Free, audit-ready SOC 2 policy documents — Acceptable Use, Incident Response, Access Control, and 5 more. Answer a few questions and download an editable Word file.
SOC 2 is an attestation report — not a certification — built around the AICPA's Trust Services Criteria: security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, and privacy. Most companies pursuing SOC 2 (Type I or Type II) are SaaS or service providers that store or process customer data, and auditors evaluate whether the controls you claim to have are actually documented and followed.
Written policies are the evidence layer underneath those controls. An auditor doesn't just want to hear that you review access quarterly — they want a signed Access Control Policy that says so, alongside logs showing it happened. PlainCompliance generates the eight policy documents SOC 2 auditors ask for most often, pre-filled with your company name, policy owner, and review cadence.
Want more detail on how the audit itself works? Read our guide: what auditors actually check in a SOC 2 Type II review.
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Defines how employees, contractors, and third parties may use company systems, networks, and data.
Generate this document →Explains how you detect, classify, respond to, and recover from security incidents.
Generate this document →Governs how access to systems and data is granted, reviewed, and revoked.
Generate this document →Defines how long data is kept and how it's securely disposed of once no longer needed.
Generate this document →Sets requirements for assessing, onboarding, and monitoring vendors with system or data access.
Generate this document →Documents how critical operations continue and recover after a disruptive event.
Generate this document →Sets password strength, MFA, and credential storage requirements for system access.
Generate this document →Defines how changes to production systems are proposed, reviewed, and deployed.
Generate this document →Yes. You can generate and download one SOC 2 policy document free, as an editable Word file, with no account or platform fee.
No. These templates are a starting point for your compliance program, not legal advice. Have your auditor or counsel review each policy before relying on it in an audit.
Acceptable Use Policy, Incident Response Plan, Access Control Policy, Data Retention Policy, Vendor & Third-Party Risk Management Policy, Business Continuity Plan, Password Policy, and Change Management Policy.