SOC 2 and ISO 27001 on AWS

February 13, 2026 | Security Compliance AWS

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SOC 2 and ISO 27001 Readiness on AWS

Compliance certifications like SOC 2 and ISO 27001 are increasingly required to win enterprise customers. While the audit process can seem daunting, AWS provides native services that map directly to compliance controls — making readiness achievable for SMBs.

SOC 2 vs ISO 27001

Aspect	SOC 2	ISO 27001
Origin	AICPA (US)	ISO (International)
Focus	Trust Service Criteria	Information Security Management
Audit type	Attestation report	Certification
Validity	Point-in-time (Type I) or period (Type II)	3 years with annual surveillance
Cost	$30,000-80,000	$20,000-50,000
Timeline	3-6 months	6-12 months

AWS Services Mapped to Controls

Access Control

AWS IAM + SSO → User authentication, least privilege, MFA
CloudTrail → Access logging and audit trail
AWS Config → Configuration compliance monitoring

Data Protection

KMS → Encryption key management
S3 encryption → Data at rest protection
ACM → TLS certificate management

Monitoring and Incident Response

GuardDuty → Threat detection
CloudWatch → System monitoring and alerting
EventBridge + Lambda → Automated incident response

Business Continuity

Multi-AZ deployments → High availability
AWS Backup → Centralized backup management
Cross-region replication → Disaster recovery

AWS Config Conformance Packs

Pre-built rule sets for compliance frameworks:

aws configservice put-conformance-pack \
  --conformance-pack-name SOC2-Pack \
  --template-s3-uri s3://config-templates/soc2-conformance-pack.yaml

# Built-in conformance packs:
# - Operational Best Practices for SOC 2
# - Operational Best Practices for ISO 27001
# - Operational Best Practices for CIS AWS Foundations

Evidence Collection Automation

Automate evidence gathering for auditors:

CloudTrail — Continuous audit log (who did what, when)
AWS Config — Configuration compliance history (was resource compliant at time X?)
IAM Access Analyzer — Unused permissions report
Security Hub — Aggregated compliance score dashboard
AWS Audit Manager — Automated evidence collection mapped to frameworks

Readiness Checklist

Enable CloudTrail in all regions with S3 storage
Enable AWS Config with conformance packs for your target framework
Enable GuardDuty for threat detection
Implement MFA for all human users via SSO
Enable encryption (default EBS, S3, RDS encryption)
Document policies — Information security, access control, incident response, BCP
Set up backup — Automated backups with tested restoration procedures
Implement monitoring — CloudWatch alarms for security-relevant events
Conduct vulnerability management — Regular scanning and patching
Prepare incident response plan — Documented and tested quarterly

Eazy SaaS Tip: We offer a "compliance fast-track" package that implements the AWS technical controls for SOC 2 Type II in 4-6 weeks. Combined with policy templates and evidence automation, our SMB clients are audit-ready in under 3 months — at a fraction of the cost of traditional compliance consulting.

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