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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...

Infographic titled "Building Audit-Ready SIEM On-Prem." It shows logs (OS, App, Network, Security) flowing from a server rack into a SIEM Analysis Engine. This feeds into monitoring streams, incident management (triaged alerts, investigations), and ownership escalation to produce a SOC 2 Report.

SOC 2 Logging and SIEM for Bare Metal Servers

In a cloud environment, centralized logging is a toggle. Enable CloudTrail, turn on VPC Flow Logs, configure GuardDuty, and the compliance platform...

An isometric infographic titled "SOC 2 Compliance: Strengthening On-Premise Infrastructure." It shows a technician managing a firewall, IDS, and VLAN segmentation to protect data zones from malicious attacks. A clipboard lists CC6.1 and CC6.6 controls, leading to organized audit evidence files.

SOC 2 Network Security Controls for On-Premise Environments

Every SOC 2 guide on network security assumes the infrastructure lives in AWS. The advice is always the same: configure security groups, enable VPC...

Security Logging and Monitoring Architecture for SOC 2 and ISO 27001

Security Logging and Monitoring Architecture for SOC 2 and ISO 27001

In cybersecurity, what you don’t know can hurt you. An unmonitored system is a black box where attackers can operate undetected for weeks or months. ...