Your GitHub org is probably already 24% SOC 2 compliant.

You just don't know it.

SOC 2 has 33 Common Criteria.

8 of them are pure technical controls you can verify through GitHub:

✓ CC6.1 - 2FA enforcement

✓ CC6.2 - Access management

✓ CC6.6 - Credential management

✓ CC7.2 - System monitoring

✓ CC7.3 - Vulnerability management

✓ CC8.1 - Change control

If your GitHub org has:

→ 2FA required (not just recommended)

→ Branch protection on production repos

→ Admin access <10% of team

→ Dependabot / security scanning enabled

You've already met 8 of 33 controls. That's 24%.

The problem? You're probably paying a consultant £3K-8K to tell you this.

Or worse: You're assuming you're starting from zero and delaying your timeline by 2-3 months.

We built ComplianceStack to automate this check:

→ Connects to GitHub API

→ Verifies technical controls

→ Shows pass/fail/needs-docs

→ 20 minutes vs. 3 weeks

You're not starting from zero. You're starting from 24%.

That changes everything.

Are you giving yourself credit for the controls you've already implemented?

#SOC2 #GitHub #DevOps

Before I hired a SOC 2 consultant, I should've asked:

"What percentage of your £8K fee is just telling me my current state?"

Turns out: 100%.

Week 1: Assessed our GitHub security settings

Week 2: Reviewed our access controls

Week 3: Mapped what we had to SOC 2 framework

Week 4: Gave us a gap analysis

Then said: "Now the real work starts."

I paid £8K for discovery. The implementation would be another £15K.

Here's what I learned:

Discovery ≠ Implementation.

Consultants are brilliant for implementation (writing policies, fixing gaps, preparing evidence).

But discovery? That's:

→ Checking if 2FA is enforced

→ Verifying branch protection exists

→ Counting admin access %

→ Mapping GitHub configs to SOC 2 criteria

All verifiable through GitHub API in 20 minutes.

I could've paid £499 for ComplianceStack instead of £8K for consultant discovery.

Then spent the consultant's time on actual implementation (where they add real value).

Total saved: £7,500.

The question I now ask:

"Can this be automated, or do I genuinely need human expertise?"

Discovery = automate

Implementation = hire experts

Don't pay consultant rates for information extraction.

Anyone else learn this expensive lesson?

#SOC2 #Consulting #StartupLessons

Your GitHub org is probably already 24% SOC 2 compliant.

You just don't know it.

SOC 2 has 33 Common Criteria.

8 of them are pure technical controls you can verify through GitHub:

✓ CC6.1 - 2FA enforcement

✓ CC6.2 - Access management

✓ CC6.6 - Credential management

✓ CC7.2 - System monitoring

✓ CC7.3 - Vulnerability management

✓ CC8.1 - Change control

If your GitHub org has:

→ 2FA required (not just recommended)

→ Branch protection on production repos

→ Admin access <10% of team

→ Dependabot / security scanning enabled

You've already met 8 of 33 controls. That's 24%.

The problem? You're probably paying a consultant £3K-8K to tell you this.

Or worse: You're assuming you're starting from zero and delaying your timeline by 2-3 months.

We built ComplianceStack to automate this check:

→ Connects to GitHub API

→ Verifies technical controls

→ Shows pass/fail/needs-docs

→ 20 minutes vs. 3 weeks

You're not starting from zero. You're starting from 24%.

That changes everything.

Are you giving yourself credit for the controls you've already implemented?

#SOC2 #GitHub #DevOps

Unpopular opinion: Stop buying Vanta before you're ready.

I spent £20K on Vanta last year.

Used it for 5 months out of 12.

Why? We weren't ready to monitor what we hadn't implemented yet.

Here's what actually happened:

Month 1-7: "We need to fix these gaps before we can use Vanta properly"

Month 8-12: Finally using the monitoring features we'd been paying for

£20K for 12 months. Used 5 months. Wasted £8,300.

The problem isn't Vanta. Vanta's brilliant for ongoing monitoring.

The problem is buying monitoring before you know your baseline.

Better sequence:

1. Check which SOC 2 controls you've ALREADY MET through GitHub

(Usually 8-10 controls. Takes 20 minutes to verify.)

1. Fix the critical gaps (2-6 weeks)

1. THEN buy Vanta for ongoing monitoring

Not anti-Vanta. Pro-"know your gap before £20K spend."

We built ComplianceStack for step 1 after making this mistake.

£499 diagnostic → Fix gaps → Then Vanta = way smarter.

Anyone else waste money buying tools before knowing what they needed?

#SOC2 #Compliance #SaaS

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