SOC 3
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SOC 3 is a type of Service Organization Control report that provides a high-level, publicly shareable assurance about a service organization's controls related to security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, or privacy.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| SOC 3 canonical | 1 |
| Service Organization Control 3 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7961091 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: SOC 3 Context triple: [SOC 2, isDifferentFrom, SOC 3]
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A.
SOC 1
SOC 1 is an auditing standard under the AICPA’s SSAE framework that evaluates the internal controls of service organizations relevant to their clients’ financial reporting.
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B.
SOC 2
SOC 2 is a widely recognized auditing standard that evaluates how service providers securely manage customer data based on trust service criteria like security, availability, and confidentiality.
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C.
AU SOC
AU SOC is the School of Communication at American University, offering programs in journalism, public relations, film, media studies, and related communication fields.
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D.
SOX
SOX is the commonly used abbreviation for the Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002, a U.S. federal law enacted to enhance corporate governance and financial reporting accountability.
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E.
ISO/IEC 27019
ISO/IEC 27019 is an international standard that provides information security management guidelines specifically tailored for process control systems used in the energy utility industry.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: SOC 3 Target entity description: SOC 3 is a type of Service Organization Control report that provides a high-level, publicly shareable assurance about a service organization's controls related to security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, or privacy.
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A.
SOC 1
SOC 1 is an auditing standard under the AICPA’s SSAE framework that evaluates the internal controls of service organizations relevant to their clients’ financial reporting.
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B.
SOC 2
SOC 2 is a widely recognized auditing standard that evaluates how service providers securely manage customer data based on trust service criteria like security, availability, and confidentiality.
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C.
AU SOC
AU SOC is the School of Communication at American University, offering programs in journalism, public relations, film, media studies, and related communication fields.
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D.
SOX
SOX is the commonly used abbreviation for the Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002, a U.S. federal law enacted to enhance corporate governance and financial reporting accountability.
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E.
ISO/IEC 27019
ISO/IEC 27019 is an international standard that provides information security management guidelines specifically tailored for process control systems used in the energy utility industry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Service Organization Control report
ⓘ
assurance report ⓘ attestation report ⓘ |
| abbreviationOf |
Service Organization Control 3
ⓘ
linked to:
SOC 3
|
| appliesTo |
SaaS providers
ⓘ
cloud service providers ⓘ data center providers ⓘ managed service providers ⓘ |
| assuranceLevel | high-level ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Trust Services Criteria
ⓘ
linked to:
SOC 2
|
| canInclude | SOC 3 seal or logo for marketing materials ⓘ |
| comparedTo | SOC 2 ⓘ |
| coversPrinciple |
availability
ⓘ
confidentiality ⓘ privacy ⓘ processing integrity ⓘ security ⓘ |
| detailLevel | less detailed than SOC 2 ⓘ |
| differenceFromSOC2 |
designed for broad distribution
ⓘ
less technical detail ⓘ |
| distributionRestriction | no restricted distribution ⓘ |
| evidenceType | reasonable assurance ⓘ |
| excludes |
detailed description of controls
ⓘ
results of tests of controls ⓘ tests of controls ⓘ |
| focus | controls relevant to Trust Services Criteria ⓘ |
| geographicUse | international ⓘ |
| governingBody |
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
ⓘ
linked to:
American Institute of Accountants
|
| includes |
independent auditor’s opinion
ⓘ
management assertion ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
business partners
ⓘ
customers ⓘ general public ⓘ prospective customers ⓘ regulators ⓘ |
| outputFormat | short-form report ⓘ |
| prerequisite | SOC 2 examination over same system and period ⓘ |
| publicAvailability | publicly shareable ⓘ |
| relatedStandard |
SOC 2 Type 2
ⓘ
linked to:
SOC 2
|
| reportingFramework | AICPA attestation standards ⓘ |
| reportPeriod | typically 6 to 12 months ⓘ |
| reportType | general use report ⓘ |
| scope |
controls over services provided to user entities
ⓘ
service organization controls ⓘ |
| usedFor |
demonstrating compliance with Trust Services Criteria
ⓘ
marketing ⓘ public assurance ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: SOC 3 Description of subject: SOC 3 is a type of Service Organization Control report that provides a high-level, publicly shareable assurance about a service organization's controls related to security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, or privacy.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.