SOC 2 Compliance on OpenShift: From Control to Evidence

The deadline is tomorrow. Your team must prove SOC 2 compliance, and your OpenShift clusters are under the microscope.

OpenShift gives you control over every container and workload, but SOC 2 demands more than control—it demands evidence. Auditors want clear documentation that your infrastructure meets the five Trust Service Criteria: Security, Availability, Processing Integrity, Confidentiality, and Privacy. On OpenShift, that means mapping cluster configs, access controls, network policies, and logging directly to SOC 2 requirements.

Start with identity management. SOC 2 auditors expect least-privilege access, enforced by Role-Based Access Control (RBAC). In OpenShift, RBAC is native, but securing it requires strict role definitions, immutable policies, and periodic reviews backed by audit logs.

Then address observability. SOC 2 requires proof of continuous monitoring. With OpenShift, centralize logging via the EFK (Elasticsearch, Fluentd, Kibana) stack or integrate an external SIEM. Feed metrics from Prometheus and alerts from Alertmanager into a documented incident response workflow. No gaps. No unreviewed alerts.

Network security in OpenShift is crucial for the Availability and Confidentiality criteria. NetworkPolicy resources should block all traffic by default, only allowing service-to-service communication where necessary. Encryption in transit using TLS, plus encryption at rest for persistent volumes, must be verified and logged.

Configuration management is the backbone of Processing Integrity. Use GitOps with tools like Argo CD to ensure every deployment is versioned, reviewed, and traceable. Any drift from approved configurations must trigger alerts and remediation before affecting production.

Finally, evidence collection is what makes SOC 2 real. Policies in YAML mean nothing without timestamps, signatures, and full chain-of-custody for changes. OpenShift’s audit API is central here—pull structured logs, sign them, archive them, and store them for the auditor’s hands.

Compliance on OpenShift is not abstract paperwork. It is code, config, and proof, aligned with SOC 2. Automate enforcement, verify continuously, and keep evidence immutable.

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