Compliance

AI Document Editor for Compliance Teams

Compliance teams own the documentation that proves their organization meets regulatory requirements. Vespper is built for this accountability — every document traceable to its source, every revision tracked, every claim verifiable.

1. Multi-Framework Compliance

Compliance teams must manage documentation across multiple overlapping regulatory frameworks simultaneously.

Concurrent Framework Requirements

  • ISO 27001:2022 information security management system documentation
  • SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria control narratives and evidence
  • PCI DSS v4.0 requirement documentation and self-assessment
  • HIPAA Security and Privacy Rule compliance documentation
  • FedRAMP authorization package documentation for government cloud services
Impact on documentation
  • Framework overlap creates opportunities for control consolidation but requires careful cross-mapping
  • Each framework has distinct evidence formats — a single artifact may need to be presented differently for each

2. Regulatory Reporting Obligations

Compliance teams manage recurring reporting obligations with strict deadlines and format requirements.

Reporting Requirements

  • SEC periodic reporting (10-K, 10-Q, 8-K) content and filing deadlines
  • Bank Secrecy Act/AML suspicious activity reporting obligations
  • GDPR Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIA) for high-risk processing
  • Environmental compliance reporting requirements (EPA, state agencies)
Impact on documentation
  • Missed reporting deadlines trigger regulatory scrutiny and potential enforcement action
  • DPIA requirements are ongoing — not one-time — and must be updated when processing changes

3. Audit & Examination Readiness

Compliance teams must maintain perpetual audit readiness across internal, external, and regulatory examinations.

Audit Program Management

  • Internal audit program requirements per IIA International Standards
  • External audit coordination and PBC list management
  • Regulatory examination preparation documentation and evidence organization
  • Continuous monitoring and automated evidence collection
Impact on documentation
  • Audit readiness requires organized, accessible evidence — not just evidence existence
  • Continuous monitoring evidence must be timestamped and tamper-evident for auditor acceptance

4. Policy & Procedure Management

Compliance teams own policy lifecycle management across all applicable regulatory frameworks.

Cross-Framework Policy Management

  • Policy lifecycle management covering creation, approval, distribution, training, and review
  • Procedure documentation and process mapping for control activities
  • Control testing documentation with sampling methodology and results
  • Gap analysis and remediation tracking across all frameworks
Impact on documentation
  • Policies must be reviewed against all applicable frameworks when updated — not just the triggering framework
  • Control testing evidence must be framework-specific even when controls are shared

5. Third-Party Risk Management

Compliance teams must document and monitor risks introduced by vendors and subservice organizations.

Vendor Risk Management

  • Vendor due diligence documentation including security assessments and certifications
  • Subservice organization monitoring for SOC 2 carve-out and inclusive methods
  • Fourth-party risk assessment for critical vendor supply chain dependencies
  • Contractual compliance requirements and SLA monitoring documentation
Impact on documentation
  • Inadequate vendor documentation is a top finding across SOC 2, ISO 27001, and regulatory examinations
  • Fourth-party risk gaps can create unmonitored exposure through vendor supply chains

What happens when documentation falls short

  • Multi-framework compliance gaps from siloed documentation approaches
  • Audit fatigue from overlapping compliance requirements creating evidence collection burden
  • Regulatory enforcement from missed reporting deadlines
  • Third-party risk exposure from inadequate vendor oversight documentation
  • Organizational liability from inconsistent compliance documentation across frameworks

What this means for your team

Framework requirements consolidated and cross-mapped to identify shared controls
Audit evidence organized and accessible for multiple concurrent framework examinations
Regulatory reporting deadlines tracked with automated reminders and escalation
Policies maintained and reviewed against all applicable frameworks
Third-party risk assessments documented, monitored, and reviewed on schedule
Control testing evidence demonstrates ongoing operational effectiveness across all frameworks

How Vespper serves compliance teams

Framework-aligned documentation

Generate compliance documentation aligned to SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, or multiple frameworks simultaneously with proper cross-referencing.

Evidence traceability

Every control narrative, policy statement, and compliance claim links to the evidence document that supports it.

Audit-cycle revision management

Update documentation between audit cycles with AI assistance and maintain a complete, auditable revision history.

Cross-framework mapping

When one control satisfies requirements across multiple frameworks, Vespper maintains the mapping so you document it once.

How compliance teams use Vespper

1

Upload policies and evidence

Connect security policies, control evidence, regulatory requirements, and prior audit documentation.

2

Generate compliance documentation

Draft control narratives, audit responses, or policy updates with every statement traced to supporting evidence.

3

Maintain and update

Keep documentation current between audit cycles, review changes in diff view, and export audit-ready packages.

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Compliance ManagersGRC AnalystsInternal AuditorsData Protection Officers

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