Assurance service

Compliance Readiness and Gap Assessment

Pre-assessment validation to identify compliance gaps and reduce audit surprises, with decision-ready prioritization before formal audits or certifications.

Compliance efforts often fail for reasons that are not technical: unclear scope, inconsistent evidence, and assumptions that only surface during an audit. This assessment provides an independent readiness view before formal audits or certifications, identifying gaps, evidence shortfalls, and areas where current practice does not align with requirements. The objective is not to redo compliance programs, but to reduce uncertainty, focus remediation, and prevent last-minute disruption.

When it’s a fit

  • You are preparing for an audit, certification, or customer-driven compliance review
  • You want early visibility into readiness gaps before external scrutiny
  • You need clear prioritization, not a generic control checklist
  • Evidence collection and ownership are fragmented across teams
  • You want fewer surprises and less disruption during the audit window

What you get

  • A structured review of compliance requirements against current practices and evidence
  • Identification of readiness gaps and missing or weak evidence
  • Clear prioritization of gaps based on audit risk and operational impact
  • Decision-ready view of what is required before the audit window
  • Focused remediation guidance to reduce audit disruption and surprises
Discuss scope and approach

We will help define a focused readiness assessment scope based on the target framework, audit expectations, and available evidence.

We’ll propose an appropriate assessment approach, outline scope options, and provide a pricing range based on framework complexity, organizational size, and the level of evidence review.

Pricing is project-based and defined by framework complexity, evidence depth, and organizational size.

What determines the scope of an assessment
  • Target framework: SOC 2, ISO 27001, NIST 800-171, CMMC, HIPAA, or customer requirements
  • Assessment depth: controls review, evidence sampling, and focused gap analysis tied to audit risk

How this fits into the bigger picture

Compliance readiness and gap assessments reduce uncertainty before formal audits. They provide an independent view of whether current practices and evidence match what the audit will actually demand, and where gaps create unacceptable audit risk or disruption.

This assessment evaluates audit readiness and evidence, not technical exposure identified through Penetration Testing.

Compliance readiness and gap assessments do not guarantee audit outcomes. They provide evidence leadership can interpret against risk appetite, audit expectations, and acceptable tradeoffs between speed, cost, and disruption.

Leadership
Clarifies audit risk, readiness posture, and decision tradeoffs.
Operations
Improves evidence readiness and reduces audit disruption.
Assurance
Provides independent validation of compliance readiness.
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