SOC 2 compliance is a voluntary standard developed by the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) to help service organizations ensure the security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, and privacy of customer data. It orbits around five foundational trust principles: security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, and privacy. Organizations must showcase robust controls and processes harmonized with these principles through a SOC 2 audit by an impartial third-party auditor, resulting in a detailed compliance report. To achieve SOC 2 compliance, organizations can automate various aspects of their development lifecycle, including secure coding practices, change management, vulnerability management, access control management, and data security enhancement using tools like CodiumAI's pr-agent, Keypup's Dashboard, Trivy, Detectify, ForgeRock, Okta, GCP IAM, AWS IAM, Azure IAM, Zscaler, Palo Alto, or GCP Data Loss Prevention. Automation significantly reduces time and effort required for audit preparation, improves quality, mitigates risks, and provides a holistic perspective on achieving SOC 2 compliance, elevating standards, fortifying security postures, and ensuring a seamless customer experience.