soc-2
Safeguard articles tagged "soc-2" — guides, analysis, and best practices for software supply chain and application security.
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Vulnerability management and scanning tools
Sprinto automates compliance evidence collection; Safeguard scans code, dependencies, and containers directly. Here's how the two actually differ on vulnerability management.
What is ISO 27001
ISO 27001 is the international ISMS standard with 93 Annex A controls. Here's what it requires, who needs it, and what it costs to certify.
What is a Security Policy
A security policy is the documented, executive-approved rulebook auditors test against — here's what belongs in one, how often to review it, and what breaks when it isn't enforced.
What is a Security Risk Assessment
A security risk assessment ranks real business risk, not raw CVE counts. Here's what it involves, how often it's required, and how it differs from scanning.
What is Compliance Automation
Compliance automation replaces manual audit evidence with continuous, API-driven monitoring — here's how it works, which frameworks it covers, and why supply chain evidence changes the equation.
What is the OWASP Software Assurance Maturity Model (SAMM)
A concrete breakdown of OWASP SAMM's 5 functions, 15 practices, and 30 streams, how its maturity levels work, and how it compares to BSIMM.
SOC 2 Type II
What is SOC 2 Type II? A clear breakdown of the audit report, Trust Services Criteria, and how it differs from Type I — with real audit examples.
Cloud Security Compliance: Mapping Controls to Frameworks
Chasing SOC 2, ISO 27001, and PCI DSS as separate projects triples your audit workload. Build one control set, map it to every framework, and collect evidence once.
How to meet SOC 2 audit logging requirements
A step-by-step guide to meeting SOC 2 audit logging requirements: what to log, retention, access controls, alerting, and how to verify your controls before an audit.
How to set up a vulnerability management program
A step-by-step guide to setting up a vulnerability management program: scanning schedules, risk-based triage, patch management, and metrics that hold up in an audit.
What is a Security Compliance Framework
A concrete breakdown of what security compliance frameworks are, which ones software companies actually need, and how long certification really takes.
SOC 2 Type II for SaaS Startups in 2026
What a SOC 2 Type II audit actually requires in 2026, where supply chain controls now sit in the Trust Services Criteria, and how to scope a defensible first report.