Audit Preparation & Readiness

Control Gap Assessment for Canadian Enterprises

Uncover every control failure, missing policy, and evidence deficiency across SOC 2, ISO 27001, PIPEDA, and Quebec Law 25 before your CPA auditor begins fieldwork.

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2-3 Week Turnaround Flat-Rate Pricing in CAD Ticket-Ready JIRA Backlog
Proactive vs Reactive

Audits Do Fail. Stalling Costs Far More.

Enterprise CPA auditors do not advise you on how to pass - they document your failures. When an auditor halts fieldwork due to missing control evidence, the enterprise deal on your desk stalls while hourly auditor penalty fees accumulate.

Fieldwork Pauses

If an auditor requests 25 sample access review tickets and you can only produce 12, fieldwork stops immediately. A gap assessment validates all sampling populations beforehand.

Emergency Overtime

Scrambling to write 15 missing security policies during active audit observation burns out engineering leads. Our gap review establishes policy templates before audit kickoff.

Blocked Enterprise Sales

US and Canadian enterprise buyers demand clean SOC 2 Type II or ISO 27001 reports. A qualified opinion or delayed report risks losing quarterly revenue commitments.

Structured Execution

Our 4-Phase Gap Assessment Methodology

We treat readiness as an engineering discipline. Every requirement is mapped to technical configurations, verifiable logs, and clear ownership.

1

Scope & Architecture Boundary Mapping

We establish the exact system boundaries in scope for your audit. By correctly scoping cloud workloads (AWS/GCP/Azure) and third-party SaaS dependencies, we eliminate unnecessary controls that inflate auditor billing.

2

Control-by-Control Technical & Operational Review

Our senior consultants evaluate your controls across all Trust Services Criteria (Security, Availability, Confidentiality) or ISO Annex A domains. We inspect IAM policies, MFA enforcement, CI/CD branch protection, and backup configurations directly.

3

Deficiency Scoring & Risk Matrix

Gaps are graded by audit lethality: Critical (guaranteed qualified opinion if unaddressed), High (auditor testing failure), and Medium (documentation inconsistency). This prioritizes your engineering backlog effectively.

4

Engineering Remediation Blueprint & Auditor Alignment

We deliver ticket-ready JIRA issues, architectural blueprints, and policy language customized to your actual operational workflows, followed by a pre-audit briefing for your executive team.

Tangible Outputs

What You Receive at Delivery

Zero generic PDFs. Every deliverable is structured to help your engineers build and your executives monitor progress toward full attestation.

Control Deficiency Matrix

Comprehensive spreadsheet evaluating every control against AICPA TSC or ISO 27001 clauses, detailing current state, target state, gap severity, and recommended evidence.

Executive Readiness Scorecard

High-level dashboard designed for founders, CTOs, and boards, summarizing compliance percentage, critical blockers, and estimated weeks until audit-ready.

Sprint Remediation Backlog

Exportable tickets formatted for JIRA or Linear with detailed technical implementation instructions, acceptance criteria, and suggested evidence file formats.

Audit-Ready Policy Library

Customized, Canadian-compliant information security policies including Incident Response, Access Control, Change Management, and Vendor Management.

Evidence Collection Guide

Clear instructions for each control owner detailing exactly what evidence to collect, when to pull screenshots, and how to structure audit folders.

Auditor Defense Briefing

A 1-on-1 strategy call with our senior assessors preparing your team for auditor interviews, sample requests, and common pushback questions.

Tailored for Canadian SaaS & Cross-Border Growth

Canadian technology firms face dual regulatory pressures: meeting federal PIPEDA, Alberta PIPA, and Quebec Law 25 privacy rules locally, while simultaneously satisfying US enterprise buyers who demand SOC 2 Type II reports from US CPA firms.

Lorikeet Security Canada bridges this exact divide. We map your Canadian privacy safeguards into AICPA Trust Services Criteria, ensuring your investment satisfies domestic statutory obligations and US procurement reviews in one streamlined engagement.

Common Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the difference between a gap assessment and a formal audit?

A gap assessment is an advisory engagement conducted before an audit to identify missing controls, weak evidence, and architectural deficiencies. A formal audit is an evaluative attestation conducted by a CPA firm or certification body that results in a pass/fail opinion. Our gap assessment ensures you resolve deficiencies before the auditor arrives.

How long does a control gap assessment take?

A standard control gap assessment takes 2 to 3 weeks from kickoff to delivery of your prioritized remediation blueprint and executive readiness score.

Can we assess multiple frameworks simultaneously?

Yes. We frequently conduct multi-framework gap assessments harmonizing SOC 2, ISO 27001, PIPEDA, and Quebec Law 25 so your engineering team only answers each question once, eliminating duplicate effort.

What happens after the gap assessment is finished?

You receive your complete remediation roadmap, policy templates, and JIRA backlog. We offer ongoing remediation verification advisory sessions and penetration testing to ensure all technical gaps are fully validated prior to auditor fieldwork.

Know Where You Stand Before Your Auditor Arrives

Flat-rate pricing in Canadian currency. Turnaround in 2 to 3 weeks. Complete engineering-ready blueprint.

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