Newsletter · Edition #4 · Audit · 3 min read
The audit evidence you should be collecting today
The most stressful audits are the ones where evidence is reconstructed at the end.
Audits are won or lost on evidence, and evidence is a byproduct of operating well — if you capture it as you go. Reconstructing a year of it in the final month is where teams burn out.
Capture continuously
Access reviews with dates and decisions. Change approvals. Vulnerability scans and their remediation. Security-awareness training completion. Incident tickets from open to close. Vendor assessments. None of these can be faithfully recreated after the fact.
Make it a habit, not a hunt
The organisations that sail through audits treat evidence as an operational output — logged when the work happens, in a place the auditor can be shown. The ones who scramble treat it as a deliverable due at audit time.
The bottom line
Start the evidence habit now, whatever your audit date. Future-you will be grateful.
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