A multitude of internal and external requirements, including PCI, HIPAA, NERC, FISMA, SOX and others, and frameworks such as COBIT and ISO27002, are addressed within organizational silos, leading to redundant workflows and an inefficient allocation of resources. Audit workflows are often performed manually, with data captured in numerous disjointed spreadsheets allowing for more error and higher costs. And to compensate for the lack of compliance understanding visibility across the organization, expensive third-party consulting resources are often used to validate compliance and control requirements.