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Case Study: Access Group cuts SOC 2 audit time and cost with Thoropass

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Key facts · TL;DR
Company
Access Group
Industry
Business Management Software
Challenge
Rapid acquisitions left compliance split across four auditors with inconsistent methods.
Headline result
Access Group reduced audit costs 25% and completed SOC 2 in about half the time

Key results

25%
Reduction in costs
~50%
Faster SOC 2 audit
12 months to 6-7 months

The challenge

After a series of acquisitions, Access Group managed four different auditors with inconsistent methodologies, communication gaps, version-control issues, and varying evidence requirements handled over email. The fragmented approach made SOC 2 audits slow and difficult to scale.

The solution

Access Group consolidated its audits onto Thoropass, using a single centralized platform and expert guidance to standardize compliance processes across divisions.

Generally, a SOC audit could have taken us 12 months from beginning to end, and now we're probably doing it in six or seven months.

MS
Matt Steel
Head of GRC, Access Group

The results, in context

Access Group reported a 25% reduction in costs and said a SOC audit that generally took 12 months from beginning to end now runs in about six or seven months. The consolidated approach let the team scale without adding headcount.

Products used

Thoropass SOC 2Thoropass Thoropass platform