SOC 2 Compliance Engineering Patterns for Google Cloud
Engineering practices to implement SOC 2 compliance controls in GCP cloud environments
Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Use Google Cloud IAM to create users, groups, and service accounts with the principle of least privilege, granting only the necessary permissions.
Enable multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all IAM users.
Implement Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) using IAM roles and custom roles.
Data Encryption
Encrypt data at rest using Google Cloud Key Management Service (KMS) or Cloud Hardware Security Module (HSM).
Encrypt data in transit using SSL / TLS.
Use Google Cloud Certificate Authority (CA) Service to manage SSL / TLS certificates.
Implement key rotation policies.
Network Security
Use Google Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) to create isolated environments.
Implement firewall rules and VPC Service Controls to control inbound and outbound traffic.
Use Google Cloud Armor to protect web applications.
Logging and Monitoring
Use Google Cloud Logging and Google Cloud Monitoring to monitor and log API calls, resource changes, and user activity.
Set up Google Cloud Security Command Center for a centralized view of security alerts and compliance status.
Configure Google Cloud Asset Inventory to track resource configurations and compliance.
Incident Response and Recovery
Setup GCP services like Cloud Functions, Cloud Pub / Sub, and Cloud Tasks for automated incident response.
Use Cloud Storage bucket versioning and Cloud SQL backups for data backup and recovery.