Key Takeaways
- Automated Evidence Collection: Partnering with third-party compliance tools automates the constant monitoring of security controls, significantly easing the evidence gathering burden and saving organizations time and money during the assessment.
- Flexible Assessment Approach: Organizations can choose an assessor that works flexibly with their preferred monitoring systems, ensuring a timely and accurate SOC* or PCI report without requiring a complete overhaul of internal tools.
- Streamlined Reporting Efficiency: Leveraging automated tools simplifies the internal compliance process, allowing the assessment partner to focus on control verification, which results in a more efficient and transparent compliance reporting experience.
GRC Tools Offer Convenience
Many organizations use compliance tools throughout the year to maintain or monitor compliance initiatives. These tools offer great convenience, but did you know that you still need a properly qualified assessment firm like Auditwerx to complete your organization’s compliance assessment?
Compliance is Constantly Evolving. We Are Too.
In the ever-changing compliance landscape, it’s important to choose an assessment partner that can be flexible with your business needs and goals. The Auditwerx team can work with your monitoring tools to ensure SOC* or PCI compliance. Automated compliance tools can help ease the evidence gathering burden, saving you time and money on your assessment.
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Making Compliance Work for You.
Third-party compliance monitoring tools can help simplify your internal compliance process, but they are not an all-in-one solution. While automated tools can assist with the compliance process, they are not able to guarantee compliance in the same way as an experienced human assessor. The Auditwerx team can use these tools and partner with your preferred compliance monitoring organization to complete a timely and accurate SOC* or PCI report.
Choosing a Flexible SOC* or PCI Assessment Partner.
Auditwerx offers flexible SOC* and PCI assessment services backed by an experienced team. Our assessors can use your current tools and systems to help simplify the compliance reporting process. If you’re ready to start your compliance journey, contact Auditwerx today.
FAQs
How do automated compliance tools streamline the assessment process?
Automated compliance and monitoring tools help streamline the process by continuously collecting and organizing documentation. This preparation simplifies the crucial evidence gathering stage, ensuring all necessary artifacts are readily available for the assessor to review for the final report.
If my organization uses an automated GRC platform, do we still need an external assessor?
es. While automated tools greatly simplify internal monitoring, they are not an all-in-one solution. A qualified, independent human assessor is still required to verify the controls and systems against the specific framework (like SOC* or PCI) and officially issue the compliance attestation report.
What types of compliance engagements benefit from using monitoring tools?
Compliance monitoring tools offer major benefits for complex engagements like SOC* (Service Organization Control) reports and PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) reports. They provide year-round data that an assessor can use to confirm the continuous security and operational effectiveness of controls.
How does an assessor partner with an organization's existing compliance tools?
A flexible assessor can work directly with the data produced by the client’s existing monitoring organization or tool. By leveraging this automated data, the assessor can expedite the verification process for SOC* or PCI compliance, delivering a high-quality report faster.
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