Preparing AWS for SOC 2 Without Overbuilding

This post is still being written. Here's what it will cover once it's up: what SOC 2 auditors actually look at on the AWS side, which controls matter most for a Type I versus a Type II report, and the specific places teams waste time building things nobody asked for, like overly complex custom logging pipelines when CloudTrail and a retention policy would satisfy the requirement.

In the meantime, the topics below are covered in the AWS baseline checklist and the sprint itself:

• Which IAM and access controls SOC 2 auditors check first
• What logging and monitoring evidence actually needs to look like
• How to avoid over-engineering controls before you know what your auditor requires

Or see the full AWS Startup Security Baseline sprint, which is built to catch the AWS-side gaps before an auditor does.