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Compliance, taught the way we practice it. Free video lessons on SOC 2, evidence, controls, AI governance, vendor risk, and staying audit-ready — the same foundations we build with every client.
NEXUS LEARNING ACADEMY / MODULE 1SOC 2, decoded.
3:42SOC 2 Type 1 vs. Type 2: what startup teams need to know
Two report types, different timelines. Understand what each means for your startup.
NEXUS LEARNING ACADEMY / MODULE 2Evidence, not theater.
3:31What makes SOC 2 evidence useful to your auditor?
Traceable artifacts, clear owners, and the details that make evidence ready for review.
NEXUS LEARNING ACADEMY / MODULE 3Tools aren’t controls.
3:48Vanta, Drata, and the work automation cannot replace
Where compliance platforms help, and where your team still needs to make the decisions.
NEXUS LEARNING ACADEMY / MODULE 4AI needs owners.
3:38AI governance: who owns the risk in a startup?
Putting responsibility, oversight, and practical boundaries around AI use.
NEXUS LEARNING ACADEMY / MODULE 5Trust your vendors?
3:50AI vendors, data handling, and your SOC 2 scope
How vendor decisions and data flows shape your controls and audit scope.
NEXUS LEARNING ACADEMY / MODULE 6Stay audit-ready.
3:31From one audit to an ongoing culture of evidence
Keeping controls and evidence consistent long after the readiness sprint.
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Companion reading for every module. Go deeper.
S1 / MEMO LockedSOC 2 in Plain English
What SOC 2 actually is, who needs it, and how the whole machine works. No jargon, no assumptions.
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S2 / MEMO LockedWhat Is a Control, Really?
The atom of the compliance universe: what controls are made of, and how to tell a real one from a wish.
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S3 / MEMO LockedEvidence: The Currency of Trust
Why auditors believe nothing you say and everything you can prove.
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S4 / MEMO LockedRisk, From First Principles
Threats, likelihood, impact: how professionals think about uncertainty for a living.
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S5 / MEMO LockedAI Safety Nets: Guardrails Before Tools
Guardrails before tools: policy, technical, and human safety nets for AI.
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S6 / MEMO LockedCompliance Isn't Security
Security protects. Compliance proves. Why you need both.
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Trust Your Vendors: A Vendor Risk Program From Scratch
How to inventory, tier, diligence, and monitor your vendors before one of them breaches you.
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P2 / MEMO LockedTools Aren't Controls
Mapping tools to assertions, the evidence test every tool must pass, and the automation trap that eats budgets.
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P3 / MEMO LockedDraft Your First Framework With AI
Where AI genuinely helps, where it hallucinates, the mandatory human review gates, and prompt patterns that work.
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P4 / MEMO LockedAI Needs Owners
A named human, a decision they are allowed to make, and a record that they made it.
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P5 / MEMO LockedAudit-Ready All Year
The monthly, quarterly, and annual operating cadence that makes the audit a non-event.
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P6 / MEMO LockedWhere AI Stops and Compliance Begins
AI cannot be accountable. The boundary every operator must draw, and what auditors expect on each side.
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