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Chapter 1 Introduction And Background |
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Intended Users of a SOC for Supply Chain Report |
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Overview of a SOC for Supply Chain Examination |
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Contents of the SOC for Supply Chain Report |
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Defining the System to Be Examined |
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The Entity's System Objectives and Principal System Objectives |
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Selecting the Trust Services Category or Categories to Be Addressed by the Examination |
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Determining the Time Frame for the Examination |
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Other Engagement Considerations |
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Considerations for Entities That Distribute Products |
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Considerations for Entities That Bundle Services With Their Products |
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Considerations for a Design-Only Examination |
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Matters Not Addressed by a SOC for Supply Chain Examination |
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Criteria for a SOC for Supply Chain Examination |
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Evaluating the Entity's Principal System Objectives |
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The Practitioner's Opinion in a SOC for Supply Chain Examination |
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Other Types of SOC Examinations: SOC Suite of Services |
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Code of Professional Conduct |
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Quality in the SOC for Supply Chain Examination |
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Chapter 2 Accepting And Planning A Soc For Supply Chain Examination |
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Understanding Entity Management's Responsibilities |
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Entity Management's Responsibilities Prior to Engaging the Practitioner |
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Entity Management's Responsibilities During the Examination |
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Entity Management's Responsibilities During Engagement Completion |
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Responsibilities of the Practitioner |
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Engagement Acceptance and Continuance |
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Competence of Engagement Team Members |
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Preconditions of the Engagement |
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Determining the Appropriateness of the Subject Matter |
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Identifying the Components of the System to be Examined |
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Determining the Boundaries of the System Being Examined |
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Determining Whether Entity Management Is Likely to Have a Reasonable Basis for Its Assertion |
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Assessing the Suitability and Availability of Criteria |
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Determining Whether the Entity's Principal System Objectives Are Reasonable in the Circumstances |
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Requesting a Written Assertion and Representations From Entity Management |
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Agreeing on the Terms of the Engagement |
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Accepting a Change in the Terms of the Examination |
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Establishing an Overall Examination Strategy for and Planning the Examination |
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Performing Risk Assessment Procedures |
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Obtaining an Understanding of the Description of the Entity's System and Control Effectiveness |
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Assessing the Risks of Material Misstatement |
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Considering Materiality During Planning |
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Considering Entity-Level Controls |
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Understanding the Internal Audit Function |
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Planning to Use the Work of a Practitioner's Specialist |
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Identifying Customer Responsibilities and Complementary Customer Controls |
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Identifying Suppliers and Complementary Supplier Controls |
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Suppliers Whose Controls Are Necessary for the Entity to Achieve Its Principal System Objectives |
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Complementary Supplier Controls |
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Using the Inclusive Method |
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Planning to Use the Work of an Other Practitioner |
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Chapter 3 Performing The Soc For Supply Chain Examination |
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Designing Overall Responses to the Risk Assessment |
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Designing and Performing Procedures |
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Obtaining Evidence About Whether the Description Presents the System That Was Designed and Implemented in Accordance With the Description Criteria |
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Disclosures Related to the Types of Goods Produced, Manufactured, or Distributed |
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Disclosures About the Entity's Principal System Objectives |
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Disclosures About System Incidents |
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Disclosures About Risks That May Have a Significant Effect on the Entity's Production, Manufacturing, or Distribution |
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Disclosures About Inputs to and Components of the System |
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Disclosures About Individual Controls and the Applicable Trust Services Criteria |
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Disclosures About Complementary Customer Controls |
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Disclosures Related to Complementary Supplier Controls |
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Disclosures About Nonrelevant Criteria |
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Disclosures About Significant Changes to the System During the Period |
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Evaluating Description Misstatements Identified During the Examination |
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Considering Whether the Description Is Misstated or Otherwise Misleading |
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Obtaining Evidence About the Suitability of the Design of Controls |
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Multiple Controls Are Necessary to Address an Applicable Trust Services Criterion |
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More Than One Control Addresses a Particular Risk Procedures to Obtain Evidence About the Suitability of Design of Controls |
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Evaluating Deficiencies in the Suitability of Design of Controls |
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Obtaining Evidence About the Operating Effectiveness of Controls |
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Designing and Performing Tests of Controls |
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Nature of Tests of Controls |
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Evaluating the Reliability of Information Produced by the Entity |
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Timing of Tests of Controls |
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Extent of Tests of Controls |
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Testing Superseded Controls |
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Using Sampling to Select Items to Be Tested |
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Selecting Items to Be Tested |
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Additional Risk Considerations Related to Suppliers and Business Partners |
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Controls That Suppliers Expect the Entity to Implement --- Entity Controls for Addressing Supplier Risks |
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Complementary Supplier Controls |
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Considering Controls That Did Not Need to Operate During the Period Covered by the Examination |
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Identifying and Evaluating Deviations in the Effectiveness of Controls |
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Materiality Considerations When Evaluating Deficiencies in the Effectiveness of Controls |
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Using the Work of the Internal Audit Function |
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Using the Work of a Practitioner's Specialist |
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Revising the Risk Assessment |
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Evaluating the Sufficiency and Appropriateness of Evidence |
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Evaluating the Results of Procedures |
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Responding to and Communicating Known and Suspected Fraud, Noncompliance With Laws or Regulations, Uncorrected Misstatements, and Deficiencies in the Effectiveness of Controls |
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Known or Suspected Fraud or Noncompliance With Laws or Regulations |
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Communicating Incidents of Known or Suspected Fraud, Noncompliance With Laws or Regulations, Uncorrected Misstatements, or Internal Control Deficiencies |
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Obtaining Written Representations |
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Requested Written Representations Not Provided or Not Reliable |
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Engaging Party Is Not the Responsible Party |
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Representations From the Engaging Party When It Is Not the Responsible Party |
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Subsequent Events and Subsequently Discovered Facts |
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Subsequent Events Unlikely to Have an Effect on the Practitioner's Report |
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Considering Whether Entity Management Should Modify Its Assertion |
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Chapter 4 Forming The Opinion And Preparing The Practitioner's Report |
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Responsibilities of the Practitioner |
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Forming the Practitioner's Opinion |
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Concluding on the Sufficiency and Appropriateness of Evidence |
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Expressing an Opinion on Each of the Subject Matters in the SOC for Supply Chain Examination |
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Describing Tests of Controls and Results of Tests in the Practitioner's Report |
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Describing Tests of Controls and Results When Using the Internal Audit Function |
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Describing Tests of the Reliability of Information Produced by the Entity |
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Preparing the Practitioner's SOC for Supply Chain Report |
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Elements of the Practitioner's Report |
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Restricting the Use of the Practitioner's Report |
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Reporting When There Are Complementary Customer Controls |
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Reporting When There Are Complementary Supplier Controls |
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Reporting When the Practitioner Assumes Responsibility for the Work of an Other Practitioner |
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Modifications to the Practitioner's Opinion |
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Report Paragraphs Describing the Matter Giving Rise to the Modification |
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Illustrative Separate Paragraphs When There Are Material Misstatements in the Description |
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Illustrative Separate Paragraph: Material Deficiencies in the Effectiveness of Controls |
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Other Matters Related to the Practitioner's Report |
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Emphasis-of-Matter Paragraphs and Other-Matter Paragraphs |
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Distribution of the Report by Management |
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Practitioner's Recommendations for Improving Controls |
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Other Information Not Covered by the Practitioner's Report |
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Preparing a SOC for Supply Chain Report in a Design-Only Examination |
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A 2020 Description Criteria for a Description of an Entity's Production, Manufacturing, or Distribution System in a SOC for Supply Chain Report |
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B 2017 Trust Services Criteria for Security, Availability, Processing Integrity, Confidentiality, and Privacy |
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A Information for Entity Management |
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B Comparison of SOC for Supply Chain, SOC 2®, and SOC for Cybersecurity Examinations and Related Reports |
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C Illustrative Management Assertion in a SOC for Supply Chain Examination |
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D Illustrative Accountant's Report for a SOC for Supply Chain Examination |
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E Illustrative SOC for Supply Chain Report (Including Entity Management's Assertion, Accountant's Report, and Illustrative Description of the System) |
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G Overview of Statements on Quality Control Standards |
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| Index of Pronouncements and Other Technical Guidance |
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| Subject Index |
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