Gain the Trust of Your Business Customers With SOC 2 Compliance

In the very common scenario in which organisation A provides
services to organization B, it’s imperative for the latter to be
absolutely sure that the former handles its data in the most secure
way.

While there’s no one-size-fits-all in cybersecurity, there are
various frameworks that provide robust guidelines for organizations
to see if the security controls in place indeed address their
needs. NIST cybersecurity framework is a good example of such
guidelines.

There are industry specific standards, such as HIPPA for
healthcare and PCI-DSS for credit card processing. However, in
recent years, SOC 2 is gaining momentum in the US as a general
standard for all organizations that store or process data for
consumers and businesses.

The value of SOC 2 is double. As we’ve stated before, it gives
organizations a clear framework to benchmark the overall effect of
their security controls.

Additionally, and equally important in a competitive business
environment, it enables such organizations to have an external
audit that provides 3rd party validation regarding their security
level.

From the perspective of a business customer that has to choose
between several downstream service suppliers, knowing that its data
is well guarded is a must. Successfully passing a SOC 2 audit
provides this assurance, focusing on key issues such as access
control, change management, and vendor management.

On the technical side, SOC 2 includes various technical
controls. Prominent among these are:

• File integrity monitoring — ensures that files have not
  been tampered with and identifies unauthorized changes.
• Vulnerability assessment — enables routine discovery and
  patching of software vulnerabilities that put you at risk of a
  breach.
• Incident response — preparation, detection & analysis,
  containment, eradication and recovery and post-incident
  activity.
• System access and logging —Identifies and reports
  unusual/anomalous activities that might indicate malicious
  presence.

It is easily seen that SOC 2 is comprehensive in its understanding
of breach protection best practices. What many organizations would
find challenging is the deployment, maintenance of management of
the actual security products that are required to level up with SOC
2 requirements – a considerable burden for most small- to mid-sized
organizations.

The Cynet security platform automates breach protection across
the entire internal environment through native integration of all
core security technologies, providing organizations with the full
breach protection lifecycle: continuous monitoring and control,
threat prevention and detection, and response orchestration.

With Cynet, organizations can comply with the vast majority of
SOC 2 technical controls, including the four listed above. Cynet is
the pioneer of consolidating all breach protection into a single
interface, acknowledging that simplifying both core security as
well as compliance workflows is the basis of sound security.

Join us for the webinar on June 27th at 1 pm EDT: Showcase your
Security: Gain Customer Trust with SOC 2 Controls^[1] to learn more about SOC
2 and Cynet.