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ISO 27001 or SOC 2 when the customers are in Europe: costs, timelines and which one a German or Dutch buyer asks for

We counted two years of EU software tenders: ISO 27001 in 1,202 German procedures, SOC 2 in 49, and most of those accept it only as an alternative. What each costs a ten-person vendor over three years ($104,500 and $114,000), surveillance audits, C5 and NEN 7510, and running both on one control set.

November 5, 2026

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$5,000 is two to four tester days and $25,000 is nine to twenty. Published 2026 prices, a worked budget for a small SaaS, how to spot a scan with a cover page, what goes in a letter of attestation, and how to show your findings to a customer.

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Accessibility demand letters: what a small business website gets sued for in the US and what the EU changed in June 2025

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Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 for a ten-person business in 2026: the bill after AI was bundled in

Both suites now list at $7, $14 and $22 a user. The before-and-after prices (Gemini in January 2025, Microsoft's July 2026 rise), a ten-seat yearly bill for every plan paid up front, monthly or month to month ($840 to $3,840), what each tier adds, where the included AI stops, and which plan fits which office.

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