Single-Provider Audit and Compliance Assessments Across SOC 2, ISO, FedRAMP and CMMC

Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Tampa, Florida, A-LIGN is a licensed audit firm and cybersecurity compliance provider that works with more than 6,400 organizations worldwide. Its clients range from SaaS companies pursuing a first SOC 2 report to federal contractors and enterprises juggling overlapping certification obligations. The firm is registered with the PCAOB and maintains offices in London, Galway, Sofia, Gurugram, and Panama City alongside its US operations.

Engagements combine human auditor judgment with A-SCEND, the firm's proprietary audit management platform. A-SCEND centralizes requests, evidence submission, and auditor communication in a single workspace, evaluates submitted evidence against requirements before formal review to surface gaps early, and uses AI matching to find documentation that already satisfies controls in another framework. Integrations cover AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, plus GRC tools such as Vanta, and the AI features can be toggled off.

The breadth of accreditation is the main differentiator: the same organization can issue SOC 1 and SOC 2 reports, certify ISO 27001, 27701, 22301, and 42001, and act as a HITRUST assessor, a PCI Qualified Security Assessor, a FedRAMP 3PAO, and a CMMC C3PAO. A-LIGN reports more than 36,000 completed audits and positions itself as the largest issuer of SOC 2 reports, with penetration testing and red team work offered alongside the assessment practice.