Geels Norton

Overview

Geels Norton LLC describes itself as a purpose-built data security and privacy compliance and advisory firm. It says clients work directly with partner-level team members and receive draft reports within two weeks of audit testing. source

Location

The firm lists its principal place of business as 3814 Cole Mill Rd, Durham, NC 27712, and publishes [email protected] and 207-749-3939 as its contact details. source

Smith + Howard

Smith + Howard announced on February 3, 2026 that Geels Norton, which it describes as a boutique cyber, risk audit and advisory firm founded in 2021, joined the Smith + Howard family of companies effective February 1, 2026. The announcement says Geels Norton will legally operate as Smith + Howard while continuing to conduct advisory services under the Geels Norton brand. source

SOC 2 engagements

Geels Norton's SOC page says SOC for SaaS is its specialty, covering SOC 1 and SOC 2 for emerging and high-growth cloud technology companies, including readiness, Type 1 and Type 2 examinations. It says the firm develops control language, maps controls to the SOC 2 criteria, and drafts the company's control narrative (Section 3). No fees are published. source

ISO internal audit

The firm offers ISO internal audits and says it can combine a SOC 2 examination with an ISO 27001 internal audit. It also lists ISO 27017 and ISO 27018 in a consolidated audit. It describes its people as Certified ISO 27001 Lead Auditors and says it works with an ecosystem of trusted ISO certification bodies and ISMS preparation partners rather than issuing ISO certificates itself. No fees are published. source

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