| Auditing and compliance go hand in hand. Compliance | | | | organizational goals. And this requirement is often |
| merely is not enough to steer an organization towards | | | | fulfilled by the use of automated audit tools which are |
| its goals. Without proper compliance measurement | | | | an integral part of most secure GRC solutions. |
| techniques, companies cannot assess their level of | | | | These automated audit tools are customizable to |
| compliance. Hence auditing is an important part of the | | | | every industry and to all business requirements. They |
| compliance management system. It also facilitates | | | | are also adaptable and user-friendly and help in |
| setting up compliance policies and frameworks in order | | | | monitoring business operations. Their end-to-end |
| to ensure continuous compliance. | | | | automation capabilities address all issues related to |
| While audits are conducted by internal or external | | | | security, compliance, audit, and risk management. They |
| bodies, the fact common to both audits is that the | | | | can be used as on-premise setting, or as |
| procedures employed are tedious and involve various | | | | software-as-a-service or even in a hybrid environment. |
| levels of verification. These procedures are sometimes | | | | These tools have been set to provide integrated |
| biased, restrictive and time-consuming, and cause | | | | solutions which accounts for an interactive and intuitive |
| disruptions in the productive environment. Hence in the | | | | web-based reporting system. They help in generating |
| current scenario, businesses are looking for simplified | | | | audit reports, or audit logs which are supported with |
| audit tools, which can promote effective management | | | | evidence useful in clearly determining the compliance |
| of time and resources. | | | | status of a company. |
| While external audits are conducted because of | | | | IT compliance audit is a cumbersome procedure. |
| serious security infringements, imminent danger or | | | | However, it can be simplified by choosing the right |
| complaints, internal audits are meant to assess the | | | | automated solutions. While this protects your company |
| existing compliance scenario. Hence the main purpose | | | | against all security threats, it also consequently |
| of internal audit tools is to respond to challenges/ | | | | enhances your business by providing a cost-efficient |
| potential threats by maintaining a robust procedure. | | | | method to maximize resources and boost productivity, |
| This can ensure that while staying compliant, the focus | | | | thereby making IT compliance management an |
| remains on activities contributing to the achievement of | | | | encouraging and positive experience. |