Compliance Audit overview

Annual cross-team workflow that evaluates the organisation's adherence to regulatory requirements, contractual obligations, and internal policy standards (e.g. GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, SOC 2). The compliance officer coordinates with legal, security, engineering, and finance teams to gather evidence across controls. An internal pre-audit assesses readiness before engaging external auditors. Findings and non-conformances are tracked in a remediation register with owners and deadlines. After remediation, evidence is re-submitted, and the final audit report is issued. Board and leadership are briefed on audit outcomes, and the compliance programme is updated to reflect new requirements.