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SOC 2 Incident Response for On-Premise Environments

TL;DR IR maps to CC7.3 (security event evaluation, the triage discipline) and CC7.4 (defined response program with containment, mitigation, recovery, ...

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SOC 2 Patch Management for On-Prem Servers and Network Devices

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  • Patching is a three-criteria activity in SOC 2: CC8.1 has a Point of Focus literally called Manages Patch Changes, with CC6.8 covering...
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A flat 2D illustration showing a horizontal dividing line labeled "OWNERSHIP BOUNDARY". Above, a person with a laptop manages "SaaS USER ENTITY RESPONSIBILITIES," including logical and app controls. Below, a person stands by icons for a building, power, and cooling for "COLOCATION PROVIDER RESPONSIBILITIES." A document links the two.

SOC 2 Vendor Management: Data Center as Subservice

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  • When your data center is operated by another organization (a colocation or hosting provider), that organization is a subservice organization...
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SOC 2 Risk Management for Hybrid and On-Prem Environments

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  • Risk management maps to CC3.2 (risk identification and analysis), CC3.3 (fraud risk), and CC3.4 (changes that affect internal control)
  • On-prem...
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SOC 2 Endpoint Security for On-Prem and Hybrid Workforces

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  • Endpoint security maps to CC6.1 (logical access architecture, named asset inventory, encryption at rest, MFA where warranted) and CC6.8...
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SOC 2 Penetration Testing for On-Premise Networks

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  • Pen testing maps to CC4.1 (separate evaluations, where the AICPA names penetration testing explicitly) and CC7.1 (vulnerability detection)
  • ...
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SOC 2 HR Security Controls Without Automated Provisioning

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  • HR security maps to four Trust Services Criteria: CC1.4 (competence), CC1.5 (accountability), CC2.2 (internal communication), and CC6.2 (user...
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SOC 2 Data Protection for On-Premise Datastores and Physical Media

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  • Data protection maps to CC6.1 (logical access architecture), CC6.6 (data in transit), and CC6.7 (information disposal)
  • Encryption at rest on...
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SOC 2 Secure Development with Self-Hosted GitLab

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  • The same Trust Services Criterion that governs infrastructure changes governs code changes: CC8.1, change management
  • Self-hosted GitLab is the...
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SOC 2 Consultants for On-Prem and Hybrid Infrastructure

Most SOC 2 consultants know AWS. Some know Azure and GCP. Very few know what to do when your stack includes a colocation facility, a bare-metal...

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