Audit management that plans, runs, and closes every audit with a risk based approach mapped to your standards

One platform for planning, fieldwork, tracking, and closure, across departments, business processes, and IT systems, with SIEM and HRM driven monitoring validating controls continuously so nobody's digging through logs when audit time rolls around.

What to know before fieldwork starts

The questions every audit lead asks before they trust a new system with their program.

Are all required audit areas being addressed?

IT, operational, compliance, and security audits all run on templates mapped to ISO 27001, SOC 2, SOX, and IIA Global Standards. The full audit universe is defined once, so every area has an owner and a place on the plan.

Are audit activities planned, executed, and closed as scheduled?

One centralized calendar covers planning through closure, with workflow automation and alerts. SIEM and HRM insights push the highest risk areas to the front of the queue.

Is the audit process transparent and defensible?

Every step, from planning to observation tracking, is time stamped and kept in a full audit trail. That record is what keeps audits defensible and regulators satisfied.

Internal audit vs. external audit

Two different jobs, and one platform that handles both without needing extra tooling.

Term	What it means	Normal action	What Sigmify GRC does
Internal Audit	Run by an org's own audit function, or an outsourced provider on its behalf, to evaluate controls, risk management, and governance. Findings go to management and the board.	An ongoing cycle, run internally or by an outsourced provider.	Runs end to end in the platform: planning, execution, evidence, findings, closure.
External Audit	Performed by an independent third party firm to assure outside stakeholders, regulators, customers, investors. A SOC 2 report from a licensed CPA firm is a common example.	Performed periodically by an independent CPA or certification firm.	Same workpapers, evidence, and audit trail, shared with external auditors for SOC 2 or ISO 27001 certification.

How an audit moves through the platform

The same four stages, whether it's an internal audit, an external one, or a vendor review.

Plan

Risk based calendar

Execute

Checklist fieldwork

Track

SIEM + HRM signal

Close

Sign off & archive

Continuously monitored, so the next plan starts already informed

Audit season shouldn't feel like a fire drill

Most audit programs run on a fixed annual clock and a folder of spreadsheets. Sigmify GRC replaces the clock with live signal from SIEM and HRM, so scheduling, evidence, and findings move at the speed of the risk itself.

Planning

Risk decides what gets audited next

High risk areas move to the top of the plan when conditions change, not when the annual cycle says so.

Execution

Fieldwork that knows what it’s inspecting

Auditors always test against the controls that apply to the audit in front of them.

Findings and closure

An observation becomes an owned, dated commitment

Every finding has an owner and a deadline, and nothing closes without the right sign off.

Workpapers and collaboration

One record, built to survive scrutiny

Every conclusion stays traceable, and no request gets lost in an inbox.

Vendor and third party

Third parties don’t get a lighter audit

Vendors are held to the same bar as your internal teams.

Evidence, reporting and history

The record is already being written

When audit time comes, the evidence and the report are already there.

The mechanics behind each capability

A closer look at how each part of the audit cycle actually runs inside the platform.

Scheduling

Risk based audit calendar

Define the full audit universe once
Plan across departments, timelines, and cycles on one calendar
SIEM and HRM control effectiveness signals reorder priorities automatically

Checklists

Framework templates and custom checklists

Prebuilt ISO 27001 checklist and SOC 2 trust criteria templates
Build your own checklist, mapped to your controls and compliance frameworks
Tailored per audit type: IT, operational, compliance, or security
Overlapping frameworks run on one calendar and execution flow

Findings

Finding records

Severity rating, root cause, owner, and resolution timeline
Incident correlation from SIEM and HRM alerts
Linked back to the workpaper and control that raised it

Closure

Configurable sign off chains

Verification and review steps before closure
Approval routes to the audit lead, compliance owner, or executive sponsor

Workpapers

Version controlled workspace

Fieldwork, testing evidence, and reviewer sign off in one record
Full revision history, kept after closure
Searchable across audit cycles

Collaboration

Role based workflow

Auditors and auditees work in one shared workflow
Requests go straight to the person responsible
Status for each request: outstanding, in progress, or done

Vendor and third party

Shared audit workflow for vendors

Vendor audits sit on the same calendar as internal audits
Same checklists, execution, and finding workflows
Connects to the Vendor Risk Management module for risk scoring between audits

Evidence

Automated evidence capture

Documents, screenshots, and system logs captured and time stamped through SIEM and HRM
Control degradation flagged between scheduled audits
Evidence reused across frameworks where controls overlap

Reporting

Auto generated audit reports

Scope, findings, corrective actions, and evidence pulled from linked workpapers
Enriched with SIEM and HRM data
Recurring trends identified across audit cycles

See the audit cycle run end to end

Planning, fieldwork, evidence, findings, and closure, all mapped to your standards and monitored continuously, in one platform.