SOC 2 vs GDPR
Side-by-side comparison of SOC 2 Type II and GDPR across 49 cybersecurity controls.
47
Shared
2
SOC 2 Only
0
GDPR Only
0
Neither
Covered by Both (47 controls)
Controls recognized by both SOC 2 and GDPR.
Gp
Governance Policy
CC1.1, CC1.2, CC1.3 | Art.5(2), Art.24(1), Art.24(2)
Aw
Awareness & Training
CC1.4, CC2.2 | Art.39(1)(b), Art.47(2)(n)
Rm
Risk Management
CC3.1, CC3.2, CC3.3 | Art.24(1), Art.32(1)
Sc
Supply Chain Risk
CC9.2 | Art.28(1), Art.28(2)
Rr
Roles & Responsibilities
CC1.3, CC1.4 | Art.37(1), Art.38(1), Art.39(1)
Cm
Compliance
CC2.1, CC4.1, CC4.2 | Art.5(2), Art.58(1), Art.83(1)
Am
Asset Management
CC6.1 | Art.30(1)
Ra
Risk Assessment
CC3.2, CC3.4 | Art.35(1), Art.35(7)
Be
Business Environment
CC1.1, CC1.2 | Art.35(7)(b)
Da
Data Classification
CC6.1, CC6.5 | Art.9(1), Art.5(1)(c)
Vn
Vulnerability Mgmt
CC7.1 | Art.32(1)(d)
Ac
Access Control
CC6.1, CC6.2, CC6.3 | Art.32(1)(b), Art.25(2)
Mf
Multi-Factor Auth
CC6.1 | Art.32(1)(b)
En
Encryption
CC6.1, CC6.7 | Art.32(1)(a), Art.34(3)(a)
Dp
Data Protection
CC6.1, CC6.5, CC6.7 | Art.5(1)(f), Art.32(1)
Bk
Backup & Recovery
A1.2, CC7.5 | Art.32(1)(c)
Pa
Privileged Access
CC6.1, CC6.2, CC6.3 | Art.32(1)(b), Art.29
Fw
Firewall / Net Seg
CC6.1, CC6.6 | Art.32(1)(b)
Ep
Endpoint Protection
CC6.8, CC7.1 | Art.32(1)(b)
Pm
Patch Management
CC7.1 | Art.32(1)(d)
Cf
Secure Config
CC6.1, CC7.1 | Art.25(1), Art.32(1)
Sd
Secure Development
CC8.1 | Art.25(1), Art.25(2)
Ml
Email Security
CC6.8 | Art.32(1)(b)
Ws
Web Security
CC6.6, CC6.8 | Art.32(1)(b)
Zt
Zero Trust
CC6.1, CC6.3 | Art.32(1)(b), Art.25(1)
Mb
Mobile Security
CC6.7 | Art.32(1)(b)
Cl
Cloud Security
CC6.1, CC6.7, CC7.1 | Art.28(1), Art.32(1)
Wf
WAF
CC6.6 | Art.32(1)(b)
Dl
DLP
CC6.5, CC6.7 | Art.5(1)(f), Art.32(1)(b)
Sm
Cont. Monitoring
CC7.1, CC7.2 | Art.32(1)(d)
Lg
Logging & Audit
CC7.2, CC7.3 | Art.5(2), Art.30(1)
Id
Intrusion Detection
CC7.2 | Art.32(1)(d), Art.33(1)
An
Anomaly Detection
CC7.2 | Art.32(1)(d)
Sg
SIEM / SOC
CC7.2, CC7.3 | Art.32(1)(d)
Ir
Incident Response
CC7.3, CC7.4, CC7.5 | Art.33(1), Art.33(2)
Fn
Forensics
CC7.4 | Art.33(3)
Co
Communication
CC2.3, CC7.4 | Art.33(1), Art.34(1)
Mt
Mitigation
CC7.4, CC7.5 | Art.33(3)(d), Art.34(2)
Rp
Reporting
CC2.3, CC7.3 | Art.33(1), Art.34(1)
Rc
Recovery Planning
A1.2, A1.3 | Art.32(1)(c)
Bc
Business Continuity
A1.1, A1.2, A1.3 | Art.32(1)(b), Art.32(1)(c)
Ll
Lessons Learned
CC4.2, CC7.5 | Art.32(1)(d), Art.24(1)
Cr
Comms & Restore
CC2.3, A1.2 | Art.34(1), Art.32(1)(c)
Dr
Disaster Recovery
A1.2, A1.3 | Art.32(1)(c)
Ap
API Security
CC6.1, CC6.6, CC8.1 | Art.25(1), Art.32(1)(b)
It
Insider Threat
CC6.2, CC6.3, CC7.2 | Art.29, Art.32(1)(b), Art.32(4)
Vr
Vendor Risk Mgmt
CC9.2, CC3.2 | Art.28(1), Art.28(2), Art.28(3)
Only in SOC 2 (2 controls)
Controls covered by SOC 2 but not GDPR. Organizations using GDPR should consider supplementing with these.
Summary: SOC 2 vs GDPR
SOC 2 Type II and GDPR share 47 controls in common out of 49 total. SOC 2 uniquely covers 2 controls that GDPR does not, including Threat Intelligence, DNS Security. GDPR uniquely covers 0 controls that SOC 2 does not. Together, these two frameworks cover all tracked controls. For comprehensive cybersecurity coverage, organizations often adopt both frameworks or supplement with other frameworks.
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