & vCISOs
AuditWolf SOC 2 Starter Policy Pack — 19 auditor-ready editable policies
The gap

Your assessor expects documented policies. Most teams don't have them.

A SOC 2 examination begins with your written policies — fifteen to nineteen of them, each traceable to a Trust Services Criterion. Drafting them from a blank page takes weeks. Generic templates are unmapped, internally inconsistent, and recognizably copied. An assessor notices both.

What's included

Nineteen policies. Every control an assessor asks for.

Delivered as editable Word and PDF. Each policy carries its SOC 2 and ISO 27001 mapping and a short practitioner's note on how an assessor evaluates the control.

01CC1
Information Security
02CC6.1
Access Control
03CC1.1
Acceptable Use
04CC6.1
Password & Authentication
05CC6.7
Data Classification
06CC6.7
Encryption & Cryptography
07CC8.1
Change Management
08CC9.2
Vendor & Third-Party Risk
09CC3.1
Risk Assessment
10CC7.4
Incident Response
11A1.2
Business Continuity & DR
12CC7.2
Logging & Monitoring
13CC7.1
Vulnerability Management
14CC8.1
Secure SDLC
15CC6.1
Asset Management
16CC1.4
Personnel Security
17CC6.4
Physical & Environmental
18A1.2
Backup
19CC6.5
Data Retention & Disposal

Also included: a 90-day audit-readiness plan and an evidence-collection index — every control matched to the artifact your assessor will request.

The actual documents

Specific, defensible, ready to adopt.

Each policy states concrete requirements — enforced MFA, least-privilege access, AES-256 encryption, quarterly access reviews, defined log retention — beside a control-mapping table. Not vague, not padded.

Fill-in fields for your environment — no blank-page drafting.
Delivered as a combined set and as individual policy files.
Authored by a practicing cybersecurity professional.
Preview of an editable SOC 2 access control policy with its control-mapping table
Traceability

Mapped to the standards assessors test against.

An assessor tests what you do against what you documented. Every policy is traced to the criterion it supports, so coverage is demonstrable — not asserted.

SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria

Each policy cites the Common Criteria (CC1–CC9) and Availability (A1) references it supports, aligned to the AICPA Trust Services Criteria.

ISO 27001:2022 Annex A

Every policy carries an Annex A cross-reference, so the same set supports an ISO 27001 program without rework.

Who it's for

Built for whoever was handed compliance.

Founder

Early-stage founder

A prospect's security review demands SOC 2. You need real, mappable policies without a consulting engagement.

First hire

First security hire

Compliance landed on your desk. Start from an assessor-ready baseline instead of a blank page.

vCISO

vCISO / consultant

Customize and deploy per client under the license — a billable readiness engagement on top of the documentation.

The alternatives

A faster baseline than the usual three.

ApproachCostWhat you get
Engage a consultant$150–300/hrCustom policies, slowly and expensively
Compliance platform$10k+/yrContinuous monitoring — the policies are still yours to write
Free generic templates$0Unmapped, inconsistent, recognizably copied
AuditWolf Starter Pack$149 once19 mapped, editable policies + readiness plan + evidence index
Start free

Not ready to buy? Start with the checklist.

The nineteen policies you need before an examination, each with the criterion it maps to and the first controls an assessor requests. Mark what you have; the gaps are your work plan.

Download the free checklist
Questions

What buyers ask before purchasing.

Which policies does SOC 2 Type 2 require?

Most organizations document fifteen to nineteen core policies — access control, incident response, change management, vendor risk, encryption, logging, business continuity, and more. This pack includes all nineteen, each mapped to its Trust Services Criteria.

Are the policy templates editable?

Yes. Each policy ships as an editable Microsoft Word document plus a PDF, with fill-in fields so you can align it to your environment.

Do these also support ISO 27001?

Yes. Every policy includes an ISO 27001:2022 Annex A cross-reference alongside its SOC 2 mapping, so one set supports both frameworks.

How does this compare to a consultant or Vanta?

A consultant bills $150–300 per hour; compliance platforms run $10,000+ per year for monitoring. This is a one-time $149 documentation baseline, authored by a practicing security professional.

Is this legal or audit advice?

No. These are editable templates for building your security program — not legal or audit advice, and not a guarantee of any outcome. Align each policy to how you operate and validate it with your chosen assessor.

Ready for examination

Documented, mapped, and adopt-ready.

$149 · one-time · editable Word + PDF · yours to keep
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