Technical Glossary
SOC 2 Compliance
Exact Definition
System and Organization Controls (SOC) 2 is a voluntary compliance standard for service organizations, developed by the AICPA, specifying how companies must manage customer data based on five Trust Services Criteria: security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, and privacy.
Architectural Deep Dive
SOC 2 compliance is a critical security certification for B2B B2B software platforms. A SOC 2 audit evaluates an organization's system controls and procedures against the Trust Services Criteria: Security, Availability, Confidentiality, Processing Integrity, and Privacy. Achieving SOC 2 compliance requires building security into your application architecture and deployment pipelines. This requires implementing automated auditing for all database changes, strict role-based access controls (RBAC) to limit data access, and secure secrets management.
The ERPStack Approach
We build all our custom ERP and SaaS systems with SOC 2 compliance in mind. This includes built-in role-based access control (RBAC), end-to-end database encryption, secure environment variable handling (via Env.ts), and automated audit logs.