System and Organization Controls (SOC) reports are internal control examinations created by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) . Apple commissioned an independent examination of its controls over the Private Cloud Compute (PCC) Provisioning System; the SOC 3 report details the independent auditor’s examination of whether those controls operated effectively throughout the period. This report provides reasonable assurance as to whether Apple’s service commitments and system requirements were achieved based on the applicable trust criteria.…