As of the latest SSAE 18 and SOC 2 updates, vendor management and review of any relevant compliance / audit reports (SOC 1, SOC 2, HITRUST, ISO 27001/2, PCI, etc.) has become a key component of monitoring for potential security and compliance risks when outsourcing functions that use a third party’s data.
How does a company get SOC 2 certified?
SOC 2 is not a certification, it’s a third party attestation of the controls in place at your organization. Typically when a company is asking this question though the answer