SOC 2 · Trust Services Criterion CC5.3
Staff acknowledge the policies and procedures that put controls into practice
What an auditor asks for
An assessor samples staff and checks that they acknowledged the current policies that describe how controls are carried out.
- Policy acknowledgement export
- Current policy set
Evidence ShipReady collects for CC5.3
ShipReady maps CC5.3 to the engineering signals below. A control with no collected artifact stays a gap until an evidence run produces one — never an assumed pass.
- Policy document
policy-docs
Common gaps
- No artifact has been collected yet — ShipReady records the CC5.3 control as a gap until an evidence run produces one, never as an assumed pass.
Readiness is not certification. ShipReady tracks control evidence; it does not issue audit opinions or certificates. Not legal advice.