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Nate Kocan

Nate Kocan is a Manager within SOC Services practice of Schellman, based in Columbus, OH. Prior to joining Schellman, Nate specialized in SOC 1 audits and IT audits supporting financial statement audits. As a Manager with Schellman, Nate Kocan has over six years of experience compromised of serving clients in various industries, including cloud computing and data centers, financial services and fintech, and healthcare. Nate is focused primarily on SOC, HIPAA, and various attestation audits for organizations across various industries.

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SOC Examinations

By: Nate Kocan
December 17th, 2024

When committing to a SOC 2 examination—or any compliance initiative—one of the first questions that gets asked regards the necessary budget and time commitments. While this will vary among different organizations—depending on a few different factors—there’s also variance in the effort required to both prepare for that first examination and that spent on the ones in the following years.

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