Consultants vs. a working program.
Good consultants are how hard programs get off the ground. The risk is the binder: accurate the week the engagement ends, out of date by the surveillance audit, and rebuilt for the next framework.
Consultants and advisory firms diagnose, map, and coach. TruOps is the system that stays after they leave. Documents become a control set and a pre-filled assessment, technical controls keep checking themselves, and the firm can stay on as your reviewer. Your auditor, QSA, or C3PAO and your team's judgment stay central.
Side by side
| consultants | TruOps (AI GRC) | |
|---|---|---|
| Output | A report, a Statement of Applicability, or a mapped workbook | The same deliverables, turned into live records with owners and dates |
| When it's accurate | The week of the readout | Today, and as of any past completion date |
| Next framework | Another statement of work | An upload and a mapping review |
| Who does the reading | Analysts | Agents, with people reviewing and deciding |
| Evidence during the year | Collected all over again for the next visit | Collected on a schedule from your tools and the Data Room |
| After the engagement | You inherit a stack of files | You inherit a working program, and the firm can stay on as approver |
When the alternative is enough
- You need a one-time diagnostic and won't run a platform afterward.
- Your gap is strategy or operating model design, more than evidence and assessments.
- You're choosing an auditor or QSA, which is a licensed opinion that software can't provide.
When TruOps fits better
- Nobody can reproduce last year's readiness work.
- You're about to pay again to map the same controls to a new framework.
- You want your advisory firm reviewing work, with the platform handling the spreadsheets.
- A surveillance audit, Type II period, or exam is coming and the binder is already out of date.
How teams switch
You can move over one piece at a time. Here's a typical path:
- Step 1Upload the Statement of Applicability, gap report, SSP, or workbook the firm delivered.
- Step 2TruOps turns it into live controls, assessments, and findings, linked back to the original files.
- Step 3Connect your tools so technical evidence keeps building after the engagement ends.
- Step 4Keep the firm as reviewer and approver in your environment, under their brand if they're an MSSP.
- Step 5Your next framework is an upload, with no new statement of work.
Questions
Does TruOps replace our consultant?
No. It gives your consultant, and you, a program to work in. MSSPs and advisory firms run TruOps for their clients. See Partners and MSSPs.
Can we upload the consultant's deliverable?
Yes. Reports, Statements of Applicability, workbooks, and SSPs become structured records, each linked to its file, for you to review.
Can TruOps issue our SOC 2 or ISO certificate?
No. Only a licensed CPA firm, QSA, C3PAO, or accredited certification body can.
Do we have to rip out the tools we already use?
No. TruOps connects to your cloud, identity, endpoint, vulnerability, and code tools. Spreadsheets, prior reports, and policies upload into the Data Room. If you're moving from a SOC 2 automation tool or an enterprise GRC suite, you bring over your frameworks, evidence, vendors, and risks.
Can we bring our existing assessments, control lists, and vendor files?
Yes. Upload workbooks, reports, policies, and vendor exports. TruOps turns them into structured questionnaires, controls, and risks, each linked to the file it came from, for you to review.
Does TruOps replace our auditor, QSA, or certification body?
No. Only a licensed auditor, QSA, C3PAO, or accredited certification body can issue the opinion. TruOps keeps your evidence current, sourced, and dated so fieldwork goes quickly.
Related
MSSPs, advisory firms, and technology partners.
→OrganizationMSSPs & advisory firmsShow each client how they compare to their industry on a 0 to 5 maturity scale, under your brand.
→Use casesAudit preparationWalk into fieldwork with dated, sourced evidence.
→LearnGap assessmentMeasuring where you are against where you need to be.
→See it run on your own data.
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