Anecdotes enabling my team to automate evidence collection and creating a seamless integration with Schellman's preferred audit platform has significantly streamlined our audit processes, resulting in substantial time and resource savings."
Challenge:
- Manual Labor Intensity: While they appreciated the automation Anecdotes provides, Axonius wanted to continue working with their auditor of choice, Schellman. And while many top auditors use the Anecdotes auditor portal, some, like Schellman, prefer to use their own tool. This meant that a solution was needed to automate the sharing of evidence between the two platforms, in order to eliminate manual effort and potential errors.
Solution:
- Platform Integration: Anecdotes coordinated with Schellman to build an integration that bridges the Anecdotes Compliance OS and AuditSource.
- Quality Control: This workflow includes an additional check for quality control in AuditSource before the auditor sees the information.
- Automated Gap Analysis: Anecdotes enables organizations to proactively identify and address potential risks.
”Anecdotes has built a platform that is highly customizable and scalable, which allows Schellman and Anecdotes to collaborate on how we can create a better audit experience for our customers.”
Jeff Schiess, Managing Director at Schellman
Results:
- 60% Time Savings: By automating data collection with the Anecdotes Compliance OS and using the AuditSource integration to deliver evidence directly to Schellman, Axonius accelerated its audit process by 60%, saving valuable time and resources for both parties.
- Gap Analysis and Detection: The flexibility to analyze data, query it, and automate monitoring on the Anecdotes platform gives Axonius the ability to proactively identify and address potential issues in real-time, ensuring ongoing compliance and audit readiness.
- Collaboration with Auditor: Axonius fostered a strong relationship with its auditors by leveraging Anecdotes to diligently prepare for the audit in advance and maintaining open communication. This proactive approach facilitated a smooth and efficient audit experience for both Axonius and Schellman.
“Anecdotes automated much of our evidence collection, but sharing that evidence with our auditors still required manual work. My team had to download the data from Anecdotes and upload it to AuditSource, our auditor's preferred tool. This was a time-consuming and error-prone process. However, Anecdotes' direct integration with AuditSource eliminated these manual steps, streamlining our audits and significantly reducing the time to enable the team to focus on other priorities.”
Megan Epperson, Cybersecurity Leader, Axonius
Client Bio
Founded in 2017, Axonius gives customers the confidence to control complexity by providing a system of record for all digital infrastructure.
