Information security is even more important nowadays with more and more companies operating in the cloud than ever before. While there are a lot of security measures that can be deployed to better protect data stored in the cloud, there is no specific guidance on how to achieve maximum security; increasing (and ever-changing) cyberattacks are partly to blame for this, too.

While there is no one definitive guide to follow, there are best practices and standards to comply with. Service Organization Controls, or SOC (version 2), is one of those standards. Developed by the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA), SOC 2 focuses primarily on how to manage customer data and define trust service principles in an easy-to-implement way.