Compliance Monitoring

AWS Config Rules, Azure Policy, or custom OPA policies evaluate resource configurations continuously. Every resource change triggers an evaluation against compliance rules. Non-compliant resources are flagged within seconds of creation or modification. We deploy 50-100+ rules covering: encryption requirements, network access controls, logging configurations, backup policies, and access management. Each rule maps to a specific compliance framework requirement.

Configuration drift — manual changes that violate compliance policies — is detected in real-time. AWS Config records configuration changes and evaluates them against rules. Terraform drift detection runs hourly to compare actual state against desired state. Non-compliant changes trigger alerts. For low-risk violations (e.g., missing tags), automated remediation fixes the issue immediately. For high-risk violations (e.g., open security group), alerts escalate to the security team with remediation instructions.

A centralized dashboard shows compliance posture across all accounts, regions, and frameworks. Drill-down views show: compliant vs non-compliant resources by rule, compliance trend over time, mean time to remediation for violations, and top recurring violations. The dashboard is accessible to engineering (for remediation), management (for oversight), and auditors (for evidence). Weekly automated reports summarize compliance changes and outstanding violations.

A single monitoring infrastructure covers multiple compliance frameworks. An encryption-at-rest check satisfies SOC 2 CC6.1, HIPAA 164.312(a)(2)(iv), PCI DSS 3.4, and ISO 27001 A.10.1.1 simultaneously. We maintain the mapping between technical controls and framework requirements. When a new framework is required (e.g., adding SOC 2 Type II to existing HIPAA compliance), the gap analysis shows which controls are already covered and which need implementation.