Field Notes

Notes from the
compliance team.

Twelve short reads on what ComplyAura does, why we built it the way we did, and how teams use it to run mature compliance programs without burning out.

01
Origin

Beyond the spreadsheet.

Why compliance work outgrew the tools most teams still use to manage it — and what we built instead.

5 min read→
02
Frameworks

Frameworks aren't islands.

How a single well-implemented control can satisfy SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and PCI simultaneously.

4 min read→
03
AI

Meet the seven.

A field guide to ComplyAura's seven specialized AI assistants and the work each one is built to handle.

6 min read→
04
Evidence

Evidence without the fire drill.

Treating evidence as a first-class object — owned, scheduled, and approved on a cadence the platform manages.

4 min read→
05
Vendors

Vendor risk, structured.

Reviews, SOC 2 reports, contractual terms, and renewal dates — managed in one connected record per vendor.

4 min read→
06
Policies

Policies, drafted.

AI-assisted policy drafting tuned to your stack, your size, and the controls you've already implemented.

5 min read→
07
Gap Analysis

Gap analysis in thirty minutes.

A real-time map of where your program stands against any framework — without a six-week consulting engagement.

4 min read→
08
Risk

The risk register, redesigned.

Risks linked to the controls that mitigate them, the incidents that prove them real, and the assets they touch.

5 min read→
09
Incidents

Playbooks that execute.

Incident response as a live workflow with named owners, time-boxed steps, and automatic evidence capture.

4 min read→
10
Intel

The daily briefing.

A one-screen summary every morning: what changed, what's drifting, and the most important action waiting for you.

3 min read→
11
Audits

Audit-ready by default.

Scoped reviewer access, generated evidence binders, and approval trails that hold up to scrutiny.

5 min read→
12
Tour

Fifteen frameworks, one workspace.

A guided tour of every framework ComplyAura supports — and the unifying model that ties them together.

6 min read→