We've Partnered with Drummond to Support North American Compliance Validation

Hicomply has partnered with Drummond to make it easier for organizations to move from just getting ready for compliance to validating it. For the teams already using Hicomply to manage evidence, risk and audit prep, this partnership adds the independent assessment piece that many regulated markets now expect.

Why does this matter?

When it comes to compliance, a lot of organizations can get themselves most of the way there. They have the controls in place, the evidence collected and the program ticking along. The problem? Readiness alone doesn't always go far enough. At some point, someone outside of the business still needs to assess it and validate it's to standard.

That's where Drummond comes in. Hicomply gives businesses the structure to manage compliance across frameworks like SOC 2, PCI DSS, ISO 27001 and HIPAA, while Drummond enhances this with the independent audit and security assessment layer needed to verify their work properly. For the organizations trying to keep things moving without creating extra friction, our partnership creates a more streamlined process that ties everything together.

What's in it for businesses?

The handover from preparation to validation is now much smoother. Instead of approaching these separately, organizations can keep building evidence in one centralized place that's ready to move into independent assessment when they are, saving time, reducing duplication, and making the whole process easier to manage.

As compliance regulations become stricter, it's no longer enough for organizations to just say they're ready – they need to validate it by proving their controls work when they're tested. This is what regulators, customers and partners are looking for in the businesses prioritizing security - on paper and in practice - as a key signal of their trustworthiness and future growth.

The takeaway

Compliance is no longer just about collecting evidence and getting organized for audit. It's about being able to prove, from the outside, that the framework holds up. For organizations that want to grow with confidence and ensure their approach aligns with evolving threats, having both structured internal management and independent validation is becoming the new normal.

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