SOC 2 (System and Organization Controls 2) is an independent auditor's report on how a company protects customer data. It was developed by the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) and it is what US and Canadian buyers ask for from SaaS vendors, cloud services, software outsourcing and data-processing providers.
For a Ukrainian IT company SOC 2 is the ticket to enterprise customers: without a report the deal is often blocked by the buyer's security team at due diligence. The report shows that your controls operate across the five Trust Services Criteria: security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality and privacy.
An important detail: SOC 2 is not a certificate you can buy. Only a licensed CPA firm can sign the report. The BALTUM group includes a US-registered CPA firm with licensed CPA auditors — so you get readiness and the report in one place, with a fixed price before you start. Readiness and the audit are performed by separate teams, as AICPA independence rules require.