The Good Tech Companies - Halo Security Achieves SOC 2 Type II Compliance, Demonstrating Sustained Security Excellence

Episode Date: January 23, 2026

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/halo-security-achieves-soc-2-type-ii-compliance-demonstrating-sustained-security-excellence. The certification validates that Halo Security's security controls are not only properly designed but also operate effectively and consistently over time. Check more stories related to cybersecurity at: https://hackernoon.com/c/cybersecurity. You can also check exclusive content about #cybersecurity, #halo-security, #cybernewswire, #press-release, #halo-security-announcement, #cyber-security-awareness, #cybersecurity-tips, #good-company, and more. This story was written by: @cybernewswire. Learn more about this writer by checking @cybernewswire's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. Halo Security has successfully achieved SOC 2 Type II compliance. The certification validates that Halo Security's security controls are not only properly designed but also operate effectively and consistently over time.

This audio is presented by Hacker Noon, where anyone can learn anything about any technology. Halo Security achieves SOC2 type 2 compliance, demonstrating sustained security excellence. By Cyber Newswire, Miami, Florida, January 22nd, 2026, Cyber Newswire, Halo Security, a letting provider of external attack surface management and penetration testing services, today announced it has successfully achieved SOC2 type 2 compliance following an extensive multi-month audit by Insight Assurance. This certification validates that Halo Security's security controls are not only properly designed but also operate effectively and consistently over time. Greater than SOC 2 Type 2 compliance demonstrates our unwavering commitment to protecting greater than

customer data through proven operational security practices, said Lisa Dowling, CEO of Halo Security. Greater than our customers trust us to help them discover and remediate vulnerabilities greater than across their attack surface and this certification shows we apply that same greater than rigorous security discipline to our own operations every single day. While SOC 2 Type 1 certification validates that security controls are appropriately designed at a specific point in time, Type 2 compliance requires continuous monitoring and verification over an extended audit period. Insight assurance evaluated Halo Security's actual security performance throughout the audit period,

examining not just policies but their real-world execution. and effectiveness. The extended audit period assessed operational effectiveness. How security controls performed under real-world conditions. Consistency. Whether practices were maintained uniformly throughout the evaluation period. Continuous monitoring. How the company detected and responded to security events. Change management. How security was maintained during system updates and changes. Incident response. The effectiveness of security procedures when issues arise. Halo Security partnered with Genius GRC for expert guidance throughout the compliance journey and leverage the Vanta platform to maintain continuous compliance readiness.

The company also developed a custom integration between its platform and Vanta to streamline the audit process. Greater than, we extend our sincere appreciation to inside assurance for their thorough greater than evaluation and validation of our compliance efforts, added Dowling. Their greater than expertise and impartial assessment have been instrumental in verifying our greater than adherence to the SOC2 framework. Greater than achieving SOC2 type 2 is not just about documenting controls. It is about greater than proving that security processes are consistently executed over time,

said greater than Eric Shoemaker, advisory CISO and founder of Genius GRC. Halo security greater than demonstrated strong operational maturity throughout the audit period, with greater than security practices that are embedded into day-to-day operations rather than greater than treated as a compliance exercise. This achievement reinforces Halo Securities position as a trusted partner for organizations requiring comprehensive external security assessments. The company's vulnerability scanning and discovery solutions, combined with manual penetration testing services, help thousands of organizations worldwide maintain visibility into their attack surface security posture. About Halo Security, Halo Security is changing the way organizations

manage their external attack surface. Instead of leave, organizations to figure it out alone, Halo Security pairs unprecedented visibility into internet-facing assets with expert remediation guidance. The company's EASM platform is the next generation of vulnerability scanning. Autotomates acid discovery, includes auto-configured continuous vulnerability scanning, and delivers penetration testing insights, all in one solution to deliver fast, measurable, and affordable risk reduction. Since 2013, Halo security has helped over 2,000 clients discover and remediate vulnerabilities in their external facing assets before attackers can exploit them. As a PCIDSS approved scanning vendor, ASV, an SOC2 type 2 certified organization,

Halo Security maintains the highest standards for both ITS services and operations. Halo Security is headquartered in Miami with a 100% U.S.-based team. For more information about Halo Securities's SOC2 Type 2 compliance or Torquest the company's SOC2 report, users can contact a Halo security representative or visit www.haw0.hackawrity.com. Contact VP of marketing Nick Hemingway HaloSecurity Nick at Halosecurity.com. This story was published as a press release by Cyber Newswire under Hackernoon Business blogging program. Do your own research before making any financial decision. Thank you for listening to this Hackernoon story, read by artificial intelligence.

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