SOC 2

What a SOC 2 examination asks of an engineering team, and how to build the evidence trail before the observation window opens.

The SOC 2 deadline that matters is the start of your observation window — A SOC 2 Type 2 report grades a period of time, and you cannot go back and collect the evidence afterwards. The controls worth wiring into your pipeline before the observation window opens.
The SOC 2 controls you already run, and the five gaps that stop them counting — Most of what a SOC 2 report tests, your team already does. Five gaps separate the practice from the control an auditor can test, and closing four of them is writing rather than engineering.