Sentinel: SOC 2 Readiness Scanning for US Businesses — What It Checks and What It Costs
2026-06-12 · 5 min read
SOC 2 compliance is no longer optional for US SaaS companies, CPA firms, or any business handling customer data. Enterprise buyers ask for it. Insurance providers require it. And yet, the process of getting there — understanding what you actually need to fix — is opaque, expensive, and typically starts with a consultant charging $15,000 to $30,000 for a readiness assessment.
Sentinel is Klaro's answer to that: a SOC 2 readiness scanner that checks your web infrastructure in real time and produces an auditor-grade report in minutes, for free.
What Sentinel Scans
Enter your domain. Sentinel runs a comprehensive technical scan across the areas that SOC 2 Type II auditors examine:
- SSL/TLS configuration — certificate validity, protocol versions (TLS 1.2+ required, 1.0/1.1 flagged), cipher suite strength, HSTS enforcement
- DNS security — DNSSEC, SPF, DKIM, DMARC records — all required for the Security and Availability trust service criteria
- Security headers — Content-Security-Policy, X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options, Referrer-Policy
- Vulnerability exposure — open ports, known CVEs in detected software versions
- Uptime and availability — response time baseline, redirect chain analysis
The Report
The scan produces a scored report (0–100) with a risk band (Low / Medium / High / Critical) and a prioritised remediation list. Each finding includes: what was found, why it matters for SOC 2, and specifically what to fix. The report is downloadable as a PDF suitable for sharing with auditors, legal counsel, or enterprise customers asking for your compliance posture.
Who Uses Sentinel
The free scan is useful for any US business that has received a SOC 2 questionnaire from an enterprise customer, is preparing for a Type II audit, or simply wants to understand their security exposure. CPA firms use Sentinel to scan their own infrastructure and to offer compliance scanning as a value-added service to clients.
Monitoring
The free scan is a point-in-time snapshot. For continuous monitoring — re-scanning weekly, alerting on new gaps, and tracking remediation over time — Sentinel Monitoring is available at $449/month. For CPA firms that want to offer branded compliance scanning to clients, white-label access is available on a custom quote.