Audit management software
Audit management software that keeps evidence beside every control
Plan audits, collect evidence, give your auditor scoped access and close findings — in the same workspace your controls already live in.
Why audit management software matters
The weeks before an audit are the most stressful in any compliance programme. Evidence is scattered across shared drives, emails and screenshots. Auditors ask for files you know exist but cannot find. Audit management software fixes this by keeping evidence beside the control it supports, so when the auditor asks, you hand them a link.
How audits work in Certifyi
Audit management in Certifyi is not a bolt-on. It is the natural end point of the controls and evidence you manage every day.
- Audit planning
- Schedule internal and external audits. See which controls have current evidence and which still need attention before the audit window opens.
- Evidence collection
- Evidence is attached to the control it supports, not dropped in a shared folder. Integrations pull evidence from AWS, Azure, GCP, GitHub, Jira and more.
- Auditor workspace
- Your auditor gets their own scoped portal with read-only access to the evidence for their engagement. No shared drives, no emailing files.
- Findings management
- Log audit findings, assign them to owners and track remediation to closure. Each finding links to the control it relates to.
- Statement of Applicability
- Set applicability per control with justification. Export the SoA for your auditor in the format they expect.
- Tamper-evident audit trail
- Every action is logged with the user, the time and the context. The auditor can verify what changed, when and by whom.
Evidence
Evidence that lives on the control it supports
In most compliance programmes, evidence ends up in a folder structure that mirrors the framework. When you add a second framework, you duplicate the folder or cross-reference with a spreadsheet. Neither scales.
In Certifyi, evidence is attached to the control, and the control is mapped to its frameworks. Add ISO 27001 after SOC 2 and the evidence you already collected carries across. No re-uploading, no folder juggling.
- Evidence attached to the control, not the framework
- Version history on every piece of evidence
- Automated collection from cloud providers, identity, code and endpoints
- Continuous monitoring that flags when evidence is stale or missing
- Tamper-evident activity log on every change
Auditor access
Give your auditor a workspace, not a shared drive
Your auditor gets a scoped portal with read-only access to the evidence for their engagement. They see what you have chosen to share, nothing more. No back-and-forth on email, no access to your internal workspace.
When the audit is closed, the access ends. The next auditor gets their own engagement.
- Scoped, read-only access per engagement
- Auditor sees evidence, controls and the SoA
- No access to internal workspace, risks or vendor data
- Access ends when the engagement closes
- Supports multiple concurrent auditor engagements
Multi-framework
One audit programme across every framework
If you are audited for SOC 2 and ISO 27001, you do not need two audit programmes. Certifyi maps your controls once and shares them. The auditor for each engagement sees the controls and evidence relevant to their framework.
- Compliance software: the full compliance workspace.
- GRC platform: governance, risk and compliance together.
- Risk management: risks linked to controls and evidence.
- Continuous monitoring: real-time evidence status.
Questions
Audit management software, answered
What does audit management software do that a shared drive does not?
A shared drive stores files. Audit management software organises evidence by control, versions it automatically, tracks who uploaded what and when, gives the auditor scoped read-only access, and produces the evidence matrix the auditor works from. The shared-drive approach breaks when files move, names change, or two people overwrite each other.
How does audit management software reduce audit prep time?
Evidence is attached to controls as the team works, not gathered in a rush before the auditor arrives. When the audit starts, the auditor gets a portal with everything already mapped. Teams that move from spreadsheets typically cut audit prep from weeks to days.
Can auditors access the platform directly?
Yes. The auditor is invited to a scoped engagement with read-only access to the evidence that belongs to that audit. They can review evidence, request clarifications and propose findings, all inside the platform. They cannot see other engagements or modify controls.
Does audit management software support internal audits?
Yes. Internal audits follow the same workflow: scope, evidence review, findings and remediation. The difference is that the internal audit team has the auditor role and the findings feed back into the control set and risk register.
See how Certifyi makes audit prep the easiest part of compliance
Book a demo and we will walk through evidence collection, the auditor portal and findings management.
- Each customer workspace has its own database
- Every change written to a tamper-evident activity log
- Auditors get scoped, read-only access
- AI suggestions wait for a person to accept them