A cloud data-services provider wants an independent assessment by a certified public accounting (CPA) firm that evaluates how its controls meet the Trust Services Criteria for security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, and privacy. Which attestation should the provider pursue?
Request a SOC 2 Type II report from an independent auditor
Obtain PCI DSS certification for payment-card security
Seek ISO/IEC 27001 certification for an information-security management system
Implement a GDPR compliance program for personal data
A SOC 2 report, performed by an independent CPA, examines a service organization's controls against the five Trust Services Criteria. PCI DSS focuses only on protecting cardholder data, GDPR is a legal privacy regulation rather than an audit report, and ISO/IEC 27001 certifies an information-security management system but is not scoped specifically to the Trust Services Criteria.
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