Building a SOC 2-Ready Control Environment
How to implement the organizational controls that satisfy CC1 — code of conduct, organizational structure, board oversight documentation, performance management, and the governance artifacts that auditors review first.
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Logical Access Controls for SOC 2
Implementing MFA, role-based access control, access provisioning and deprovisioning workflows, quarterly access reviews, privileged access management, and the evidence cadence that satisfies CC6 across cloud-native and hybrid environments.
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Security Monitoring and Incident Response
Building the SIEM, alert rules, incident classification process, and post-incident review procedure that satisfy CC7 — with specific guidance on alert evidence, incident register format, and the response time SLAs auditors test.
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Vulnerability Management and Penetration Testing
The vulnerability management program SOC 2 requires — scan frequency, severity classification, remediation SLAs, patch management, and annual penetration testing — with evidence formats and the cadence that satisfies Type II operating effectiveness testing.
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Change Management for SOC 2
Implementing CC8-compliant change management — the change request, approval, testing, and deployment process for both infrastructure and software changes — with specific guidance on the evidence trail auditors reconstruct during fieldwork.
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Vendor and Third-Party Risk Management
Building the vendor due diligence program that satisfies CC9 — vendor inventory, risk tiering, due diligence questionnaires, SOC 2 report collection from critical vendors, and ongoing monitoring — with contract requirements and the evidence package.
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Business Continuity and Availability Controls
Implementing the Availability TSC and CC9 business continuity requirements — RTO/RPO definition, backup testing, DR plan, tabletop exercise records, and availability monitoring — with the evidence that demonstrates operating effectiveness over the audit period.
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