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Nostra, the Edge Intelligence Platform trusted by leading DTC brands to accelerate their storefronts, today announced the successful completion of its SOC 2 Type I audit. The assessment was conducted by an independent auditing firm and affirms that Nostra's security, availability, and confidentiality controls are designed to meet the rigorous standards set by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA).
For our customers, this is more than a badge. It's independent, third-party proof of something we've always taken seriously: when a brand routes its traffic through Nostra, we sit directly in the path between its shoppers and its revenue. That position demands trust, and now that trust is formally verified.
What Is SOC 2, Exactly?
SOC 2 is a security and compliance framework developed by the AICPA. It evaluates how a company designs and operates the internal controls that protect customer data across five Trust Services Criteria: security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, and privacy.
Unlike a self-assessment or a marketing claim, a SOC 2 report is produced by an independent, licensed auditing firm. The auditors examine everything from access management and encryption to vendor risk, incident response, and change management, then issue a formal opinion.
Type I vs. Type II: a quick primer
A Type I report evaluates whether a company's controls are properly designed at a specific point in time. A Type II report then observes those controls operating over a period of months. Type I is the foundation, and Nostra received a clean opinion with no exceptions noted.
Why Should a DTC Brand Care?
If you run an ecommerce business, you may not spend your days thinking about compliance frameworks. But you do think about three things every day: your site staying up, your shoppers' data staying safe, and your revenue staying predictable. SOC 2 speaks directly to all three.
1. Nostra sits in your critical path
Edge delivery isn't a bolt-on tool. It's infrastructure. Every visit to your storefront flows through it. A vendor in that position with weak security practices is a risk to your uptime, your customer experience, and your brand. SOC 2 compliance means an independent auditor has verified that our controls around access, availability, and change management are built the right way.
2. Your shoppers' trust is your conversion rate
DTC brands live and die by consumer trust. Shoppers hand over names, addresses, and payment details expecting the entire stack behind your store, not just your checkout, to treat that data responsibly. Working with SOC 2 compliant vendors is how modern brands honor that expectation across their whole supply chain.
3. It removes friction as you scale
As DTC brands grow, security questionnaires and vendor risk reviews become part of life, coming from payment partners, enterprise retail channels, agencies, and your own legal counsel. Being able to point to a vendor's SOC 2 report turns weeks of back-and-forth into a single document request. We just made your next vendor review easier.
What Changes for Nostra Customers?
Here's the best part: nothing you need to act on. There's no migration, no new settings, no interruption. What changes is what you can now verify. Independent validation means our security posture is no longer just our word; it's an auditor's formal opinion. Current and prospective customers can request our SOC 2 report (under NDA) for security and procurement reviews. And Type I is a milestone, not a finish line: we're continuing to operate and mature these controls as part of our ongoing security program.
Performance and Security Aren't a Trade-Off
Nostra exists because milliseconds move revenue: faster storefronts convert more shoppers. But speed means nothing if it comes at the cost of reliability or data protection. SOC 2 Type I compliance is our proof that DTC brands don't have to choose: the same platform making your site faster is held to independently audited security standards.
