[SAN FRANCISCO, CA] Today, BlueOcean announced that the company has undergone a System and Organization Controls (SOC) 2 examination resulting in a CPA’s report stating that management of BlueOcean maintained effective controls over the security, confidentiality, and availability of its BlueOcean Brand Intelligence platform. The engagement was performed by BARR Advisory, P.A. A SOC 2 report is designed to meet the needs of existing or potential customers who need assurance about the effectiveness of controls used by the service organization to process customers’ information.
“Given the massive quantity of data BlueOcean processes each day, we are incredibly pleased that our SOC 2 report has shown we have the appropriate controls in place to mitigate risks related to security, confidentiality, and availability,” said Grant McDougall, CEO and co-founder of BlueOcean. “With some of the world’s largest brands relying on BlueOcean to help them make faster, more confident marketing decisions, it is a top priority that we deliver enterprise-grade, always-on insights that organizations can trust.”
The following principles and related criteria have been developed by the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) for use by practitioners in the performance of trust services engagements:
Security: The system is protected against unauthorized access (both physical and logical).
Availability: The system is available for operation and use as committed or agreed.
Processing Integrity: System processing is complete, valid, accurate, timely, and authorized to meet the entity’s objectives.
Confidentiality: Information designated as confidential is protected as committed or agreed.
Privacy: Personal information is collected, used, retained, disclosed, and disposed of to meet the entity’s objectives.
A SOC 2 report is an internal control report on the services provided by a service organization to its customers. It provides valuable information that existing and potential customers of the service organization need to assess and address the risks associated with an outsourced service. Current and prospective customers interested in a copy of our SOC 2 report may contact info@blueocean.ai.
