For Compliance Teams

The 20% of SOC 2 evidence that Vanta can't automate

Vanta automates infrastructure evidence. Zerocheck gives compliance teams raw application-level proof from approved test runs: JSON results, screenshots, recordings, and step traces they can map to controls.

Who this is for

Role
Compliance officer, CTO, or VP Engineering
Company
B2B SaaS (50-500 employees) going through SOC 2 Type II certification or renewal
Trigger
Audit window opens. Enterprise deal blocked pending SOC 2. Compliance officer sends the evidence request email. Two engineers disappear for two weeks.

This is for you if:

  • SOC 2 Type II certification or renewal in the next 6 months
  • Currently collect application testing evidence manually
  • Core user flows are web-based (not purely API or native)
  • Merge multiple PRs per day with a GitHub-based workflow
  • Using or planning to use Vanta, Drata, or similar for infrastructure compliance

The pain is real

“The guts of a SOC2 audit are a giant spreadsheet questionnaire and a battery of screenshots serving as evidence for the answers in the questionnaire.”

Thomas Ptacek, Fly.iosource

“Evidence collection becomes a quarterly scavenger hunt - a tax on engineering velocity that produces almost no security value.”

Ederasource

“If your evidence collection process is 'take a screenshot on Tuesday,' your evidence is already stale by Wednesday.”

Ederasource

SOC 2 requires evidence for 200+ controls per audit cycle

Vanta and Drata leave a '20% manual gap' for application-level testing evidence

2 engineers x 2 weeks per audit for manual evidence collection

Why nobody else solves this

Compliance platforms (Vanta, Drata, Secureframe) automate infrastructure evidence. They can confirm 'MFA is enabled.' They cannot prove 'the login flow actually works on this commit.'

No E2E testing tool generates audit-ready artifacts. CI logs expire. Dashboards aren't formatted for auditors. The bridge between 'test passed' and 'auditable proof' is entirely manual.

The result: 2 engineers spend 2 weeks per audit mapping Jira tickets to test runs to screenshots to Confluence. 200 pages assembled. The auditor flags gaps. Repeat annually.

The workflow today vs. with Zerocheck

Without Zerocheck

SOC 2 audit window opens. Compliance officer asks for evidence of change management controls (CC7.2, CC8.1). Engineering team manually maps Jira tickets to test runs to screenshots. Two engineers spend two weeks assembling 200 pages. Auditor flags gaps: some controls lack continuous evidence, some show point-in-time screenshots.

With Zerocheck

Approved tests run on PRs and production monitors. Every executed run generates timestamped JSON evidence with test name, result, commit SHA, screenshots, recording, and step trace. Compliance can map that evidence to controls outside Zerocheck.

How it works

1

Mark the approved tests that matter for change-management and monitoring proof

2

Approved tests run on PRs and production monitors, producing JSON run evidence

3

Evidence accumulates as tests execute, not once a quarter

4

Compliance maps run JSON and artifact links to controls outside Zerocheck

FAQ

We already use Vanta/Drata. Why add Zerocheck?

Vanta automates infrastructure evidence. Zerocheck produces JSON evidence from real application test runs: which approved test ran, the commit, result, screenshots, recording, and step trace. Your compliance team can map that proof to controls as needed.

Our auditor has never seen evidence from AI-authored tests.

The evidence is the factual output of real test execution: timestamped pass/fail, screenshots, step traces, and commit SHA. If AI suggested the test, a human approved it before it ran. Same standard as CI logs, formatted for auditors.

How long does it take to set up evidence generation?

Connect your repo and staging URL, review suggested tests, and approve the tests that should run. Evidence starts when approved tests execute on PRs or monitors.

Will auditors accept it?

The artifact is factual run evidence: timestamp, commit, result, screenshots, recording, and step trace. We recommend auditor review of the format before relying on it for a specific audit.

The 20% of SOC 2 evidence that Vanta can't automate

E2E testing built for audit season. Evidence on every PR, not once a quarter.

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