So, you plan to sell your startup’s product to big companies one day. Congratu-dolences! Really, that’s probably the only reason you should care about this article. If that’s not you, go forth and live your life! We’ll ask no more of your time. For the rest of you: Industry people talk about SOC2 a lot, and it’s taken on a quasi-mystical status, not least because it’s the product of the quasi-mystical accounting industry.