SOC 2 Benefits: Improving Security and Reliability in Netgraphy Fusion
Raymond Kirk, Product Manager
Meeting System and Organization Controls 2 (SOC 2) standards is an important milestone for any organization, and we are pleased to announce that we have received the SOC 2 report for the Netography Fusion® Network Defense Platform (NDP).
For those unfamiliar with the SOC 2 report, it is part of a series of reports produced by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) that document the systems and controls of service organizations. There are three types of reports:
- SOC 1: Describes a service organization's internal control over financial reporting.
- SOC 2: Detailed service organization controls related to information system security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, and privacy.
- SOC 3: Summary of information included in SOC 2 reports
This blog provides an insider's perspective on our rigorous compliance process, what it is, and how you can benefit from having a SOC 2 report from Netography.
SOC 2 standard
There are five trust service criteria that auditors use to evaluate an organization's compliance. Created in 2017, it consists of over 60 individual requirements covering:
- safety: Prevent unauthorized data access from inside and outside the organization
- availability: Ensure systems are robust and scalable and ensure consistent access to data
- Processing integrity: Guaranteeing the operational efficiency of systems used for data processing
- keep a secret: Protect sensitive data by restricting access, storage, and use.
- privacy: Protect sensitive personal data from unauthorized access
Compliance process
Achieving SOC 2 compliance required demonstrating competency in each of these areas to independent auditors.
Although Netography is a cybersecurity company founded and staffed by subject matter experts with decades of experience in cybersecurity best practices and building secure cloud environments, we are committed to achieving SOC 2 compliance. was not an easy experience.
To achieve this, this means retooling the extensive data security controls already in place to add additional protection to customer data and overhauling internal practices to meet audit requirements. required months of intensive effort.
SOC 2 benefits for customers
In many cases, a service provider's customers must accept the vendor's ability to protect their data. With SOC 2 compliance, our customers can have peace of mind knowing that we meet the gold standard for demonstrating data security. (Yes, I know. Breaches happen in organizations that pass audits. Don't come at me!)
The SOC 2 report provides our customers and partners with documentation that we have implemented rigorous controls and processes to ensure the security and availability of sensitive data.
cross the finish line
To be honest, when we received the audit report, it felt like we had finally crossed the finish line of a marathon after months of training and validation of all the effort and focus our engineering team had put in.
This SOC 2 effort goes beyond just meeting the minimum requirements to demonstrate to customers that you can do whatever it takes to protect their data and are worthy of their trust.
Interested in learning more about Netography Fusion and our commitment to SOC 2 compliance? Contact us, and let's chat…
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*** This is a Netography Security Bloggers Network syndicated blog written by Raymond Kirk. Read the original post: https://netography.com/the-soc-2-effect-elevating-security-and-trust-in-netography-fusion/
