SOC 2 vendor timeline: dated announcements and standards items
Dated items from vendor news pages and from the AICPA and Journal of Accountancy, December 2025 to October 2026. Each item shows its date, its source and the date we read it; we report titles and dates, not the content of items we did not read in full.
- 2026-10-01 Site
Best SOC 2 Compare published
First edition, built from vendor pages read 29 September 2026.
- 2026-09-29 Site
Vendor pages read for this edition
Pricing, plans, frameworks, integrations, services and AI pages for all eight platforms.
- 2026-09-17 Vendor
Comp AI raises a $34M Series A
Reported by TechCrunch; Comp AI's homepage carries the announcement banner.
Source: TechCrunch, 17 September 2026, on Comp AI's Series A · read 2026-09-29
- 2026-09-15 Vendor
Scytale launches AI Third-Party Risk Management
Listed on Scytale's news list.
Source: Scytale security page and news list · read 2026-09-29
- 2026-07-21 Vendor
Scytale names a Frost & Sullivan 2026 Global Customer Value Leadership recognition
As listed on Scytale's news list; we did not read the underlying report.
Source: Scytale security page and news list · read 2026-09-29
- 2026-05-14 Profession
Journal of Accountancy: "AICPA guides peer reviewers to address SOC 2 risks"
Title and date only.
Source: AICPA SOC suite of services · read 2026-09-29
- 2026-04-30 Profession
Journal of Accountancy podcast: "The risks of quick-turn SOC engagements and what CPAs should know"
Title and date only.
Source: AICPA SOC suite of services · read 2026-09-29
- 2026-04-13 Profession
AICPA Ethics Staff Insights: "Business arrangements with SOC tool providers"
Title and date only. Relevant when a platform offers its own audit route.
Source: AICPA SOC suite of services · read 2026-09-29
- 2026-02-01 Profession
Journal of Accountancy: "Promises of 'fast and easy' threaten SOC credibility"
Title and date only.
Source: AICPA SOC suite of services · read 2026-09-29
- 2025-12-09 Vendor
Scytale names an AWS Rising Star Partner of the Year (Technology) EMEA recognition
As listed on Scytale's news list.
Source: Scytale security page and news list · read 2026-09-29
Only items with a date on a page we read are listed. Most vendors in our lineup did not show a dated news list on the pages in our sources.
Questions people ask
Why do you list AICPA items?
They are useful buyer guidance for choosing an audit route. We cite titles and dates only and do not connect them to any platform. Keeping or changing your auditor
Do timeline items change scores?
No. Scores change only when a vendor page in our sources changes. Our scoring