Baseline Ready is an independent publication that helps growing companies understand how ready they are for SOC 2, ISO 27001 and customer security reviews, and what it really takes to get there.
General information only. Baseline Ready is not an auditor, a CPA firm, a certification body, a law firm or a standards body. We do not issue reports, certificates or attestations, and nothing here is legal, audit or certification advice. See the disclaimer.
What we publish
- Framework guides for SOC 2 and ISO 27001, built on authoritative sources.
- Data: the Security Compliance Cost & Readiness Index, which collects published cost figures and says who published each one.
- Tools: the readiness assessment, which runs privately in your browser.
- Platform facts: what compliance automation platforms say they do and whether they publish prices.
How we work
Every factual page lists its sources, labelled by type (standards body, government, professional body, auditor, vendor, third-party estimate), and shows when we last verified it. We do not invent prices or statistics; where evidence is missing we say so. Details: sources & methodology and editorial policy.
Who publishes it
Baseline Ready is published by the team behind SmartBizAIO, which builds business automation and integration software. We say so openly. Where a SmartBizAIO service is relevant it is labelled as ours, and it never changes what a guide or a comparison says.
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