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54 lines
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:ID: auto-soc2
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:CREATED: [2026-05-23 Sat]
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:END:
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#+title: SOC 2 (System and Organization Controls 2)
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#+filetags: :passepartout:compliance:framework:soc2:
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* SOC 2 (System and Organization Controls 2)
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** What it is
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An auditing standard developed by AICPA (American Institute of CPAs). Not a law.
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Certifies that a service organization's controls over security, availability,
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processing integrity, confidentiality, and privacy meet defined criteria.
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Five Trust Service Criteria (TSC):
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- **Security** (mandatory): protection against unauthorized access (firewall,
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access control, intrusion detection)
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- **Availability** (optional): system available for operation and use as
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committed (uptime, redundancy, disaster recovery)
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- **Processing Integrity** (optional): system processing is complete, valid,
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accurate, timely, and authorized
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- **Confidentiality** (optional): information designated as confidential is
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protected as committed
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- **Privacy** (optional): personal information is collected, used, retained,
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disclosed, and disposed of in conformity with commitments
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Two types:
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- **Type I:** controls are suitably designed at a specific point in time
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- **Type II:** controls operated effectively over a period (6-12 months)
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** Who must comply
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Any SaaS or cloud service provider whose enterprise customers require audited
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vendors. Table stakes for B2B — most enterprise procurement contracts require
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SOC 2 Type II.
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** Penalties
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No direct fines (not a law). But losing SOC 2 certification means losing
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enterprise customers. Misrepresentation of certification status is fraud.
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** Why it matters for the triad
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SOC 2 is the entry-level certification for the [[file:compute-marketplace.org][compute marketplace]]. A provider
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needs SOC 2 Type II to sell compute to enterprises whose procurement policy
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requires audited vendors. The gate stack itself maps directly to the Security
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criterion (access controls, audit trails) — the Passepartout instance's
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deterministic gate log serves as the evidence artifact for the audit. No
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separate logging SIEM needed. This is the prerequisite to the larger
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[[file:verification-monopoly.org][verification monopoly]] play — once enterprises trust the audit trail, they
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buy domain-specific gate packages for the same infrastructure.
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