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Ali Aleali
Co-Founder & Principal Consultant, CISSP, CCSP
Former security architect for Bank of Canada and Payments Canada. 20+ years building compliance programs for critical infrastructure. Ali leads Truvo's SOC 2, ISO 27001, and CMMC engagements, bringing enterprise-grade security architecture to growing companies.
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EDR vs MDR: The Simple Difference, and Which One You Need
EDR and MDR sound almost identical, and the two terms often get used interchangeably. The short explanation: EDR is the tool, and MDR is the service...
SOC 2 CC7.5: Recovering From Identified Security Incidents
SOC 2 CC7.5 requires a company to identify, develop, and implement the activities that recover the environment after a security incident, and to...
SOC 2 CC7.4: Responding to Security Incidents
SOC 2 CC7.4 requires a company to respond to security incidents through a defined incident-response program that understands, contains, remediates,...
SOC 2 CC7.3: Evaluating Security Events to Identify Incidents
SOC 2 CC7.3 requires a company to evaluate detected security events, decide which of them are incidents, and act on the ones that are. It sits in the...
SOC 2 CC1.2: Board Independence and Oversight
SOC 2 CC1.2 requires that a board of directors, or the body that plays the board's role, stays independent from management and exercises oversight of...
SOC 2 CC5.2: General Controls Over Technology
SOC 2 CC5.2 requires an organization to select and develop general control activities over technology so its systems support the objectives the...
SOC 2 CC2.2: Internal Communication
SOC 2 CC2.2 requires an organization to communicate internal control information, including objectives and responsibilities, to the people inside the...
SOC 2 CC1.5: Accountability for Internal Control
SOC 2 CC1.5 requires an organization to hold individuals accountable for the internal control responsibilities assigned to them. It closes the CC1...
SOC 2 CC6.8: Preventing and Detecting Unauthorized or Malicious Software
SOC 2 CC6.8 requires controls that prevent, or detect and act on, the introduction of unauthorized or malicious software. It sits in the CC6 series...
SOC 2 CC6.7: Restricting the Transmission, Movement, and Removal of Information
SOC 2 CC6.7 requires that information is protected when it is transmitted, moved, or removed, and that only authorized users and processes can do so....
SOC 2 CC6.6: Protecting Against Threats From Outside System Boundaries
SOC 2 CC6.6 requires logical access security measures that protect the system against threats originating outside its boundaries. It sits in the CC6...
SOC 2 CC6.5: Discontinuing Protections Over Disposed Assets
SOC 2 CC6.5 requires that data and software are rendered unrecoverable before an asset loses its protections or leaves the company's control. It sits...
SOC 2 CC3.3: Considering the Potential for Fraud in Risk Assessment
SOC 2 CC3.3 requires an entity to consider the potential for fraud when it assesses risks to its objectives. It sits in the CC3 series (Risk...
SOC 2 CC3.4: Identifying and Assessing Significant Changes
SOC 2 CC3.4 requires an entity to identify and assess changes that could significantly affect its system of internal control. It closes the CC3...
SOC 2 CC5.3: Policies and Procedures
SOC 2 CC5.3 requires an organization to deploy its control activities through policies that state what is expected and procedures that put those...
SOC 2 CC5.1: Selecting and Developing Control Activities
SOC 2 CC5.1 requires an organization to select and develop control activities that reduce its risks to an acceptable level, choosing each control...
SOC 2 CC2.3: External Communication
SOC 2 CC2.3 requires an organization to communicate with external parties about matters that affect how its internal control operates, and to give...
SOC 2 CC3.1: Specifying Objectives With Enough Clarity to Assess Risk
SOC 2 CC3.1 requires an entity to state its objectives clearly enough that the risks to those objectives can be identified and assessed. It opens the...
SOC 2 CC3.2: Identifying and Analyzing Risk to Your Objectives
SOC 2 CC3.2 requires an entity to identify risks to its objectives across the whole organization and to analyze them well enough to decide how each...
SOC 2 CC1.4: Commitment to Competence
SOC 2 CC1.4 requires an organization to attract, develop, and retain people who are competent to carry out their responsibilities, and to hold...
SOC 2 CC2.1: Quality Information Supporting Controls
SOC 2 CC2.1 requires an organization to obtain or generate and use relevant, quality information so that its internal controls can function. It opens...
SOC 2 CC1.3: Structures, Reporting Lines, and Authorities
SOC 2 CC1.3 requires management, with board oversight, to set up the organizational structures, reporting lines, and authorities the business needs...
SOC 2 CC1.1: Integrity and Ethical Values
SOC 2 CC1.1 requires an organization to demonstrate a commitment to integrity and ethical values, starting with how the board and management behave...
SOC 2 CC4.2: Evaluating and Communicating Deficiencies
SOC 2 CC4.2 requires an organization to evaluate the deficiencies its monitoring turns up and communicate them, in a timely way, to the people who...
SOC 2 CC4.1: Ongoing and Separate Evaluations
SOC 2 CC4.1 requires an organization to select, develop, and run a mix of ongoing and separate evaluations to confirm its internal controls are...
SOC 2 CC6.4: Restricting Physical Access to Facilities and Assets
SOC 2 CC6.4 requires that physical access to facilities and protected information assets is restricted to authorized personnel. It sits in the CC6...
SOC 2 CC9.2: Vendor and Business Partner Risk Management
SOC 2 CC9.2 is the vendor and business partner risk criterion: it requires an organization to assess and manage the risks that come from the third...
SOC 2 CC9.1: Risk Mitigation for Business Disruptions
SOC 2 CC9.1 is the risk mitigation criterion for business disruptions: it requires an organization to identify, select, and develop activities that...
SOC 2 CC7.2: Monitoring System Components for Anomalies
SOC 2 CC7.2 is the security monitoring criterion in the Trust Services Criteria: it requires an organization to monitor its systems for anomalies and...
SOC 2 CC7.1: Detecting Configuration Changes and New Vulnerabilities
SOC 2 CC7.1 is where the vulnerability management program lives inside the Trust Services Criteria: it requires an organization to detect...