Re:Hackers last year conducted a 'dry run' of SolarWinds breach
by throwaway201103 on Sunday December 20, 2020 @05:11PM
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Even a financial audit is based on what the company tells the auditors and is about whether the financial reporting conforms to generally accepted principles, not whether it's actually correct.
https://latacora.micro.blog/2020/03/12/the-soc-starting.html
says that SOC2 is (mostly) about sales and little about validating security practices, only that you have them. I find it telling that SOC2 audits are performed by accountants.