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IT AUDIT & TECHNOLOGY RISK

Add specialist technical insight to the engagement.

Examine implementation, vendor delivery and remediation priorities without building a software-engineering assessment team internally.

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The technical question behind the decision.

Audit and risk teams may identify the right areas of concern but need deeper software-engineering evidence to examine implementation, architecture and delivery risk with confidence.

AUDIT EVIDENCE FLOW

Audit observationTechnical examinationEngineering evidence
Management finding

HOW COMPASS HELPS

Your client relationship. Our specialist technical capability.

Blue Top adds deeper software-engineering examination where audit or technology-risk work requires expertise beyond the team’s internal capability.

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SOFTWARE

Compass Scan

Check a live application for security, readiness, privacy, service and search issues that deserve attention.

02
SOFTWARE

Compass Code

A future extension into source code, dependencies, testing and engineering practices.

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PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Compass Assessment

A scoped assessment led by experienced specialists for questions that require deeper technical and organisational context.

Extend the engagement without building a software-engineering team.

YOUR TEAM

Audit methodology

Client relationship · Risk expertise · Business context

combined with
BLUE TOP

Software engineering

Architecture · Technical examination · Engineering evidence

produces
THE RESULT

Management-ready technical findings

Technical evidence connected to risk, delivery and remediation decisions.

Questions the assessment can address.

  • Are engineering controls working in practice?
  • What technical evidence supports the risk view?
  • Is the vendor delivering maintainable software?
  • Where is remediation exposure accumulating?
  • Which findings matter to management?

Evidence and areas examined.

  • Technical examination
  • Supporting engineering evidence
  • Architecture observations
  • Delivery and vendor indicators
  • Management-ready findings

RELEVANT CASE STUDY

Recurring patterns across a complex software estate.

Our anonymised healthcare assessment connected implementation evidence with security, operational and remediation exposure.

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Obsolete technology

Unsupported and end-of-life components

Dependency exposure

Vulnerable and unmanaged packages

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Examine the software before the next decision.

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