The SOC (System and Organization Controls) certification is a set of standards for data privacy and protection developed by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. It comes in three forms, labeled SOC 1-3, with varying levels of detail and reporting requirements. The SOC criteria cover five principal parts, including Security, which is required for certification. Doppler, a secrets manager, can assist teams in achieving compliance by implementing user groups to limit access to sensitive information, rotating secrets to prevent security risks, and generating logs to demonstrate regulatory compliance and measure productivity metrics.