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Security Audit & Compliance Readiness Assessment

Evaluates team-level preparedness for SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and other compliance audits. Use this to identify control gaps, evidence retrieval challenges, and resource priorities before your next audit cycle.

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26 questions · ~4 min
Q01
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Welcome to the Security Audit & Compliance Readiness Assessment. This survey asks about your team's or function's audit preparedness over the past 12 months. Your participation is voluntary, and you may stop at any time. There are no right or wrong answers—we value your honest perspective. All responses will be kept confidential and reported only in aggregate to identify readiness gaps and prioritize pre-audit actions. The survey takes approximately 10 minutes to complete. If you are unsure about a question, select 'Not sure' or skip it.

Q02
Multiple Choice

Which of the following attestations or audits are expected to apply to your area in the next 12 months? Select all that apply.

Q03
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Which primary control framework does your area currently align to?

Q04
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How confident are you that your team could retrieve all required audit evidence within 5 business days?

Q05
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Approximately how many audit or compliance findings are currently open for your area?

Q06
AI Interview

We'd like to explore your team's audit readiness challenges in a bit more depth. An AI moderator will ask you 1–2 follow-up questions based on the topics covered in this survey.

Q07
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What support or enablement would help your team most before the next audit?

Q08
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Which function best describes your role?

Q09
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Thank you for completing this assessment. Your responses will help us identify readiness gaps and prioritize actions before the next audit cycle. If you have any questions, please reach out to your compliance team.

Q10
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How clearly is the audit scope defined for your team or function?

Q11
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How would you rate the current implementation status of access management controls in your area?

Q12
Multiple Choice

Where is most audit evidence or source records stored today? Select all that apply.

Q13
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Rank the following blockers to audit readiness from biggest (top) to smallest (bottom).

Q14
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Based on your responses in this survey, is there any additional context or feedback you would like to share about your team's audit readiness?

Q15
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Approximately how many employees are in your organization?

Q16
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Who is the primary owner of audit responses for your team or function?

Q17
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How would you rate the current implementation status of change management controls in your area?

Q18
Multiple Choice

On average, how long does it take your team to produce evidence once an auditor requests it?

Q19
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When is your next internal readiness review or dry run planned?

Q20
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Approximately how many people are in your team or function?

Q21
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How would you rate the current implementation status of incident response controls in your area?

Q22
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Briefly describe the most significant audit risk currently facing your area.

Q23
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Where are you primarily located?

Q24
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To what extent is control testing automated in your area?

Q25
Multiple Choice

When were your key policies and standards last reviewed and approved?

Q26
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Approximately what percentage of your team completed required security or compliance training in the last 12 months?

What’s included

  • AI follow-ups

    Adaptive probes on open-ended answers that pull out detail a static form would miss.

  • Attention checks

    Built-in safeguards against rushed answers and low-quality respondents.

  • AI-drafted copy

    Wording, ordering, and branching written by the AI — tuned to your research goal.

  • Auto report

    Themes, quotes, and a plain-English summary write themselves once responses come in.

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