SOC Compliance Resources

Expert articles, free downloads and more

SOC Compliance Articles

SOC 2 Compliance 101: All You Need to Know

SOC 2 Compliance 101: All You Need to Know

Keeping customer data safe and secure is a top priority for many companies. SOC 2 stands as an industry standard for managing this crucial task, ensuring reliable security controls are in place. This comprehensive guide will demystify SOC 2 compliance, highlighting...

read more
SOC 3 Report: All You Need to Know

SOC 3 Report: All You Need to Know

What is a SOC 3? System and Organization Controls 3 reports, also known as a SOC 3 report, is one of three audits that organizations can undertake to meet the specified Trust Service Principles, as defined by the AICPA. The audit is performed by accredited...

read more
How Long Does It Take to Get a SOC 2 Report

How Long Does It Take to Get a SOC 2 Report

Data drives most of today’s cloud-based organizations. If your company is one of the many enterprises that transmits, stores, manages or otherwise handles data for your own use or as a service to customers, you have also established a system of security controls that...

read more
SOC for Cybersecurity

SOC for Cybersecurity

Managing customer data and exchanging digital information on a global level provides your organization with both unparalleled flexibility and versatility. However, opening up your resources and assets to the outside world also makes your cyber environment vulnerable...

read more
SOC 2 Trust Principles

SOC 2 Trust Principles

News of cybercrime dominates the headlines regularly. For that reason, earning clients' trust is crucial for any organization that provides cloud-based data storage, management, or transmission services. The customers who entrust you with their precious data want more...

read more
SOC 2 vs SOC 3

SOC 2 vs SOC 3

If your company is a service organization that offers cloud-based technologies and support services such as tax or medical claims processing, document management, data hosting, platform as a service, data as a service or other data security functions, you are already...

read more
SOC Bridge Letter: Closing the Gap with Customer Timelines 

SOC Bridge Letter: Closing the Gap with Customer Timelines 

A SOC report’s covered period does not always coincide with your customers’ fiscal calendar. It might, for example, have an end date of October 31, which leads to a two-month gap with a customer’s fiscal year-end (December 31). To address this gap, organizations use a...

read more
SOC 2 vs. ISO 27001: Key Differences

SOC 2 vs. ISO 27001: Key Differences

Any organization that is concerned with the storage, management or transmission of customer data is expected to adhere to security standards. Some of these standards make it possible for you to be in compliance with industry regulations; others provide you with a...

read more
SOC 1 vs SOC 2

SOC 1 vs SOC 2

Service organizations like yours bear a heavy burden of trust when you handle, store or transmit data from customers who outsource it to you. It is no small task to ensure that this information is kept safe, and that is why you have developed strict internal security...

read more

Videos