Compliance Basics (SOC 2, ISO 27001)

Summary

Frameworks defining security and operational standards organizations must meet, often required to sell to enterprise customers — cloud engineers frequently implement the technical controls compliance requires.

• 1Read a high-level overview of what SOC 2 or ISO 27001 requires organizationally.
• 2Identify a technical control (like audit logging or encryption) that supports a specific compliance requirement.
• 3Understand why compliance often drives infrastructure decisions (like data residency) beyond pure technical preference.