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Security compliance and audit readiness
Summer 2026 Internship — Project Track 3

Trust but Verify: SOC 2 Audit Readiness

Build SOC 2 Type II audit readiness at Interlaced, a managed security services firm, through hands-on GRC work on a live compliance program.

Track Focus

SOC 2 Type II readiness

Trust Services Criteria mapping, policy gap remediation, evidence collection, risk register updates, and audit-ready documentation.

Project Sponsor

This track is sponsored by a security leader guiding Interlaced toward SOC 2 Type II certification.

Industry Sponsor

Troy Mason

Head of Security, Interlaced

Troy leads the security practice at Interlaced and will mentor interns as they help close control gaps, document evidence, and strengthen the compliance infrastructure needed for a Type II audit.

About This Track

Contribute directly to audit readiness work that mirrors real-world GRC and security engineering roles.

Interlaced is an IT consulting and managed services firm with a formal security practice and a target of achieving SOC 2 Type II certification. This internship places a student inside that effort, working alongside the Head of Security to prepare evidence, improve documentation, and help close gaps before audit.

This is not a simulated compliance exercise. The intern’s work will feed a live readiness effort, including audit-ready evidence packages, remediation tracking, control mapping, and internal risk documentation used by the security practice.

What You’ll Do

Hands-on compliance work across control mapping, policy documentation, audit evidence, and risk tracking.

Control Mapping

Map current security controls to SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria.

Work across Security, Availability, Confidentiality, Privacy, and Processing Integrity to connect existing practices with audit expectations and identify where evidence or control language needs improvement.

Policy Remediation

Review and improve policy documentation against audit requirements.

Support updates for access control, change management, incident response, vendor management, and backup/recovery policies so documentation matches the operating reality of the business.

Evidence Collection

Build organized, audit-ready evidence packages for individual controls.

Collect screenshots, logs, export artifacts, and other proof points, then organize them in a way that helps auditors and internal stakeholders understand control operation over time.

Risk and Remediation Tracking

Contribute to the internal risk register and gap closure process.

Help document risks, treatment decisions, open gaps, owners, and closure timelines in the remediation tracker. Stretch work may include client-facing gap assessment or policy deliverables.

Expected Deliverables

Concrete GRC artifacts that can be used in a real audit readiness program.

  • SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria control mapping notes for current security controls.
  • Updated or remediated policy documentation for audit-relevant process areas.
  • Organized evidence packages for selected controls, including screenshots, logs, and export artifacts.
  • Risk register entries and risk treatment documentation tied to observed gaps.
  • Remediation tracker updates with clear owners, timelines, and closure status.
  • Optional client-facing gap assessment or policy support deliverables as stretch work.

Skills You’ll Learn

Gain practical experience in SOC 2, GRC tooling, compliance documentation, and MSP/MSSP security operations.

SOC 2 Type II

Trust Services Criteria, audit evidence standards, and the difference between having a control and proving it operates.

GRC Tooling

Exposure to Vanta, CIS Controls v8.1, and structured methods for organizing compliance evidence.

Policy Writing

Compliance-focused documentation for access control, change management, incident response, vendors, and recovery.

Risk Assessment

Gap analysis, risk treatment documentation, remediation tracking, and internal risk register maintenance.

MSP/MSSP Security

How operational security works in a managed services environment using tools such as Microsoft 365 and Azure.

Ready to Apply?

View the full internship overview for program details, dates, and application information.