Compliance, Reporting & Audit AutomationPurpose
1.2. Automates the provision of time-limited, role-specific access to compliance, transaction, and reporting systems.
1.3. Enables external auditors to securely review, extract, and validate transaction logs, regulatory compliance documentation, and KYC/AML evidence.
1.4. Automated logging ensures every external access and data retrieval is systematically archived for future reviews.
1.5. Reduces internal workload by automating routine data collection, staging, and push to auditor endpoints.
Trigger Conditions
2.2. Manual on-demand automation on auditor request through a secured interface.
2.3. Compliance requirement events—AML alerts, threshold breaches, or regulatory reporting mandates.
2.4. Automate triggers based on change-detection in source data (updated ledgers/transactions).
2.5. Expiry of prior auditor access sessions, triggering revocation and new provisioning.
Platform Variants
3.1. Microsoft Azure AD
• Feature/Setting: Conditional Access Policy/Guest Account Provisioning; automates SSO-enabled access for auditors, expiration auto-configurable.
3.2. AWS IAM
• Feature/Setting: Temporary Access Keys with automated expiration; automate auditor-specific policy assignment.
3.3. Okta
• Feature/Setting: Automated provisioning via SCIM API; automates external auditor user creation and deletion.
3.4. Google Workspace
• Feature/Setting: Automated Access Group Assignment; audit group provisioning/removal via Admin SDK.
3.5. OneLogin
• Feature/Setting: API-driven role-based automation for external access group management.
3.6. Workiva
• Feature/Setting: Automate document sharing and review workflows via their API endpoints.
3.7. SAP GRC
• Feature/Setting: Automated risk management workflows, automated reporting and access provisioning.
3.8. ServiceNow
• Feature/Setting: Automated ticket and audit task provisioning via REST API.
3.9. Box
• Feature/Setting: Automated collaborator assignment; use Box API to automate data room access.
3.10. SharePoint Online
• Feature/Setting: Automate permissioned sharing; configure via Graph API for expirable auditor access.
3.11. DocuSign
• Feature/Setting: Automated compliance document envelope sharing via Connect API.
3.12. Smartsheet
• Feature/Setting: Sheet access automation using their API for time-limited auditor review rights.
3.13. Atlassian Jira
• Feature/Setting: Automation rules for creating, tracking, and closing external audit tasks.
3.14. Slack
• Feature/Setting: Temporary channel access automation; audit communication channel via API.
3.15. Zendesk
• Feature/Setting: Automated, ticket-based access request/approval workflows.
3.16. Salesforce
• Feature/Setting: Automated external user provisioning via API with audit-logging.
3.17. Google BigQuery
• Feature/Setting: Automated data export/query for auditor data pulls via API.
3.18. Xero
• Feature/Setting: Automated report and ledger sharing through connected apps API.
3.19. SFTP Servers
• Feature/Setting: Automated, script-driven folder and user creation for auditable data sharing.
3.20. Power BI
• Feature/Setting: Automate dashboard sharing and expiration for auditors using REST API.
Benefits
4.2. Reduces manual intervention and risk of human error via automation of repetitive audit access tasks.
4.3. Provides automated, auditable logs for every action, simplifying traceability and investigations.
4.4. Enhances data security by automating access expiration and revocation.
4.5. Optimizes resource allocation by automatedly managing access roles, licenses, and notifications.
4.6. Improves auditor satisfaction with rapid, standardized, and automatable data access.
4.7. Supports scale by enabling automator-driven workflows to accommodate multiple, simultaneous audits.