SOC 2 Consulting

SOC 2 consulting for companies that use Datadog

Truvo Cyber's security team builds your SOC 2 program on the Datadog you already pay for, so the monitoring your engineers use every day also produces the evidence your auditor tests. Our SOC 2 consulting for Datadog users covers:

  • A map of which SOC 2 controls Datadog covers and which need another tool or a process
  • Datadog Cloud Security set up for vulnerability and misconfiguration scanning
  • Cloud SIEM and Workload Protection tuned to produce audit evidence
  • Policies and remediation timelines written around your Datadog setup
  • Audit readiness and auditor liaison alongside your GRC platform
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Ali Aleali

Ali Aleali, CISSP, CCSP

Co-Founder & Principal Consultant

Former security architect for Bank of Canada and Payments Canada. CISSP, CCSP. Leads every engagement.

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SOC 2 with Datadog: what's included

One named security lead, backed by analysts who build SOC 2 programs and configure Datadog.

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Datadog SOC 2 coverage map

Each SOC 2 criterion in scope marked as covered by Datadog today, covered once a feature is turned on, or needing another tool or a process.

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Vulnerability and misconfiguration scanning

Datadog Cloud Security scanning hosts and containers for vulnerabilities and cloud accounts for misconfigurations, with severities tied to your remediation timelines (SOC 2 CC7.1).

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Security monitoring and alert triage

Cloud SIEM content packs enabled for in-scope logs, each signal routed to a named person and each investigation recorded as a case the auditor can sample (SOC 2 CC7.2, CC7.3).

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Runtime detection and file integrity monitoring

Workload Protection rules tuned for your hosts and containers, with file integrity monitoring on critical system and configuration files (SOC 2 CC6.8, CC7.1).

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Policies and evidence that match Datadog

Logging, monitoring, vulnerability management and incident response policies written around your Datadog setup, with log retention matched to policy and evidence exported to your GRC platform on a schedule.

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SOC 2 audit readiness and auditor liaison

A readiness review before the audit window, then coordination with your audit firm and answers to its evidence requests, so your engineers stay on the product.

Services often paired with SOC 2 consulting for Datadog users

Added under the same lead when buyers or auditors ask for more.

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Virtual CISO (vCISO) services

A named security lead who owns the whole program, including Datadog security operations.

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Detection engineering

Custom detection rules and response workflows for your environment, beyond Datadog's out-of-the-box content packs.

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Penetration testing

External testing that SOC 2 auditors and enterprise buyers ask for, complementing Datadog's internal scanning.

How our SOC 2 consulting for Datadog users works: Assess, Build, Operate

Assess, Build, Operate. The same security lead stays with you through each audit cycle.

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Assess

Review your Datadog account, in-scope systems and current controls against SOC 2. Output: a Datadog SOC 2 coverage map with an owner and a date for each gap.

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Build

Turn on and tune the Datadog features that close gaps, write the policies around them and set up evidence collection. Output: a program ready for the audit window.

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Operate

Triage Datadog findings and signals weekly, track remediation, keep evidence current and manage each annual audit with your audit firm.

SOC 2 with Datadog: what you hold after the Build phase

Built on the Datadog account you already own.

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  • Datadog SOC 2 coverage map

  • Vulnerability and misconfiguration scanning

  • Cloud SIEM detection on in-scope sources

  • Alert triage procedure

  • Approved policy set

  • Evidence in place for the audit window

What changes in the first 90 days of SOC 2 consulting for Datadog users

Datadog becomes part of the SOC 2 program, with an owner for every finding.

Fewer tools to buy

Scanning, threat detection and file integrity monitoring use the Datadog Agent already on your hosts. Other tools fill only the gaps the coverage map names.

Findings have owners

Vulnerabilities and misconfigurations reach your ticketing system with a due date tracked against policy.

Alerts leave a record

Security signals are triaged in cases, giving monitoring and response controls evidence for the whole observation period.

The audit has a date

The audit window is booked against a readiness plan, and evidence builds through the period so fieldwork starts with it in place.

Who our SOC 2 consulting for Datadog users is for

If another approach suits your environment better, we tell you on the strategy call.

Good fit if any of these apply

  • Your engineers use Datadog for infrastructure, log or application monitoring

  • A deal requires SOC 2 and the work has fallen to the CTO

  • You are about to buy a scanner or SIEM and want to check Datadog first

  • Datadog security findings need an owner

  • You run cloud and on-premises servers with the Datadog Agent

  • You also need ISO 27001, HIPAA or PCI DSS from the same program

Better fit elsewhere

  • Your security data must stay in your own environment

  • Your top priority is the lowest price

Frequently asked questions about SOC 2 for Datadog users

Yes. Datadog Cloud Security scans for vulnerabilities and misconfigurations, Cloud SIEM detects threats in your logs, and Workload Protection adds file integrity monitoring. Policies and other non-technical controls are managed outside Datadog.

Usually, yes. Datadog finds vulnerabilities, misconfigurations and threats. A GRC platform such as Vanta, Drata or Secureframe manages policies, training, access reviews, vendor risk and the auditor workflow. We set up Datadog so its findings become evidence in the GRC platform.

Datadog can supply evidence for CC7.1 (vulnerability scanning and file integrity monitoring), CC7.2 (monitoring for anomalies), CC7.3 (evaluating security events through case records) and CC6.8 (detecting unauthorized changes). Infrastructure monitoring can also support availability criteria such as capacity monitoring. Governance, HR, vendor and access review controls need other tools and written processes.

Yes, for most features. The Datadog Agent supports vulnerability scanning, Workload Protection and log collection on Linux and Windows servers, and CIS benchmark checks on supported Linux distributions. Datadog's SOC 2 framework rules evaluate cloud resources, so on-premises hosts are evidenced through CIS benchmark results and a written hardening standard. The servers need outbound connectivity to Datadog.

Datadog lists a SOC 2 Type 2 report and ISO/IEC 27001 certification in its Trust Center. That report covers Datadog as a vendor and belongs in your vendor risk review. Your own SOC 2 audit covers your systems.

It depends on how many controls need a new process. Datadog shortens the technical work. Policies, access reviews, vendor reviews and incident response testing take the same time as for any company. For SOC 2 Type 2, the observation period typically adds three to twelve months once controls are in place.

Yes. Our consultants work remotely with companies across Canada and the United States, and your security lead meets your team by video on a schedule set at kickoff.

Bring your Datadog setup to the call

Book a 30-minute strategy call. Tell us your Datadog products and SOC 2 deadline, and we walk through what Datadog covers today and what we would take on first.

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