SOC 2 Readiness Project — AWS Cloud

This repository documents a hands-on SOC 2 Type II Readiness Project implemented on AWS cloud services.
The project demonstrates governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) practices across the Security, Availability, and Confidentiality Trust Services Criteria using AWS services: EC2, S3, IAM, CloudTrail, KMS, VPC.

Project Phases

• Phase 1 – Governance & Scope
• Phase 2 – Risk Assessment & Control Mapping
• Phase 3 – Policies & Control Design
• Phase 4 – Monitoring, Logging & Alerting
• Phase 5 – Testing & Audit Preparation
• Phase 6 – Final Reporting & Executive Briefing

How to use this repo

• Excel templates: /templates/SOC2_AWS_Readiness_Templates.xlsx
• Save evidence (screenshots/logs) in /templates/Evidence/ under the right TSC folders.
• Each phase folder contains a README.md with step-by-step tasks, AWS console paths, and deliverable checklists.
• Final deliverables live under /phase-6-final.

Git Workflow (suggested)

git init
git add .
git commit -m "chore: scaffold SOC2 AWS readiness repo"
git branch -M main
git remote add origin YOUR-GITHUB-REPO-URL
git push -u origin main

# Work by phases
git checkout -b phase-1
# ...do work...
git add . && git commit -m "feat(phase-1): add scope statement, shared responsibility, RACI"
git push -u origin phase-1
# open PR to main

Deliverables

• Governance: Scope Summary, RACI, Shared Responsibility
• Risk & Controls: Risk Register, TSC Map, Control Register
• Policies: IAM, Encryption, Logging/Monitoring
• Evidence: CloudTrail, Config, GuardDuty, Alarms
• Testing: Test cases, Audit checklist
• Final: Readiness report & Executive deck

Generated on 2025-08-21