Re:The Startup CTO's Handbook
by normie3000 on Wednesday March 12, 2025 @07:33AM
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SDLC?
Software Development Life Cycle
You absolutely do not need an SDLC process in order to get SOC2 attested.
Of course not, that was just part of the story to draw the picture. Where it might be required to pay for some consultant that will help with initial setup.
But maybe not go full attestation mode right away - but also tricky to find one.
I think this stuff is highly folkloric and that any startup that picked a reasonable high-touch auditor and talked to some friends about their experiences could get through a Type 1 with virtually no effort (outside of their bizops team, who the auditors will definitely harass).
Downside is there is a lot of startup founders that will need help getting the basics in place.
I worked in place where 2 business guys hired 4-5 freelancers and as freelancers took high salaries not even one of them had any clue about setting up infra or SDLC let alone secure SDLC. They would write the code and not give a damn about anything besides that.
Business guys thought they have great technical guys because they were expensive.