Take Control of Compliance Improvement to Conquer Every Audit

Don’t gamble recklessly with external compliance. Play a winning system and take calculated risks to stack the odds in your favor.
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Major Business Pain Points

  • Most enterprises view compliance as a "must-do" expense rather than a "should-do," value-added activity.
  • IT is often left out of compliance discussions and is unaware of compliance requirements or non-compliance gaps.
  • Organizations generally wait to improve compliance until mandated changes are dictated following an adverse audit or assessment.
Take Control of Compliance Improvement to Conquer Every Audit-Pain Points

Recommendations

Key Points

  • Don’t gamble recklessly with external compliance. Play a winning system and take calculated risks to stack the odds in your favor.
  • Take an agile approach to analyze your gaps and prioritize your remediations. You don’t always have to be fully compliant as long as your organization understands and can live with the consequences.

Approach

Take Control of Compliance Improvement to Conquer Every Audit-Recommendations

Approach compliance proactively and derive value from the process by managing your compliance initiatives using a constant cycle.

  • You need to initiate the drive to conform with regulations and improve compliance.
  • You need to consistently assess the regulatory and business landscape to determine your compliance gaps.
  • You need to improve compliance and remediate non-compliance in an effective, tactical manner.
  • You need to confirm and assure compliance through regular adherence checks.

The framework presented in this blueprint is compliant with COBIT MEA03 – Monitor, Evaluate, and Assess Compliance with External Compliance.

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Methodology and Tools

1. Launch the project

Make the case and launch the compliance project.

  • Storyboard: Take Control of Compliance Improvement to Conquer Every Audit
  • Compliance Plan Template

2. Perform a gap analysis

Identify compliance requirements and prioritize non-compliance gaps.

3. Remediate non-compliance gaps

Improve non-compliance and document management gaps.

  • Compliance Communication Plan Template
  • Document Management Template

4. Confirm compliance

Assure and confirm compliance through interviews and audits.

  • External Compliance Interview Guide

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