What is the purpose of a compliance audit?
The purpose of a compliance audit is to understand where you are with your business’ cybersecurity so you can lay out a roadmap of what still needs to be done. Very few businesses meet compliance standards with how they currently operate. Undergoing CMMC Internal Audit before submitting to a third-party official audit means that you know where you stack up against compliance requirements and know that you’ll come out on the other side.
What is the best approach to a compliance audit?
Short answer: compare what you’re doing to what the compliance requirements tell you to do. Longer answer: take stock of your software, processes, monitoring, and access points and look for any current vulnerabilities or areas of weakness. Then, analyze the compliance requirements and see if what you found in your assessment matches up to what the requirements are asking for. From there, take each area and work to align it with the requirements of your compliance.
How do I conduct a compliance assessment for my business?
While almost all businesses need to meet compliance requirements of some sort, very few businesses have all the resources to complete an internal assessment in-house. The easiest and most cost-effective way is to enlist the support of a third-party expert to take the biggest lift of the assessment, leaving you to run your business.