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Regular risk assessments and audits become invaluable tools in detecting vulnerabilities and implementing

You may want to give up and go back to the old way of doing things (i.e. the audit-fix cycle).

Right now, most organizations are doing manual oversight—reviewing samples, running periodic audits,

In compliance management, this could mean addressing a sudden audit finding or a compliance violation

Processes are needed to address deviance and variability often achieved through audits, analysis, and In addition, measures are needed to contend with natural variability.

consistent output using: standard operating procedures, measurements and monitoring, inspections and audits

This distinction is critical and affects how audits should be conducted to assess compliance. In addition, it allows the means by which they are met to improve and mature over time which is recommended Whereas, the previous approach is a remnant of prescriptive-based compliance focused on audits where

fact, training for many organizations is seen as the dominate means to achieve compliance apart from audits

establishes a clear framework for compliance and provides a record of compliance efforts which aids the audit

Prevention over Mitigation Feed-forward control over Feed-back control Evaluate / improve cycles over Audit

Optimize for Actual Value : Regularly audit your digital systems to identify over-processing, unnecessary

Audits, obligation registers, controls, risk measures, training; none of these by themselves is enough