Managing separate audit relationships for SOC 2 and HIPAA had become a source of budget strain and duplicate effort for Bentek, which provides benefits administration for public sector and educational institutions. By consolidating these requirements into a coordinated engagement, the company can now submit compliance evidence once rather than repeating the process for each framework. The recent audit resulted in a clean SOC 2 Type 2 report with no findings, while the GovRAMP assessment is currently in progress under the same integrated structure.

Kevin Smith, Vice President of Technology and Security at Bentek, noted that the partnership moved beyond a standard audit model, with 360 Advanced providing proactive recommendations to simplify future compliance cycles. According to Amanda King, Practice Director at 360 Advanced, the goal was to transform these security requirements into a competitive advantage for Bentek's RFP responses. With the program now centralized, the company is better positioned to meet the specific security questions increasingly embedded in state-level public sector procurement.