SOC 2 Compliance Essential Training
1h 6mBeginner2025-09-12
Authors

AJ Yawn
Cybersecurity Expert, Founder and CEO at ByteChek
Course details
SOC 2 compliance demonstrates your organization’s commitment to securing customer data, ensuring reliability, and maintaining high operational standards. In this course, instructor AJ Yawn provides essential guidance on navigating SOC 2, from understanding report types and Trust Services Criteria (TSC) to effectively preparing for and managing audits. Along the way, learn practical techniques to select auditors, future-proof your organization, and execute successful SOC 2 audits. Additionally, explore how automation and AI-driven technologies can simplify and strengthen your compliance processes, helping your organization maintain continuous compliance with less manual effort.
Learning objectives
Explain the fundamentals and importance of SOC 2 compliance.
Differentiate between SOC 2 report types and identify appropriate use cases.
Navigate the sections and Trust Services Criteria (TSC) within a SOC 2 report.
Effectively prepare for and conduct a SOC 2 audit.
Implement automation and AI solutions to streamline SOC 2 compliance efforts.
Learning objectives
Explain the fundamentals and importance of SOC 2 compliance.
Differentiate between SOC 2 report types and identify appropriate use cases.
Navigate the sections and Trust Services Criteria (TSC) within a SOC 2 report.
Effectively prepare for and conduct a SOC 2 audit.
Implement automation and AI solutions to streamline SOC 2 compliance efforts.
Skills covered
PrivacyGovernance, Risk, and ComplianceCybersecurityOne-Off
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - SOC 2 compliance
1. SOC 2 Overview
- 02 - Key SOC 2 terms to know
- 03 - Why do companies pursue SOC 2
- 04 - How are SOC 2 reports distributed
2. SOC Report Types
- 05 - Basics of SOC 2 Type 1
- 06 - Understanding SOC 2 Type 2
- 07 - SOC 2+ reports and use cases
- 08 - SOC 3 101 and use cases
3. Sections of a SOC 2 Report
- 09 - Section I - Independent service auditor's report
- 10 - Section II - Management's assertion
- 11 - Section III - System description
- 12 - Section IV - Trust Services Criteria and controls
- 13 - Section V - Information not covered in auditor's report
4. Trust Services Criteria (TSC)
- 14 - SOC 2 - Trust Services Criteria (TSC) scoping
- 15 - The security TSC
- 16 - The availability TSC
- 17 - The confidentiality TSC
- 18 - The processing integrity TSC
- 19 - The privacy TSC
5. Preparing for a SOC 2
- 20 - Choosing an auditor
- 21 - Preparing for the audit
- 22 - Conducting the audit
6. Automating SOC 2 Controls
- 23 - Easy automation wins for SOC 2
- 24 - Cloud automation for SOC 2
- 25 - Leveraging AI to automate SOC 2
Conclusion
- 26 - Next steps
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