# SOC 2 (2017 TSC) PI1.1 — Processing Objectives & Information - Source: https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/soc-2-trust-services-criteria/pi1-1-processing-objectives-information - Section: [Compliance](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance) › [SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria (2017, with 2022 points of focus)](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/soc-2-trust-services-criteria) › Processing Integrity — PI1 - Last updated: 2026-06-05 - Publisher: iCompaas, Inc. (https://www.icompaas.com) **SOC 2 (2017 TSC)**·Criterion `PI1.1`·medium·Component: **Processing Integrity** ## What this control requires > The entity obtains or generates, uses, and communicates relevant, quality information regarding the objectives related to processing, including definitions of data processed and product and service specifications, to support the use of products and services. > > — SOC 2 (2017 TSC), Criterion PI1.1 ### In plain English The entity obtains or generates, uses, and communicates relevant, quality information regarding the objectives related to processing, including definitions of data processed and product and service specifications, to support the use of products and services. In practice, this means you can prove you information quality-level controls on a defined cadence. ## Why it matters Every SOC 2 audit opinion is built control-by-control from the Trust Services Criteria. A missing or failing criterion produces an exception in the report, which buyers, partners and procurement teams read line-by-line during vendor reviews. ## What an auditor looks for A SOC 2 auditor (under AT-C §§ 105/205) tests both design and operating effectiveness over the audit window. For each criterion they expect a written control, a control owner, a population of events, and a sample tested against the population — including remediation tickets for exceptions. Within **Processing Integrity**, the assessor will trace your implementation back to the catalogue reference (Criterion PI1.1) and look for objective evidence on the latest two assessment cycles. ## How to implement #### Policy Management **Docs.** Keep each policy in version-controlled Markdown alongside the code that implements it; ship a signed PDF snapshot at each annual review and link the SHA into the SoA. ### Operational checklist - **Information.** Document the trigger, the owner and the cadence. - **Risk.** Document the trigger, the owner and the cadence. - **Management.** Document the trigger, the owner and the cadence. - **Data.** Document the trigger, the owner and the cadence. - **Scope:** quality, objectives, management, objectives & information, product, service specifications, services. ## Evidence to collect - **Policy Document.** A signed and version-controlled policy / standard / procedure document. Signed policy or standard documents the safeguard. Focus: Processing Objectives & Information (Original component: Processing Integrity). ## Common pitfalls - Policies that no engineer has read; the version in Confluence drifts from the version that's actually being enforced. ## How it maps to other frameworks Computed from shared tags, control component and key-operation subjects — handy when you are reconciling controls across an audit. - [**ISO/IEC 27001:2022 A.5.21** — Managing information security in the ICT supply chain](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/iso-27001-2022/a-5-21-managing-information-security-in-the-ict-supply-chain) - [**NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 PT-4(1)** — Tailored Consent](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/nist-sp-800-53-rev-5/pt-4-1-tailored-consent) - [**India DPDP Act 2023 LB-001** — Consent Quality & Management](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/india-dpdp-act-2023/lb-001-consent-quality-management) ## Related controls in SOC 2 (2017 TSC) - [**Criterion PI1.3** — Processing Controls](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/soc-2-trust-services-criteria/pi1-3-processing-controls) - [**Criterion PI1.4** — Output Controls](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/soc-2-trust-services-criteria/pi1-4-output-controls) - [**Criterion PI1.5** — Storage Controls](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/soc-2-trust-services-criteria/pi1-5-storage-controls) - [**Criterion PI1.2** — Input Controls](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/soc-2-trust-services-criteria/pi1-2-input-controls) - [**Criterion C1.2** — Confidential Information Disposal](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/soc-2-trust-services-criteria/c1-2-confidential-information-disposal) - [**Criterion CC2.1** — Information Quality](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/soc-2-trust-services-criteria/cc2-1-information-quality) ## References - [AICPA / ASEC — SOC 2 (2017 TSC)](https://www.aicpa-cima.com/topic/audit-assurance/audit-and-assurance-greater-than-soc-2) - Catalogue identifier: `Criterion PI1.1` Topics: governance riskpolicy management ## Related compliance guidance - [SOC 2 compliance: a practical implementation guide for cloud-native SaaS teams](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/soc-2-trust-services-criteria): Start with the full SOC 2 implementation guide — scope, roadmap, evidence and how the assessment runs. - [ISO/IEC 27001:2022 compliance: a practical implementation guide](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/iso-27001-2022): The certificate most non-US customers ask for instead of SOC 2; the controls overlap enough to run one matrix for both. - [HIPAA compliance for SaaS: a practical implementation guide](https://support.icompaas.com/compliance/hipaa): If health-tech customers ask for SOC 2, they will also ask about the Security Rule; the two are usually evidenced from the same controls.