SOC 2 Penetration Testing
Scope technical security testing and evidence for your SOC 2 assurance program, without treating a pentest as the SOC 2 examination.
SOC 2 examines controls relevant to the selected Trust Services Criteria. Penetration testing can provide evidence about technical risks and control effectiveness. It is not itself a SOC 2 report, and the appropriate testing scope depends on your systems, risks and assessor’s expectations.
Scope, evidence and next steps.
Start with the system boundary
Identify the applications, APIs, cloud services and roles inside the system description. Agree exclusions and access before testing.
Test meaningful technical risks
Use the agreed scope to examine authentication, authorization, business logic and relevant infrastructure controls. Do not replace risk assessment with a generic checklist.
Organize supporting evidence
Discuss technical and executive reporting, scope and methodology, remediation evidence and any agreed retest report with your reviewer.
Keep assurance roles clear
TrekShield provides testing and informational control mapping. Your SOC 2 practitioner evaluates the overall controls and issues the examination report.
The testing behind this solution.
This program draws on our certified bench across these services.
Web Application Penetration Testing
Manual, exploit-driven testing of your web apps — auth, access control, and business logic that scanners miss.
API Penetration Testing
Deep testing of REST, GraphQL, and gRPC APIs against the OWASP API Security Top 10.
Cloud Penetration Testing
AWS, Azure, and GCP testing — misconfigurations, identity, and privilege-escalation paths.
Sources
This page describes scoped testing support for the framework. It is informational control mapping — not an audit, certification or assessor decision.
SOC 2 Penetration Testing — questions buyers ask.
Does a pentest make us SOC 2 compliant?
No. A penetration test is one possible source of technical evidence. A SOC 2 examination evaluates the relevant controls and is performed by your assurance practitioner.
What should we bring to scoping?
Your system boundary, relevant applications and infrastructure, intended review window, access constraints and any testing expectations provided by your practitioner.
Are retests included?
The included cycles, eligibility window and any additional work are specified in the engagement agreement.
Prove what an attacker could actually do.
A short scoping call, no obligation.