For decades, compliance has been treated as a side effect: a set of documents, checklists, or something layered on top of IT after the fact. That model is breaking.

Modern compliance isn't just about proving intent anymore. It's about demonstrating continuous capability across systems, data, people, and time. Frameworks like CMMC, NIST, ISO, and GDPR don't just ask what policies you have. They ask how controls are implemented, where evidence lives, and whether protections hold in real-world conditions.

That's why compliance can't live in spreadsheets and shared folders anymore. It needs its own infrastructure, one that treats evidence as a first-class asset and connects controls to systems, data flows, and verifiable guarantees.