SmartSuite for the IT Compliance Manager
The IT Compliance Manager keeps cybersecurity governance, controls and regulatory requirements aligned and audit-ready. They map security controls to frameworks such as NIST, CIS, SOC 2 and ISO 27001, run periodic assessments and testing cycles, and manage the evidence auditors and regulators review.
What you own
- Map cybersecurity controls to frameworks such as NIST CSF, CIS, SOC 2 and ISO 27001
- Run periodic assessments, control testing cycles and risk evaluations
- Store and manage evidence for audits and regulatory review
- Coordinate SOC 2, ISO 27001 and similar certification cycles
- Track control gaps and remediation with technology owners
- Report IT control status to the CISO and compliance leadership
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How they use the Cyber & IT Risk suite
Control mapping
Aligns cybersecurity controls to frameworks like NIST, CIS, SOC 2, ISO 27001.
Assessment workflows
Automates periodic assessments, testing cycles, and risk evaluations.
Evidence tracking
Stores and manages documentation for audits and regulatory review.
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How SmartSuite supports this role
Compliance management. Aligns cybersecurity controls to NIST, CIS, SOC 2 and ISO 27001 with a control mapping engine and reuses one evidence set across frameworks.
Internal audit. Stores and manages documentation for audits and regulatory review with evidence linked to each control.
Risk management. Automates periodic assessments, testing cycles and risk evaluations so the control environment is continuously monitored.
Issues and actions. Tracks control gaps and remediation with technology owners through to verified closure.
Reporting. Reports IT control status and certification readiness to the CISO and compliance leadership.
Industry reference
NIST CSF 2.0, ISO/IEC 27001:2022 and the CIS Controls supply the control catalogue; SOC 2 (AICPA Trust Services Criteria), ISO 27001 certification and PCI DSS 4.0 are the attestations the manager prepares for. ISACA's CISA and CRISC practices describe the testing and evidence discipline.
Sector regimes decide which mappings matter. Financial firms map to FFIEC guidance, NYDFS 23 NYCRR 500 and the GLBA Safeguards Rule; healthcare to the HIPAA Security Rule; public sector suppliers to NIST SP 800-53, FedRAMP and, for defence, CMMC; technology companies to SOC 2 and ISO 27001, with NIS2 and DORA for EU customers.
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