Compliance Assessments & Testing
Manage assessment campaigns and testing schedules with a reusable question library, automated workflows, and centralized evidence collection to streamline compliance assurance.
Solution Overview
The Compliance Assessments & Testing solution provides a structured and repeatable process for managing compliance assessments, control testing, and evidence collection.
SmartSuite standardizes how organizations plan, assign, and execute compliance reviews, enabling consistent testing across frameworks and business units.
Each assessment can draw from a reusable question library, ensuring consistency in methodology and reporting.
With built-in automation, SmartSuite reduces manual effort by triggering evidence requests, reminders, and follow-ups — helping teams demonstrate control effectiveness and regulatory readiness year-round.
Core Capabilities
SmartSuite’s Compliance Assessments & Testing solution gives organizations the flexibility to conduct both periodic and ad-hoc assessments while maintaining consistent documentation and audit trails.
Assessment Campaign Management
Plan and execute compliance assessments by framework, region, or business unit.
Reusable Question Library
Build standardized assessment questionnaires that can be reused across audits and frameworks.
Automated Task Assignment
Assign questions or evidence requests to specific control owners.
Evidence Upload & Validation
Attach supporting documents, screenshots, or testing results for review.
Scoring & Analytics
Automate scoring and calculate risk or compliance ratings per section.
Workflow & Approvals
Route assessments through reviewers and approvers automatically.
Reporting & Dashboards
Monitor progress, findings, and compliance gaps in real time.
The Assessment Lifecycle
SmartSuite supports every stage of the compliance assessment and testing process — from planning to validation — ensuring a complete and auditable workflow.
Plan & Scope
Define assessment objectives, scope, and responsible teams.
Execute Assessment
Distribute questionnaires and evidence requests.
Test Controls
Perform control testing and document results.
Review & Approve
Validate responses and approve findings.
Report & Remediate
Generate reports and initiate corrective actions as needed.
Who Uses This Solution
The Compliance Assessments & Testing solution supports audit, compliance, and risk teams responsible for validating control performance and regulatory adherence.
Ensures third-party engagements meet internal policy standards and regulatory obligations across security, privacy, and operational domains.
Responsible for implementing and maintaining assigned controls.
Reviews test results and approves findings.
Links assessment outcomes to enterprise risks.
Oversees enterprise-wide risk management, ensuring risks are identified, assessed, and managed in alignment with strategic goals.
Connected GRC Ecosystem
The Compliance Assessments & Testing solution connects directly to SmartSuite’s broader GRC ecosystem — linking testing results, evidence, and findings across frameworks and functions.
Modernizing Governance, Risk, and Compliance
Modernize how you manage governance, risk, and compliance with SmartSuite — a unified platform built for today’s connected enterprise.
Artificial Intelligence
SmartSuite's AI generates insights, summarizes complex results, and predicts risks within existing workflows to support proactive decisions.
AI Assessment Summaries
Automatically summarize assessment responses, highlight key risks, and surface gaps requiring follow-up — reducing manual review time.
AI Control Coverage Insights
Analyze existing control mappings and evidence to identify incomplete, overlapping, or redundant controls across multiple frameworks.
Predictive Compliance Risk Scoring
Forecast where control failures or compliance gaps are most likely to occur by analyzing past assessments, findings, and evidence trends.
Automations
Use SmartSuite's no-code engine to eliminate repetitive tasks and ensure accountability across risk operations.
Assessment Campaign Automation
Automatically initiate recurring assessment cycles with predefined owners, due dates, and scoped questionnaire templates.
Automated Evidence Requests
Trigger evidence collection tasks based on assessment responses or control test requirements, with automatic reminders for overdue items.
Testing & Review Workflow Routing
Route assessments to reviewers, approvers, or SMEs based on the framework, business unit, or control category — all with full audit trails.
Integrations
Integrate with the tools your teams use every day. Keep controls, incidents, and risk data in sync through prebuilt connectors and open APIs.
Evidence & Document Sources
Integrate with SharePoint, Google Drive, Box, OneDrive, or internal repositories to pull in required evidence directly into assessment records.
GRC & Framework Platforms
Connect to systems like ServiceNow, Drata, Vanta, or Unified Compliance Framework (UCF) to synchronize controls, tests, and regulatory obligations.
Collaboration & Communication Tools
Use Slack, Microsoft Teams, and email integrations to notify assessors, testers, and reviewers of pending tasks or approval requirements.
Frequently Asked Questions
Answers to common questions about SmartSuite’s pricing models, plan options, and onboarding programs.
Yes — assessments can be scheduled automatically with recurring workflows and notifications.
Yes — question libraries and templates can be customized for frameworks, regions, or departments.
Yes — evidence can be attached to test results and reviewed through approval workflows.
Yes — results are cross-linked to controls in the Control Framework & Regulatory Libraries module.
Discover the Power of Connected GRC
Break down silos, improve collaboration, and streamline compliance. SmartSuite helps GRC teams achieve more — with integrated data, automation, and a shared source of truth across the organization.