SSAE 18 — Attestation Standards (SOC Reporting)vsPCAOB AS 2201 — Audit of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting (ICFR)
See exactly how SSAE 18 — Attestation Standards (SOC Reporting) controls map to PCAOB AS 2201 — Audit of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting (ICFR). Pre-computed mappings, identified gaps, and coverage analysis.
According to the TheArtOfService Compliance Knowledge Graph:
SSAE 18 — Attestation Standards (SOC Reporting) maps to PCAOB AS 2201 — Audit of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting (ICFR) with 13% coverage across 6 directly mapped controls. Analysis of 47 SSAE 18 — Attestation Standards (SOC Reporting) controls identifies 41 compliance gaps — primarily concentrated in SOC 2 — Logical and Physical Access Controls.
Source: TheArtOfService Knowledge Graph | 47 controls analysed | 693 frameworks | 819K+ cross-framework mappings
Control Mappings
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SOC 2 — Security (Common Criteria)(4 mappings)
SOC 2 — System Operations and Change Management(3 mappings)
SOC 2 — Additional Trust Services Categories(3 mappings)
SOC 1 — Internal Controls over Financial Reporting(5 mappings)
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What are the key differences between SSAE 18 — Attestation Standards (SOC Reporting) and PCAOB AS 2201 — Audit of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting (ICFR)?
SSAE 18 — Attestation Standards (SOC Reporting) has 47 controls across its framework, while PCAOB AS 2201 — Audit of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting (ICFR) covers 20 controls. Direct mapping analysis identifies 6 overlapping controls (13% coverage). The frameworks diverge most significantly in SOC 2 — Logical and Physical Access Controls, where 11 SSAE 18 — Attestation Standards (SOC Reporting) controls have no direct PCAOB AS 2201 — Audit of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting (ICFR) equivalent.
How many controls map between SSAE 18 — Attestation Standards (SOC Reporting) and PCAOB AS 2201 — Audit of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting (ICFR)?
Of 47 total SSAE 18 — Attestation Standards (SOC Reporting) controls, 6 map directly to PCAOB AS 2201 — Audit of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting (ICFR) controls — representing 13% coverage. The remaining 41 controls represent compliance gaps requiring additional documentation or compensating controls to satisfy both frameworks simultaneously.
What are the compliance gaps when mapping SSAE 18 — Attestation Standards (SOC Reporting) to PCAOB AS 2201 — Audit of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting (ICFR)?
41 SSAE 18 — Attestation Standards (SOC Reporting) controls have no direct equivalent in PCAOB AS 2201 — Audit of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting (ICFR). The highest concentration of gaps is in SOC 2 — Logical and Physical Access Controls with 11 unmapped controls. These gaps represent areas where additional controls, policies, or documentation must be created to achieve compliance with both frameworks.
Which control domains have the most gaps between SSAE 18 — Attestation Standards (SOC Reporting) and PCAOB AS 2201 — Audit of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting (ICFR)?
The domain with the highest gap count is SOC 2 — Logical and Physical Access Controls (11 gaps). Export the full domain-by-domain gap breakdown via the Professional tier to generate a prioritised remediation roadmap.
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