Audits and Compliance

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  In today’s regulated business environment, organizations must not only guard their data — but also prove they have the right controls, policies and processes in place. Whether you must meet requirements for HIPAA, PCI DSS, ISO 27001 or other frameworks, compliance and audit readiness are essential to:

• Protect      sensitive data and maintain confidentiality, integrity and availability. 
• Minimize      risk of fines, reputational damage or business disruptions. 
• Demonstrate      to customers, partners and regulators that your IT environment is secure      and well-governed. 

Our compliance services follow a structured lifecycle to give you confidence and clarity:

1. Assessment & Gap Analysis
   We begin by reviewing your current IT infrastructure, policies and controls. This includes your network, servers, endpoints, cloud workloads, identity access, patching, backups, and disaster recovery. We compare against the applicable frameworks or regulations and identify where you may fall short.
    
2. Remediation & Control Implementation
   Based on the gap analysis, we develop a prioritized remediation plan. Examples:
    
   • Hardening servers, implementing encryption, segmenting your network.
      
   • Deploying Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), centralized logging and monitoring.
      
   • Establishing change management, configuration management, access reviews.
      
   • Ensuring your backup and disaster recovery procedures meet audit criteria.
     We work with your team (or act as your IT team) to implement the necessary controls.
      

1. Audit Readiness & Documentation
   Compliance means more than technology — it means documentation, evidence and repeatable processes. We help you:
    
   • Prepare policy documents (security, access, incident response).
      
   • Build evidence-ready reports (e.g., logging, patching, access controls) for external auditors.
      
   • Define roles and responsibilities for ongoing compliance governance.
      
   • Set up dashboards or reporting that make it easy to monitor posture and respond when things drift.
      

1. Ongoing Monitoring & Maintenance
   Audits are periodic — but compliance management is continuous. We provide:
    
   • 24/7 monitoring and alerting of your key controls (endpoints, network, identity, cloud).
      
   • Proactive vulnerability scanning, threat detection, incident response capabilities.
      
   • Regular reviews and updates to policies and procedures to reflect new threats, regulation changes and business growth.
      
   • Scheduled audit-readiness checkups so you never scramble when an external review arrives.
      

1. Response & Improvement
   If an audit highlights issues or you experience an incident, we assist with:
    
   • Root-cause analysis, remediation planning and execution.
      
   • Updating controls and documentation.
      
   • Training your staff on compliance awareness and best practices.

We have experience helping clients comply with a variety of regulatory and industry standards, including:

• HIPAA / HITRUST (for healthcare organizations)
   
• PCI DSS (for organizations handling credit card data)
   
• ISO 27001, ISO 20000-1 (for information/security and IT service management)
   
• NIST, FISMA, CJIS, NERC-CIP (for government / regulated industries)
  We’ll meet you where you are — whether you’re starting out or maintaining a mature compliance posture.

• Decades of Midwest IT experience and a strong track record with regulated industries such as banking, healthcare, law firms and real estate. (See “About Us”). Clwwwd
   
• A proactive, managed-services mindset: we don’t just fix problems — we prevent and prepare for them. (See how our Managed Services model aligns incentives and reduces risk). Clwwwd+1
   
• Hosting and infrastructure that meet rigorous compliance standards: we leverage data centers and cloud infrastructure certified or designed for HIPAA, PCI, ISO and more. Clwwwd+1
   
• Clear, transparent service model with predictable pricing and full support — you know what you’re getting.

• Schedule a Compliance Discovery Call – We’ll review your environment and compliance goals.
   
• Receive a Compliance Gap Report – Delivered within a few weeks, showing your current posture and recommended actions.
   
• Choose a Compliance Service Package – Whether you need full implementation, audit-support only, or ongoing maintenance.
   
• Begin Continuous Compliance Operations – We set up monitoring, documentation, and governance so audit-readiness isn’t a once-a-year scramble.

 Contact us today to learn how CLWWWD can help you get ahead of your next audit, simplify your compliance journey and protect your business.