CERPASS for Auditors: Transparency for Compliance Verification

Use Case Summary

This demo outlines how auditors—both internal and external—use CERPASS to access the data they need to verify compliant operations, review audit trails, and validate the execution of security controls and procedures. By consolidating compliance information into a single, centralized platform, CERPASS eliminates the inefficiencies of manual evidence collection and fragmented reporting, giving auditors immediate visibility into the organization’s compliance posture.
Auditors can leverage CERPASS dashboards to quickly identify key risk areas, track the effectiveness of controls, and confirm that user access aligns with established policies and regulatory requirements. The platform provides detailed audit trails that document every action, approval, and remediation step, ensuring transparency and accountability throughout the compliance lifecycle. This level of traceability not only supports accurate verification but also strengthens confidence in the integrity of SAP security practices.
Internal auditors benefit from streamlined workflows that allow them to monitor ongoing compliance activities, validate corrective actions, and provide timely feedback to management. External auditors, meanwhile, gain access to audit-ready evidence that reduces the time and effort required to complete formal reviews. Both groups can rely on CERPASS to deliver consistent, reliable data that supports their independent assessments.
Ultimately, CERPASS transforms the audit process from a reactive, resource-intensive exercise into a proactive, efficient, and collaborative function. By equipping auditors with the tools to validate compliance operations in real time, the platform helps organizations demonstrate accountability, reduce audit fatigue, and build trust with regulators, stakeholders, and business partners.

✅ Access Profile

Auditors are typically granted read-only access in CERPASS. This allows them to review, interrogate, and extract evidence without modifying data or workflows.

• External Auditors can independently retrieve reports and validate evidence during audit periods.

• Internal Auditors can use CERPASS regularly to perform pre-audit reviews and monitor ongoing compliance.

✅ Home Dashboard: Immediate Compliance Visibility

Auditors are typically granted read-only access in CERPASS, governed by a predefined security model that ensures data integrity and operational safety. This access level allows them to review, interrogate, and extract evidence without the ability to modify data, alter workflows, or interfere with compliance processes. By restricting permissions to observation and reporting, CERPASS provides auditors with the transparency they need while safeguarding the organization’s systems from unintended changes.
External Auditors benefit from independent access to dashboards and reports during formal audit periods. They can retrieve evidence directly from CERPASS, validate compliance activities, and confirm that security controls have been executed as intended. This independence reduces reliance on manual evidence collection, accelerates audit timelines, and ensures that findings are based on accurate, system-generated data. The ability to self-serve reports also enhances trust, as auditors can verify compliance without depending solely on internal teams.
Internal Auditors use CERPASS on a more regular basis, leveraging their access to perform ongoing monitoring and pre-audit reviews. They can track remediation progress, assess control effectiveness, and identify potential risks before external audits occur. This proactive oversight helps organizations maintain continuous compliance readiness, reducing the likelihood of last-minute surprises and strengthening overall governance. Internal Auditors can also provide timely feedback to management, ensuring that corrective actions are implemented swiftly and effectively.
By tailoring access profiles to the unique needs of both internal and external auditors, CERPASS creates a balanced framework that supports transparency, accountability, and efficiency. Auditors gain the visibility they require to perform their duties confidently, while organizations benefit from streamlined evidence management, reduced audit fatigue, and stronger relationships with regulators and stakeholders.

✅ CERPASS Enables Auditors To:

CERPASS allows both internal and external auditors to efficiently verify compliance activities and access audit trails—helping ensure a smoother, faster, and more transparent audit process. By centralizing compliance evidence within a single platform, CERPASS eliminates the need for manual data gathering and fragmented reporting, reducing the time and effort traditionally associated with audits.
Auditors gain immediate visibility into the organization’s compliance posture, with dashboards and reports that highlight control effectiveness, remediation progress, and risk exposure. This transparency ensures that both internal and external auditors can independently validate security controls, confirm adherence to policies, and trace every compliance action through detailed audit trails.
For internal auditors, CERPASS supports ongoing monitoring and pre-audit reviews, enabling them to identify potential issues early and provide timely feedback to management. This proactive oversight strengthens governance and ensures that compliance teams remain audit-ready throughout the year.
For external auditors, CERPASS provides direct access to audit-ready evidence, reducing reliance on internal teams to supply documentation. This independence not only accelerates the audit process but also enhances trust, as findings are based on system-generated, verifiable data.
Ultimately, CERPASS transforms the audit experience into a streamlined, collaborative process. It empowers auditors to work more efficiently, organizations to demonstrate accountability with confidence, and stakeholders to trust that compliance operations are being managed with rigor and transparency.