Thoropass Assurance Achieves Highest Rating on AICPA Peer Review, Reinforcing Commitment to Audit Quality

NEW YORK –December 16, 2025 – Thoropass today announced that Laika Compliance LLC, DBA Thoropass Assurance, its IT compliance audit firm, has successfully completed its second American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Peer Review with a Pass rating.  

The AICPA Peer Review process is a rigorous, third-party evaluation designed to ensure auditors maintain rigorous standards and compliance with professional standards. Passing this review reinforces Thoropass Assurance’s commitment to meet the same benchmarks of accuracy, independence, and reliability expected from top-tier auditors. 

“Security and compliance leaders can’t afford uncertainty in their SOC 1 and SOC 2 audits—or the downstream erosion of customer trust that follows,” said Leith Khanafseh, Managing Partner of Thoropass Assurance. “In an era of low-cost auditors and “SOC-in-a-box” compliance automation platforms, too many providers treat the audit as a checkbox exercise rather than a rigorous technical review. When quality takes a back seat, the result isn’t just a loss of value—it’s the kind of process breakdown that leads firms to fail peer reviews and lose credibility altogether.

“As an industry, we have a collective responsibility to deliver audits that customers and third parties can rely on with absolute confidence. Organizations trust us to validate the integrity of their security and compliance posture. Passing the AICPA Peer Review reinforces that Thoropass Assurance meets the highest professional standards and delivers work that stands up to the most exacting scrutiny,” Khanafseh continued.

The achievement reinforces Thoropass’s broader mission to combine enterprise-grade audit expertise with AI-native automation to help security leaders build trust and reduce the cost of compliance. Thoropass Assurance delivers independent audits across a wide range of frameworks, including SOC 1 and SOC 2, PCI DSS, and HITRUST.

The company’s rebrand of Laika Compliance as Thoropass Assurance ensures customers experience the same rigorous audit delivery under a unified identity. Customers and partners will now benefit from a clearer connection to Thoropass’s full suite of compliance, audit, and security offerings.

Thoropass conducts more than 1,000 audits annually and includes a team of experienced auditors drawn from leading firms such as KPMG, EY, PWC, and Coalfire. 

About Thoropass

Thoropass is the modern alternative to legacy security auditors, combining enterprise-level rigor with AI-native technology to deliver simply better audits. Our experienced audit team brings deep compliance expertise while our unified platform eliminates black-box workflows and inefficiencies. We manage complexity at scale—running single audit cycles across SOC 2, ISO, PCI, and HITRUST frameworks. With AI-powered evidence collection, real-time auditor collaboration, and transparent status tracking, Thoropass reduces audit cycles, eliminates vendor sprawl, and delivers confidence across frameworks, products, and geographies.