Compliance guides

Built in from day one, so it isn't a six-month bolt-on that kills the deal in procurement.

• Encryption at rest: what SOC 2 and HIPAA each actually requireNeither framework hands you an algorithm to check off. SOC 2 is principle-based and HIPAA calls encryption 'addressable' — here is what that really means, where encryption at rest gets missed, and why key management is the part that fails an audit.
• Your deal is stuck in a security questionnaire — what to actually doA verbal yes turns into a 90-question security review and the deal stops moving. How to triage the questionnaire, fix the gaps that are actually fixable in a week, and be honest about the ones that are not.
• GDPR for developers: what actually has to be builtGDPR is usually handed to engineers as a policy document, but data residency, erasure, portability, consent and 72-hour breach notification are all architecture problems. Here is what each one actually requires you to build.
• HIPAA-compliant AI and LLM architecture: what PHI in prompts actually requiresA prompt containing patient data is a PHI disclosure, not a debugging detail. What a BAA with an LLM provider covers, which architectural patterns reduce exposure, and the prototype-key failure mode that ships uncaught.
• RBAC and SSO requirements for SOC 2: what auditors actually checkAccess control is two questions, not one — how someone proves who they are, and what they are allowed to do once they have. What auditors look for in each, the RBAC mistakes that fail examinations, and why SSO is an offboarding control before it is a convenience.
• SOC 2 audit logging for developersWhat SOC 2 actually expects from an audit log — which events to record, what each entry needs, why append-only storage is the whole point, and the mutable-table mistake that quietly voids the control.
• SOC 2 Type 1 vs. Type 2: what's actually differentType 1 attests that your controls are designed correctly on one day. Type 2 attests that they actually ran for months. Why enterprise buyers increasingly reject the first, what that means for your timeline, and what engineering should build either way.
• SOC 2 vs HIPAA: what actually overlaps and what doesn'tA SOC 2 Type 2 report does not make you HIPAA compliant. Here is what genuinely overlaps between the two, what HIPAA requires that SOC 2 never asks about, and how to tell which gap you are actually in.