What is SOC 2?
SOC 2 is a voluntary compliance framework developed by the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) that has become the de facto standard for demonstrating security trustworthiness in the technology and cloud services industry. A SOC 2 audit assesses whether an organization has implemented appropriate controls across five Trust Service Criteria, with Security being mandatory and the others Availability, Processing Integrity, Confidentiality, and Privacy selected based on the organization’s services and customer commitments. A SOC 2 Type II report, which covers controls over a period of time rather than a point in time, is increasingly required by enterprise customers as a condition of doing business. Achieving SOC 2 compliance requires sustained operational discipline and is a strong signal of organizational security maturity.