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Comment by dgellow

2 hours ago

FWIW I agree that SOC2 for automated vulnerability scans has a really low bar and isn’t too meaningful. At no point did I defend SOC2 here. The bar I’ve seen is above “just an nmap”, which is pretty bad standard IMHO. You seem to be reading way too much in my comments

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tptacek  2 hours ago

I brought up nmap. You said you'd expect respected SOC2 auditors to reject it. I don't just think that's not true, I know it not to be true.

  • dgellow  2 hours ago

    I know, that’s already established. I already acknowledged we had different experiences. I have no idea what you’re pushing for at that point

    • tptacek  2 hours ago

      Just to clarify, this is a bugbear of mine. It's nothing personal with you, but I've spent the last 6 years or so evangelizing the idea that people should minimize their SOC2s and not get pushed around by auditors or evidence collection platforms like Vanta, because that drives a lot of terrible security engineering, and the hypercompetent best-staffed security orgs in the industry all push their SOC2 auditors around.

      Compliance and security are entirely different practices in a well-run firm. Security can inform compliance. Compliance should not inform security engineering.

      If you search my name and "SOC2" in the search bar below, I've expanded on this quite a bit.

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