Compliance automation refers to the use of software platforms to streamline and automate traditionally manual compliance activities. This includes automated evidence collection from cloud infrastructure, continuous control monitoring, policy management, risk assessment workflows and audit preparation with pre-mapped frameworks.
By replacing spreadsheets and manual processes with automated tooling, organisations can reduce the time and cost of achieving and maintaining certifications such as ISO 27001 and SOC 2 by up to 80%. Compliance automation also improves accuracy, provides real-time visibility into compliance posture and enables organisations to scale their compliance programmes without proportionally increasing headcount.