The AWS Misconfigurations That Show Up on Almost Every SOC 2 Audit

5 AWS Misconfigurations That Will Fail Your SOC 2 Audit (And How to Fix Them in 10 Minutes)

I review AWS environments for SOC 2 readiness regularly. The same misconfigurations show up every single time. Not obscure edge cases — basic settings that get missed because nobody told the team they were required.

All of them are fixable in under 10 minutes once you know about them. The problem is most teams find out during the audit, when time pressure makes everything worse.

Here are the ones to check right now.

1. MFA Not Enforced on IAM Users