Are you compliant right now?
Next, you’re to identify actions critical to meeting compliance frameworks and ensure adherence and remediation across the organization
Then comes the backbreaking exercise of gathering evidence that proves you’ve been compliant during the period in question. This is a lot easier said than done: first of all, frameworks need to speak to a variety of sectors and stakeholders which means they might seem vague or generalized.
That’s not all. Compliance frameworks tend to witness frequent updates. SOC2 and ISO27001 both saw updates towards the tail-end of 2022 that companies needed to show compliance with at their next audit—as you’ll agree, although no major overhaul was needed, the updates have meant that still deeper and even more thorough audits.
And then, with new tech joining the fray (not to mention employees who come and go), you have a rapidly evolving risk surface that impacts your compliance actionables.
Despite all these moving pieces, security teams look at compliance sporadically, or just before an audit. In other words, compliance becomes a static, point-in-time, exercise.
This means that compliance must be treated more than a one-and-done, but without burdening your team. This is critical because a point-in-time approach will fail to help you stay compliant. How can a static management exercise work when all the other parts are moving pieces? For example, to answer our question in the headline (Are You Compliant Right Now?) you need to look at framework requirements and examine how your org fares against these. This tedious exercise might demand a few weeks, or at the very least, a few days.
Moreover, when you try to manage compliance (which should be a continuous exercise) just before an audit, it creates friction and pressure for your team.
Treating compliance as a manual, annual activity, also means that you and your team will likely have a hard time when your audit comes around. You might find yourself stressed and scrambling to deal with exceptions or in-scope matters that emerge during review. Plus, even without that, as most GRC and security leaders will agree, gathering such a high volume of high-fidelity evidence at the last minute, has always been challenging.
So what’s the solution?
Let’s start by defining the problem: The problem is that you’re trying to achieve this herculean exercise manually—this not only eats up your team’s bandwidth but might still fall short.
That’s because, unless someone in your army of two has been a compliance auditor in the past, or worked in a core internal compliance team, you may lack critical insights into what it will take for your organization to be compliant with the chosen frameworks.
So what do you need to spend less time on compliance, while still doing it better? How should a compliance platform enable you to ensure you are compliant right now, and at any given point in time?
3 must-haves for error-free,
no-stress compliance management.
A system that connects all the dots
The deeper the integrations, the smoother the process. Aligning systems, processes, and actions with compliance guidelines optimizes operations. Seamlessly integrating compliance into daily activities gives you a comprehensive view of risk exposure. (And you’ll be able to gauge your compliance status instantly, at any time!)
How Sprinto supports you
With 200+ integrations and customizable APIs, Sprinto unifies all aspects of an organization, giving you a complete view of assets, risks, and controls.
Monitoring and workflows that keep compliance goals on track
You want automatic prompts on applicable controls, based on baked-in security frameworks and their respective criteria. These should feed into intelligent workflows that enable infosec teams to set up time-bound alerts for controls. This way, you avoid oversight and arrive at your pre-audit phase fully prepared, with all necessary actions completed within SLAs.
Sprinto takes the heavy lifting off your hands by automating tasks like control testing and evidence collection. It also enables notification rules and alerts for timely remediation, providing workflow owners with essential details.
A dashboard that gives you the whole picture
Achieving continuous compliance becomes a breeze when you have a dashboard that gives you an anytime, anywhere live status. Seamlessly toggle between enterprise-wide and entity-specific perspectives to promptly evaluate, analyze, and action based on risk levels and compliance mandates
Knowing your compliance status and next steps is easy-breezy with Sprinto’s control dashboard. Effortlessly switch between enterprise-wide and entity-specific views to swiftly assess your compliance status and also take action on time.
