SOC 2 Product Security Audit Template Pack
Why this page exists: Product Security leaders often need a compact set of documents that explain how controls are designed and operated across source control, CI/CD, cloud, Kubernetes, secrets, and production support. This page links to template documents that help structure those narratives in a form that is useful for SOC 2 readiness work and evidence collection.
What this pack is for
Use these templates when you need to show that Product Security controls are:
- clearly owned;
- intentionally designed;
- reviewed on a defined cadence; and
- supported by repeatable evidence.
The templates are illustrative skeletons, not legal or audit conclusions. They are meant to accelerate internal drafting and reduce blank-page overhead.
Included templates
| Template | Control theme | Typical evidence it points to |
|---|---|---|
| PS-018 — Logical Access, Access Provisioning, and Privileged Access Standard | access provisioning, privileged access, recertification, SoD | tickets, approver records, access exports, quarterly review sign-off |
| PS-019 — Secure Change Management, Release Approval, and Evidence Standard | controlled changes, release approvals, emergency-change handling | PRs, CI logs, deployment records, post-change review |
| PS-020 — Vulnerability Management, Patch Cadence, and Exception Evidence Standard | findings lifecycle, patch timing, exception governance | finding tickets, SLA dashboards, change evidence, exception records |
| PS-021 — Logging, Monitoring, and Incident Evidence Retention Standard | logging, monitoring, immutable evidence, retention | SIEM records, cloud audit logs, object-lock settings, retention policy |
| PS-022 — Backup, Recovery, and Production Data Protection Standard | backup security, restore testing, production-data handling | backup job history, restore tests, access reviews, masking approvals |
How to tailor the templates well
- Replace placeholders with real systems, groups, and systems of record.
- Keep policy statements short and link to runbooks or platform standards for technical detail.
- Align evidence language to the actual artifacts your teams can consistently produce.
- Remove any section that sounds nice but cannot be operated or evidenced in practice.
- Make sure control ownership reflects engineering reality, not only the org chart.
Good supporting evidence patterns
- ticket-based provisioning and deprovisioning records;
- protected-branch and CI policy configuration exports;
- immutable deployment and release evidence;
- privileged access logs or session records;
- access recertification exports and tracked remediation;
- restore-test evidence with actual timing and outcome;
- exception records with expiry, owner, and compensating controls.