All Episodes
Displaying 41 - 60 of 65 in total
Episode 41 — Handling Exceptions & Deviations
Even mature SOC 2 environments experience exceptions—instances where a control did not operate as intended. The exam expects you to differentiate between design defici...
Episode 42 — Final Report Reviews & Distribution Practices
Once fieldwork concludes, the auditor issues a draft SOC 2 report for management review. The exam expects you to know how this stage validates accuracy and confidentia...
Episode 43 — Crosswalks: SOC 2 ↔ NIST CSF / ISO 27001 / CIS 18
Crosswalking frameworks allows organizations to reuse evidence across multiple compliance obligations. SOC 2 aligns conceptually with frameworks like NIST Cybersecurit...
Episode 44 — Using SOC 2 to Answer SIG/CAIQ/Customer Questionnaires
SOC 2 reports often serve as primary evidence when responding to security questionnaires like SIG (Standardized Information Gathering) or CAIQ (Consensus Assessments I...
Episode 45 — Pairing with Pen Tests, Bug Bounties, SSDF/SLSA
SOC 2 alone does not verify technical vulnerability depth, so many organizations augment it with penetration testing, bug bounty programs, or secure development framew...
Episode 46 — Startup vs Enterprise Right-Sizing
Implementing SOC 2 at a startup differs dramatically from doing so in a large enterprise. The exam expects you to recognize proportionality—controls must be effective ...
Episode 47 — Annual Maintenance: Calendars, KRIs, Maturity
SOC 2 compliance is not a one-time milestone but a continuous program requiring annual maintenance. The exam emphasizes how recurring activities—control execution, evi...
Episode 48 — Beyond the Stamp: Turning SOC 2 into Real Outcomes
Achieving a SOC 2 report should mark the start of continuous improvement, not the end. The exam expects you to articulate how organizations convert audit results into ...
Episode 49 — Data Residency & Sovereignty in SOC 2 Scopes
Data residency defines where data physically resides; sovereignty defines which jurisdiction’s laws apply. The exam tests understanding of how these concepts shape SOC...
Episode 50 — Key Management & BYOK/KMS Rotations
Key management underpins encryption controls within the Confidentiality and Privacy criteria. The exam expects understanding of lifecycle governance—key generation, st...
Episode 51 — Secrets Management in Code and Pipelines (Deep Dive)
Secrets management protects credentials, tokens, keys, and connection strings from exposure across source code, build systems, and runtime environments. For exam readi...
Episode 52 — Endpoint & MDM Controls for Distributed Teams
Endpoint security anchors the control environment when users operate outside traditional offices. The exam will expect you to describe a layered model: device enrollme...
Episode 53 — Remote Work Security: Home Offices, Travel, Contractors
Remote work extends the security perimeter to living rooms, hotel networks, and partner sites, increasing variability and exposure. The exam will expect coverage of se...
Episode 54 — Backup, Restore, and DR Testing at Scale
Backups provide recoverability; restores prove it. The exam emphasizes the difference between having copies and demonstrating business-level recovery within stated rec...
Episode 55 — SRE for Availability: SLOs, Error Budgets, Incident Math
Site Reliability Engineering provides quantitative tools to manage availability as a product feature rather than a vague aspiration. The exam will expect fluency in se...
Episode 56 — Designing a Metrics & KRIs Program for SOC 2
A metrics and Key Risk Indicators program translates abstract control objectives into observable signals that management can act on throughout the audit period. For ex...
Episode 57 — GenAI/ML Services in Scope: Risks, Controls, Evidence
When generative artificial intelligence and machine learning enter scope, the risk profile expands to include data leakage through prompts, model inversion, training d...
Episode 58 — Customer Trust Portals & Controlled Evidence Sharing
Trust portals convert audit artifacts into a curated, self-service experience for customers, reducing email churn and accelerating procurement reviews. For the exam, a...
Episode 59 — Evidence Retention, Chain-of-Custody, Immutability
SOC 2 programs live and die by the quality and integrity of their records. The exam will expect you to distinguish operational retention (keeping artifacts long enough...
Episode 60 — Multi-Cloud Specifics: AWS/Azure/GCP Control Patterns
Operating across Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform introduces divergent primitives that must still yield consistent control outcomes. The...