SOC 2 in Plain English
A Practitioner’s Field Guide: the complete three-volume set
Each volume stands alone, with its own index. Read in order — Learn, Run, Operate — or take the one you need.
SOC 2 in plain English, for a small team, not a twenty-thousand-dollar mystery. A customer asks for your SOC 2 report; the three volumes take you from there to audited and beyond: getting audit-ready, the audit and continuous operations (with ISO 27001 alongside), and the templates and worksheets that make it routine.
Companion to the SOC 2 Audit-Readiness Assessment toolkit — the assessment and ready-to-use templates that put this book to work.
From the blog: Do you actually need SOC 2 yet? · SOC 2 or ISO 27001 — which one does your customer actually want? — essay-length previews of the same ground this set covers, free.
Getting Audit-Ready
A customer just asked for your SOC 2 report.
The Audit and Operations
Volume 1 got you audit-ready. Now comes the audit itself.
The Operator's Workbook
The working artefacts behind the SOC 2 in Plain English set, in one place. Volumes 1 and 2 teach the readiness work and the audit; this workbook hands you the templates, worksheets, and reference tables to do it.
The set at a glance
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| Volume | Pages | Depth | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volume 1 | 339 | 16 chapters | TBD | TBD |
| Volume 2 | 340 | 16 chapters | TBD | TBD |
| Volume 3 (Workbook) | 329 | 7 chapters | TBD | TBD |
Where to buy
SOC 2 in Plain English will be available in paperback, hardcover, and ebook through print-on-demand retailers, each volume sold separately. The links activate the moment the titles list; until then, email us and we’ll tell you at launch.
Cover art, pricing, and availability are not yet final and will be updated when these titles are listed for sale. Books are sold through print-on-demand retailers (KDP, IngramSpark, Amazon, and independent bookstores) — not through the Sylvan Assurance toolkit store.