360 Advanced

Who is 360 Advanced?

360 Advanced is a St. Petersburg cybersecurity and compliance brand founded in 2004. Its LinkedIn company page lists 51–200 employees. The brand uses an alternative-practice structure: 360 Advanced, Inc. is a Florida-licensed CPA firm (license AD67897) registered with the PCAOB and provides attest services, while 360 Advanced Cybersecurity, LLC provides nonattest cybersecurity and compliance services.

360 Advanced’s clearest selling point is coordinated, U.S.-based multi-framework delivery. The firm says its domestic team can manage several compliance tracks under one relationship, learn the client’s environment once, and reuse shared control evidence rather than restarting the same interviews and evidence requests with a new provider for each framework. That model is most useful when SOC 2 is one requirement on a broader roadmap that may also include ISO 27001, HITRUST, PCI DSS, or FedRAMP.

The delivery model does not turn every framework into one report. Where criteria overlap, 360 Advanced can combine SOC 2 with HIPAA, HITRUST, or CSA STAR criteria in a SOC 2+ examination and custom compliance map. ISO certification and FedRAMP assessment remain separate deliverables, handled through the appropriate related entity. The value proposition is one coordinated program and less duplicated work — not one credential standing in for another.

That multi-framework depth is the firm’s core positioning. It serves B2B SaaS, Enterprise IT Outsourcing, Managed Security, Healthcare Claims Management, FinTech, Financial Services, Healthcare, and Education clients. On August 11, 2026, 360 Advanced also confirmed Government Contractors as a served segment and reported 15 certifications; the firm did not name all 15 credentials, so this profile does not attempt to enumerate them. Its published client stories (DataBank, Parchment, Luma Health, HealthPlanOne, Synctera, Preservica, and Whistic) skew toward mid-market and larger organizations juggling more than one compliance mandate at once — the buyer for whom framework overlap is the actual problem, not just the audit itself.

What credentials does 360 Advanced actually hold?

360 Advanced, Inc. is the licensed CPA attest entity behind the brand’s SOC reports. The directory record reviewed on June 11, 2026, shows an AICPA Peer Review pass dated November 19, 2024, covering April 1, 2023 through March 31, 2024 (verify on the AICPA public file search).

Buyers should contract with the named attest entity, not assume every company using the 360 Advanced brand is a CPA firm.

The related 360 Advanced Compass Rose entity now has two material public credentials. The official FedRAMP Marketplace lists it as an accredited assessor since August 21, 2024, with Class C (Moderate) assessment experience. IAF CertSearch lists an active ISO/IEC 27001 certification-body scope through the ANSI National Accreditation Board (ANAB). The brand also publishes PCI DSS QSA, HITRUST, and CyberAB credentials or service affiliations. Its current public CMMC evidence supports readiness and advisory work through a CyberAB Registered Provider Organization (RPO); it does not establish C3PAO status.

What SOC reports does 360 Advanced issue?

360 Advanced runs SOC 1, SOC 2, and SOC 3 engagements. A SOC 2 Type 1 report evaluates control design at a point in time. 360 Advanced describes its Type 2 engagement as testing operating effectiveness over a 12-month period and conducting the audit annually.

It also offers a separate readiness assessment that identifies deficiencies and helps management evaluate remediation options before the examination.

The firm’s differentiated offering is the SOC 2+ report: a single hybrid examination that layers additional framework controls (commonly HITRUST or HIPAA, and CSA STAR is also supported) on top of the standard SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria, with custom compliance mapping built around the client’s actual regulatory footprint. For an organization that would otherwise run a SOC 2 and a HITRUST assessment as two separate engagements with two separate evidence pulls, the SOC 2+ format consolidates them into one audit cycle. This is the same logic behind the firm’s own blog content on a “unified SOC 2 and HITRUST strategy,” and it’s a genuine time-and-cost lever for clients that need both.

Does 360 Advanced assess HITRUST?

360 Advanced markets HITRUST e1, i1, and r2 plus PCI QSA, ANAB ISO, FedRAMP 3PAO, CMMC readiness, NIST, and privacy assessments. A service offering, an assessor authorization, and a certification-body accreditation are not interchangeable.

That breadth is useful when one buyer has several workstreams, but it does not mean every assessment is issued by the same legal entity or under the same authorization. Ask 360 Advanced to name the contracting entity and assessor-of-record for each framework in a combined proposal. This is especially important for the firm’s integrated model: the client can have one coordinated relationship while the SOC report, ISO certificate, and FedRAMP assessment retain their separate professional and accreditation requirements.

Does 360 Advanced also sell penetration testing?

360 Advanced offers penetration testing as an in-house service line, including API, internal, external, web application, mobile application, and social-engineering testing, plus red teaming and vulnerability scanning.

Buyers should weigh one independence consideration before scoping this alongside an attestation. Under AICPA independence rules, a CPA firm that performs a penetration test and then evaluates that same test as part of an audit it also issues can create a self-review threat, because the test becomes part of the control environment the audit assesses. The cleanest posture — one 360 Advanced’s own client testimonials illustrate — is to keep the two functions separate: in its published SOC 2 case studies, security firm Adsero handles a client’s SOC 2 readiness and remediation work while 360 Advanced performs the independent SOC 2 examination itself. If you are engaging 360 Advanced for both a pen test and a SOC 2 report covering the same environment, raise the separation question on the first call rather than assuming the two should run through the same engagement team.

Which platforms does 360 Advanced use?

Drata lists 360 Advanced as an Advanced Alliance Member in its auditor directory. The listing says the firm supports organizations from 1 to 1,000+ employees across the United States and several international regions, and covers SOC 1, SOC 2, SOC 3, ISO 27001/27701/42001, PCI, CMMC, FedRAMP, FISMA, HIPAA, HITRUST, and other frameworks.

That membership needs to be read alongside 360 Advanced’s own independence statement. The firm says it works across different GRC environments, including clients without a GRC platform, and does not allow platforms to sell SOC examinations on its behalf. The current evidence supports both a Drata alliance relationship and a platform-neutral audit policy; it does not support the profile’s previous claim that 360 Advanced had no named GRC-platform relationship.

For a Drata customer, the directory membership is a concrete compatibility signal. 360 Advanced’s Compliance Alliance page also lists Compyl, Vanta, Optro, Strike Graph, and Archer as GRC platforms, alongside Drata. Those alliance relationships establish platform compatibility, not a public, native-integration claim. Buyers should confirm the evidence-transfer workflow, engagement scope, and any native integration they need rather than infer them from the firm’s platform-neutral policy.

How much does a 360 Advanced SOC 2 audit cost?

360 Advanced does not publish a rate card. On 11 August 2026 the firm confirmed $15,000–$60,000 Type I and $15,000–$80,000 Type II; a coordinated SOC 2+ or federal-readiness job can sit higher.

These are firm-confirmed ranges, not a public rate card; request a quote for a scoped ballpark.

How long does a 360 Advanced SOC 2 audit take?

On August 11, 2026, 360 Advanced confirmed a 3–12 week fieldwork-to-report window. That range covers the audit and reporting phase only, not a Type 2 observation period. 360 Advanced’s current SOC 2 page describes its Type 2 examination over a 12-month period; HITRUST r2 and FedRAMP authorization follow separate, longer work plans.

Which frameworks does 360 Advanced cover?

The public sources reviewed on August 10, 2026, list SOC 1, SOC 2, SOC 3, and SOC 2+, but do not list ISAE 3000/3402 or SOC for Cybersecurity as standalone products. Absence from those pages is not proof that the firm will decline the work, so buyers should confirm these scopes directly.

Who is 360 Advanced a good fit for?

360 Advanced fits mid-market U.S. buyers that want one domestic team coordinating SOC 2 with ISO, HITRUST, PCI, or FedRAMP rather than a separate vendor per framework. Confirm which legal entity signs each deliverable.

Best fit for:

• Mid-market and larger U.S. organizations that want one domestic team to coordinate overlapping evidence across several compliance tracks
• B2B SaaS companies that need SOC 2 now and expect ISO 27001, HITRUST, PCI DSS, or FedRAMP requirements as they move upmarket
• Healthcare, healthtech, and health-data companies pursuing a combined SOC 2 + HITRUST or SOC 2 + HIPAA “SOC 2+” report instead of two separate engagements
• Cloud service providers that want SOC 2 coordinated with a FedRAMP assessment through the listed 360 Advanced Compass Rose 3PAO
• Government contractors, including DoD contractors, that need CMMC readiness or advisory work alongside commercial compliance work, while separately confirming the C3PAO assessor-of-record
• Drata, Vanta, Compyl, Optro, Strike Graph, or Archer customers who want a compatible workflow; Drata customers also have the public Audit Alliance listing and the firm’s stated platform-neutral SOC examination policy
• Companies comfortable with a 3–12 week fieldwork-to-report window, recognizing that Type 2 observation periods and federal programs take longer

Not a fit — look elsewhere if:

• You need the fastest, cheapest possible single-framework SOC 2 Type I and have no other compliance requirements on the horizon; boutique single-framework specialists will typically beat this price and timeline
• You require a named native integration or a specific evidence workflow that the firm cannot confirm for your platform
• You need a European ISAE 3000/3402 report rather than a US AICPA SOC report

When should a buyer shortlist 360 Advanced?

Shortlist 360 Advanced when you want one U.S. team across several compliance tracks rather than a vendor per framework. 360 Advanced, Inc. issues SOC work; Compass Rose holds the listed FedRAMP 3PAO and ANAB ISO roles.

Its SOC 2+ product can combine SOC 2 with HIPAA, HITRUST, or CSA STAR criteria, while ISO and FedRAMP remain separate deliverables inside the coordinated program. The firm-confirmed ranges are $15,000–$60,000 for Type I and $15,000–$80,000 for Type II, with a 3–12 week fieldwork-to-report window; final pricing and timing depend on scope. Its public Compliance Alliance page lists Drata, Vanta, Compyl, Optro, Strike Graph, and Archer as GRC platforms, but buyers should verify the workflow and any native integration they require. Buyers pursuing CMMC certification should still confirm the C3PAO assessor-of-record.