SOC 2 Fundamentals for Non-Technical Leaders

SOC 2 has become a standard checkpoint in enterprise sales, vendor reviews, and investor due diligence. If your organization handles customer data, your prospects and partners are going to ask about it. The question is whether you are ready to answer them confidently — and whether your audit goes smoothly or becomes an expensive, stressful ordeal.

This course explains SOC 2 from the leadership perspective. Not the technical controls perspective, not the auditor's checklist perspective — the perspective of the executive who needs to understand what they are signing up for, what their role is, and how to make smart decisions about the process.

You will leave with a clear understanding of what SOC 2 requires, how Type I and Type II differ, what commonly goes wrong and why, and what you specifically need to do as a leader to give your audit the best chance of success.

No prior compliance experience required.

Who This Is For

• Executives, board members, and investors who need to understand what SOC 2 actually means for the business
• Sales, legal, and operations leaders fielding SOC 2 questions from customers or prospects
• Founders and product leaders beginning the SOC 2 process for the first time
• HR, finance, and other non-technical department heads whose teams are in scope for a SOC 2 audit