SOC 2 Is Just an Accounting Checklist, Not Real Security
claud_fuen · x · 2026-08-05
The author points out that SOC 2 audits are typically conducted by accountants rather than security experts. Auditors primarily verify whether policy documents for encryption and access controls match a checklist, rather than testing if AES-256 is correctly implemented or if API authentication can be bypassed.
While SOC 2 was designed as a process audit, the market often mistakenly treats the certificate as absolute proof of security.
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