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Many of those are real concerns. One of the main points of real audits like SOC2 type II are about validating enforcement of the controls outlined as policies.
by jsmith45 4y ago
Many of those are real concerns.
One of the main points of real audits like SOC2 type II are about validating enforcement of the controls outlined as policies. So the policy that only employees with job role Z can sign onto System Y would be checked by summarizing the login audit logs for Y, and verifying that all the names on the list. Other policies might require verification by reviewing all or some auditor selected subset of occurrences to verify. Some details of some policies cannot be fully verified. As long as that risk is known and documented, it is not necessarily a problem.
SOC2 audit reports provide a high level version of reporting to downstream customers, without necessarily revealing the full details of the policy. (Sufficiently important customers could always insist on seeing the actual policy documents, if the reports don't satisfy them).
But some of your remaining considerations are somewhat outside the scope of SOC2. And they can be tricky problems.