Policy acknowledgments for software startups.

Your team already signed the handbook, the code of conduct, and the information-security policy somewhere — but can you produce a dated record of who signed what, and when? Accedo is the policy-acknowledgment layer for software startups: publish the policies you already wrote, collect a timestamped acknowledgment from every employee, and keep one audit-ready trail.

The acknowledgment layer — whether or not you're doing SOC 2

Accedo is built for software startups that need signed policy acknowledgments and a record they can hand to an auditor or an enterprise prospect — whether you're doing SOC 2 with an audit firm, getting ready for your first one, or just want a clean acknowledgment trail for your handbook and infosec policies. SOC 2 seekers are exactly who this is for.

Accedo does not author, supply, or replace your policies, and it does not provide or replace a SOC 2. You bring your own documents — Accedo distributes them, captures the signatures, and keeps the audit trail.

Accedo dashboard showing active company policies, pending employee acknowledgments, and completion status at a glance — One view of every policy, every employee signature, every status.

Three jobs Accedo does for a software startup

SOC 2 policy-acknowledgment evidence

A SOC 2 examination typically looks for evidence that employees acknowledged your security and acceptable-use policies. Whether you're doing SOC 2 with an audit firm or getting ready for your first one, Accedo gives your auditor a clean, timestamped record of who signed which policy and when.

Answer the security-questionnaire line

Your first enterprise prospect's security questionnaire asks whether employees acknowledge your information-security policy. Instead of "we think so," you produce a dated record. Accedo answers the policy-acknowledgment line with a dated record, so the question stops being what slows your first enterprise deal.

Every employer acknowledgment, in one place

Handbook, code of conduct, information-security and acceptable-use policy, anti-harassment, confidentiality and IP assignment — the acknowledgments every employer collects. Accedo distributes each policy, captures a dated signature from every employee, and keeps the trail you can export on demand.

Accedo acknowledgments view listing each employee, the policy they signed, and the date of their signature — Track which employee has acknowledged each policy and exactly when.

You bring your own policies — Accedo keeps the audit trail

You upload the policies you already wrote. Accedo publishes them, collects a dated acknowledgment from every employee, and keeps a timestamped record you can export on demand — for a SOC 2 examination, a customer's security questionnaire, or a new hire's first week. Your evidence is portable and yours: no lock-in — read it, export it, and take your acknowledgment history with you.

FAQ

Do I need this if we already use Vanta or Drata?

Already collecting these in Vanta, Drata, or your HRIS? You're set — go use it. Doing SOC 2 with an audit firm, getting ready, or not on a tool that does this? Accedo is your acknowledgment layer. Compliance-automation platforms have a policy module that captures employee acknowledgments; if you have it turned on and your people are signing there, you do not need Accedo on top of it.

Can Accedo answer the policy-acknowledgment line on a security questionnaire?

Yes. When an enterprise prospect's security questionnaire asks whether employees acknowledge your information-security policy, you produce a dated record of who signed which policy and when. You upload the policies you already wrote; Accedo distributes them, captures a timestamped acknowledgment from every employee, and keeps the audit trail you can export on demand. Accedo does not author or replace your documents, and it does not provide or replace a SOC 2.

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