StorJ Select Requirements

[Alexey]

@boelle

what is the difference between me and a registered company if the hardware etc is the same…

The SOC2 compliance is well described here:

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Here are some basic facts about SOC2 that most people do not understand. SOC2 is a US audit standard that supersedes the old SAS70 standard by the American Institute of Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA) If focuses primarily on governance and not on product design. When a business wants to obtain a SOC 2 report they contact an audit firm which then works with the business to determine what should be ‘in scope’, that is to say what parts of the service being offered to customers needs t…

@boelle

that sounds odd, why not have the requirements public so people now beforehand if they can meet them…

The basic requirements are: having a certification and a robust hardware, everything else can be discussed with the team after you apply the form.
Providers are accepted based mostly on customers demands, thus there is no any hard requirements.