How to answer 'How do you monitor the uptime and security posture of critical cloud vendors?' on a SIG Lite
I. Reviewer Guidance & Pitfalls
Explain how primary cloud subprocessor statuses (AWS status page, Cloudflare, Stripe) are monitored and factored into our own status page communications.
II. Example Answer Passing Enterprise Audit
Compliant Response
Sealed · STA-06
Critical infrastructure providers are monitored continuously via automated status webhooks; vendor outages trigger our business continuity communications and customer status updates (SOC 2, CC9.2).
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