Source: securityboulevard.com – Author: Richa Tiwari
Achieving SOC 2 compliance often necessitates the use of specialized tools and software to address specific application and data security measures, but which ones are the best to get the job done? We asked our customers which tools they used and compiled their answers below.
Now, let’s break down the tools that have helped our customers achieve compliance excellence, so you can, too.
What these tools do: helps organizations identify, assess, and address vulnerabilities in their computer systems, networks, and applications. They scan for vulnerabilities, prioritize risks, provide patch management guidance, and generate reports to support effective vulnerability remediation and improve overall security posture.
Vulnerability Management Tools
What these tools do: streamlines the customer support process by providing a structured way for customers to submit issues or inquiries and for support teams to track and resolve them efficiently. They centralize customer tickets and offer various communication channels to ensure prompt and effective customer assistance.
Ticketing System & Support Channel Tools
What these tools do: provides interactive resources and educational content to improve cybersecurity awareness, knowledge, and skills. They offer training modules, simulations, assessments, and reporting to educate individuals and organizations about cybersecurity best practices and threats.
Cybersecurity Training Tools
What these tools do: automates the process of evaluating employee performance. They enable goal setting, continuous feedback, and performance tracking. These tools improve efficiency, align individual goals with organization objectives, and support the identification of areas for improvement.
Performance Review Tools
What these tools do: verifies personal, professional, and criminal histories of individuals. They utilize data sources to confirm identities, validate employment and education history, conduct criminal record checks, and sometimes assess credit history. These tools enable organizations to make informed hiring decisions and mitigate potential risks.
Background Check Tools
What these tools do: protects web applications from malicious activities by monitoring and filtering HTTP traffic. They analyze incoming requests and outgoing responses, identifying and blocking common web-based attacks such as SQL injection, cross-site scripting (XSS), and cross-site request forgery (CSRF). WAFs help mitigate vulnerabilities and ensure the security of web applications.
Web Application Firewall Tools
What these tools do: protects computers and devices from malware by scanning files and programs for known patterns and behaviors of malicious software. They detect and remove viruses, worms, trojans, and other malware to prevent infections and safeguard the system’s integrity and data.
Antivirus Tools
What these tools do: protects individual devices (endpoints) such as computers, laptops, and mobile devices from various security threats. They help prevent unauthorized access, detect and block malware, enforce security policies, and provide features like firewall protection, encryption, and vulnerability scanning. Endpoint security tools aim to secure endpoints and the data they store, both on-premises and in cloud environments.
Endpoint Security Tools
What these tools do: monitors and analyzes network traffic to detect and alert potential security breaches or unauthorized access attempts.
Intrusion Detection Tools
What these tools do: helps prevent sensitive data from being unintentionally or maliciously leaked, both internally and externally. They monitor and control data movements, apply policies to detect and block unauthorized transfers, and encrypt or tokenize sensitive information to protect it from unauthorized access.
Data Loss Prevention Tools
- Palo Alto Network
- Digital Guardian (Fortra)
What these tools do: manages and tracks changes to source code and other files in software development projects. They provide features such as code collaboration, revision history, branching and merging, conflict resolution, and backup capabilities. These tools help teams work together efficiently, maintain code integrity, and facilitate easy rollback to previous versions if needed.
Source Control Tools
- This post does a great job of listing some of the most known version control tools
What these tools do: streamlines the process of deploying software applications by automating various tasks involved in the deployment process. They enable the rapid, consistent, and error-free deployment of applications across different environments. These tools typically handle tasks such as building and packaging the application, configuring infrastructure, orchestrating deployment processes, and managing the release of new versions. They help improve deployment speed, reliability, and scalability while reducing manual effort and minimizing the risk of errors.
Automated Deployment Tools
What these tools do: tracks and collects data on various aspects of a system, network, or application, providing real-time visibility and insights into performance, availability, and security.
Monitoring Tools
What it is: a security assessment technique where ethical hackers simulate real-world attacks to identify vulnerabilities and weaknesses in a system or network.
Pen Testing Services
- TrustCloud has a pool of CPA audit firms and partners to help provide a joyfully crafted audit experience. Click here for the list of firms providing pen testing
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*** This is a Security Bloggers Network syndicated blog from TrustCloud authored by Richa Tiwari. Read the original post at: https://www.trustcloud.ai/soc-2/your-soc-2-toolkit-essentials/
Original Post URL: https://securityboulevard.com/2023/05/your-soc-2-toolkit-essentials-for-compliance-excellence/
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