Accelerate SOC 2 Compliance with Databunker Pro

SOC 2 (System and Organization Controls 2) is an audit-based framework developed by the AICPA. Unlike GDPR or DPDP Act, SOC 2 requires a formal audit by an independent CPA firm — you receive a report (Type I or Type II) that customers and partners rely on to evaluate your security posture. It evaluates five Trust Services Criteria: Security (mandatory), Availability, Processing Integrity, Confidentiality, and Privacy.

This document maps SOC 2’s Trust Services Criteria to the Databunker platform and shows how each one is addressed.

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Databunker Pro

PII vault, tokenization engine & access controls

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Databunker Radar

Cloud security scanning & compliance posture management

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Databunker DPO

Data subject requests, privacy operations & personal data reports


🔒 Security (Common Criteria) — Mandatory
CC6.0 IT Security

Logical and Physical Access Controls

Enforce access controls to protect systems and data from unauthorized access.

Databunker Pro enforces role-based access control (RBAC), API-only access (eliminating SQL/NoSQL/GraphQL injection risks), AES-256 encryption at rest and in transit (SSL), and token-based authentication to ensure only authorized access.
CC7.0 IT Security

System Operations

Monitor system operations, detect anomalies, and respond to incidents.

Databunker Pro provides comprehensive audit logs tracking all API requests, accesses, modifications, and deletions (with PII in logs encrypted). Supports monitoring anomalies, incident response, and automated key rotation for operational integrity. Databunker Radar integrates with Slack, Jira, Linear, and email for real-time alerting on security issues.
CC3.0 Compliance Security

Risk Assessment

Identify and analyze risks to achieving objectives, including risks from external threats and internal vulnerabilities.

Databunker Radar scans your AWS, Azure, and GCP accounts against 1000+ security checks, identifying misconfigurations and vulnerabilities mapped to SOC 2 and other frameworks. Risk findings are prioritized by severity with actionable remediation guidance.
CC5.0 Compliance Security

Control Activities

Implement policies and procedures that help ensure management directives for mitigating risks are carried out.

Databunker Pro enforces control activities through RBAC, API-only access, encryption policies, consent management, and automated data retention/disposal. Databunker Radar validates that cloud security controls are properly configured and flags deviations.
CC7.0 Compliance Security

Monitoring and Audit Logging

Generate audit trails for continuous monitoring and compliance reporting.

Databunker Pro generates detailed, encrypted audit trails for continuous monitoring, compliance reporting, incident investigations, and auditor evidence. Databunker Radar runs continuous or scheduled scans with PDF/CSV compliance reports ready for auditors.
CC9.0 Security Compliance

Risk Mitigation

Reduce breach impact through tokenization and data minimization.

Databunker Pro tokenization and data minimization reduce breach impact — real data is never exposed externally. Databunker Radar scans your AWS, Azure, and GCP accounts against 1000+ security checks mapped to SOC 2 and other frameworks, identifying risks before auditors do.
CC8.0 IT Security

Change Management

Manage changes to system components to prevent unauthorized alterations that could compromise security.

Databunker Pro record versioning tracks all changes to user profiles with full before/after history. Databunker Radar detects configuration drift in cloud infrastructure and alerts on unauthorized changes.
⚡ Availability
A1.1 IT DevOps

Current Processing Capacity

Ensure systems can handle current processing demands and scale as needed.

Databunker Pro handles 20M+ records with horizontal scaling (Kubernetes), database sharding, and stateless architecture for high availability.
A1.2 IT Security

Environmental Protections

Protect systems against disruptions and support disaster recovery.

Databunker Pro supports on-premises or region-specific deployments, encrypted backups, Shamir's Secret Sharing for master key recovery, and disaster recovery. Deploy in any region or on-premises for data residency compliance.
A1.3 IT DevOps

Recovery Plan Testing

Test recovery plans to ensure they can be executed effectively when needed.

Databunker Pro Shamir's Secret Sharing enables master key recovery testing without exposing the actual key. Stateless architecture and Kubernetes deployment support rapid failover and recovery validation.
✅ Processing Integrity
PI1.2 Developers IT

System Inputs

Ensure data inputs are complete, accurate, and valid.

Databunker Pro provides built-in data validation, schema enforcement, and error-checking for inputs (e.g., PII/PHI fields) to ensure completeness and accuracy.
PI1.3 Developers Security

System Processing

Ensure data is processed accurately and completely.

Databunker Pro automated tokenization, hashing, and workflows maintain integrity during processing, with record versioning for change tracking.
PI1.5 Developers IT

System Outputs

Ensure data outputs are accurate and delivered securely.

Databunker Pro secure APIs for outputs (e.g., tokenized or masked data) ensure accurate, timely delivery while minimizing exposure. Secure bulk retrieval controls data export.
🔑 Confidentiality
C1.1 Security Compliance

Identifies and Maintains Confidential Information

Identify and protect confidential information throughout its lifecycle.

Databunker Pro tokenization replaces sensitive data (credit cards, PII) with tokens, while encryption and access controls safeguard confidential assets. Databunker Radar detects PII, PHI, and PCI data across S3 buckets, DynamoDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server.
C1.2 Compliance Developers

Disposes of Confidential Information

Securely dispose of data that is no longer needed.

Databunker Pro automated "forget-me" operations, data minimization APIs, and sliding/absolute TTL retention policies enable secure, timely disposal of expired or unnecessary data.
👤 Privacy
P2.0 Compliance Developers

Choice and Consent

Obtain explicit consent from data subjects and provide mechanisms to manage consent preferences.

Databunker Pro consent management stores, tracks, and manages user consent with full audit history. Consent withdrawal is a single API call.
P3.0 Compliance Developers

Collection

Limit collection of personal information to what is necessary for the identified purposes.

Databunker Pro data minimization APIs and automatic expiration policies ensure only necessary data is collected and retained. Databunker Radar discovers PII across your infrastructure to identify over-collection.
P4.0 Compliance Developers

Use, Retention, and Disposal

Manage personal information use, enforce retention policies, and ensure proper disposal.

Databunker Pro consent management tracks preferences transparently. Automated retention/disposal and data minimization enforce policies. Databunker DPO generates personal data reports documenting where data lives and how it's processed.
P5.0 Compliance IT

Access

Provide data subjects with access to their personal information.

Databunker Pro user privacy portal provides passwordless access (email/SMS one-time codes) for data subjects to view, correct, update, or request data securely. Databunker DPO lets a DPO look up any data subject across all connected sources and generate a complete personal data report.
P6.0 Compliance Security

Disclosure and Notification

Track data disclosures and support breach notifications.

Databunker Pro audit logs track disclosures. Databunker DPO automation for data subject requests supports notifications and breach-related obligations.
P7.0 Compliance Developers

Quality

Maintain accurate, complete, and relevant personal information for the purposes identified.

Databunker Pro schema validation enforces data quality at ingestion. Record versioning tracks all changes, and the user privacy portal lets data subjects correct inaccurate data directly.
P8.0 Compliance Security

Monitoring and Enforcement

Oversee privacy compliance through monitoring tools and enforcement.

Databunker DPO provides oversight of audit trails, user request management, compliance reporting, and risk mitigation for ongoing enforcement. Databunker Radar provides continuous compliance monitoring with scheduled scans and PDF/CSV reports.
🔍 Cloud Security & Data Discovery
Security IT

Cloud Security Posture

Monitor cloud infrastructure for misconfigurations, open ports, and policy violations.

Databunker Radar scans your AWS, Azure, and GCP accounts against 1000+ security checks — mapped to SOC 2, HIPAA, ISO 27001, and PCI-DSS frameworks. Get a compliance score and actionable fixes.
Security IT

PII Discovery

Identify where sensitive data lives across your infrastructure.

Databunker Radar detects PII, PHI, and PCI data across S3 buckets, DynamoDB tables, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server databases. Databunker DPO connects to SaaS vendors (HubSpot, Salesforce, Mailchimp) to map personal data across your entire stack.
⚠️ Requirements Outside Databunker's Scope

The following SOC 2 requirements are organizational responsibilities:

P1.0 Legal Compliance

Notice

Provide clear notice to data subjects about the purposes of data collection, how it will be used, and their rights. This requires drafting and publishing privacy policies — a legal responsibility.

CC1.0 HR Compliance

Control Environment

Establish organizational commitment to integrity, ethical values, governance structure, and board oversight. This requires management policies, HR processes, and corporate governance — not a technical tool.

CC2.0 Compliance HR

Communication and Information

Communicate security policies, responsibilities, and expectations to employees and external parties. This requires training programs, policy documents, and internal communications.

CC4.0 Compliance Security

Monitoring Activities

Evaluate and communicate internal control deficiencies to management. While Databunker provides technical monitoring data, the organizational evaluation and remediation process is a management responsibility.

Conclusion

By adopting the Databunker platform — Databunker Pro for PII/PHI vault and tokenization, Databunker Radar for cloud security scanning and compliance monitoring, and Databunker DPO for privacy operations and data subject requests — organizations can address the majority of SOC 2’s Trust Services Criteria with auditor-ready evidence. The remaining criteria (privacy notices, control environment, communication, and monitoring activities) require organizational policies, legal counsel, and governance alongside the technical controls Databunker provides.

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Databunker compliance platform

  • Databunker Radar — multi-cloud scanning and 1,000+ security & compliance checks
  • Databunker Pro — encrypted storage and tokenization for sensitive data
  • Databunker DPO — data subject requests, reporting, and privacy workflows

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