Assessment of information security, continuity, standards compliance, data handling is a complex activity. Partly as there are so many things to assess your organisation against and partly as your organisation is likely to be complex and/or unable to devote appropriate resources to the activity.
The use of an audit and assessment tool means that you can focus efforts on ensuring that the requirements are defined, improving areas where controls are lacking and tracking progress; rather than continuously measuring and recovering the same ground.
Many standards overlap, have similar requirements or can build on each other cumulatively; hence a tool-based approach to assessment and audit can better leverage these synergies and ensure that your improvement activities deliver clear and measurable business improvement and value – and in a reportable way.
