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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...

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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,...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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....

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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SOC 2 CC6.3: Role-Based Access, Least Privilege, and Segregation of Duties

SOC 2 CC6.3 is where role design meets audit evidence: it requires that access to protected information assets is authorized, modified, or removed...