Compliance readiness

/cs:compliance-readiness — Compliance Officer Forcing Questions

Command: /cs:compliance-readiness <program>

The multi-framework compliance officer pressure-tests any compliance program. Six questions before any new-framework commitment, audit cycle planning, or certification readiness sign-off.

When to Run

• Before adopting a new compliance framework
• Before annual audit calendar finalization
• Before certification stage 1 readiness sign-off
• Before management review (Clause 9.3 across frameworks)
• When evidence-collection effort has grown 50%+ year-over-year (a smell)
• When an audit produced > 15% critical findings

The Six Compliance Officer Questions

1. Have you named every applicable framework?

No framework selector run, no defensible scope.

• Run framework_selector.py with company profile
• Forgetting a framework means rebuilding the audit program later
• Pay attention to industry-specific overlays (financial: NYDFS, FINMA; healthcare: HIPAA, ISO 13485; AI: ISO 42001 + EU AI Act)

2. Where do the frameworks overlap, and what's the reuse leverage?

Single evidence -> N controls = the cornerstone of multi-framework efficiency.

• Run cross_framework_mapper.py with enabled frameworks
• HIGH-confidence mappings: same evidence; MEDIUM: existing + overlay; LOW: new artefact
• Without overlap analysis, you'll collect the same access-review records 3 times

3. Who owns each artefact, and what's the reuse-leverage score?

Joint ownership without accountability is the most common cause of stale evidence.

• Run evidence_pool_generator.py for the artefact inventory
• HIGH-leverage artefacts (≥ 5 mappings) get built first
• Each artefact needs one accountable owner
• Stale evidence is an effective gap — even if the artefact existed historically

4. What's the audit calendar, and is auditor independence respected?

Surveillance audits stacking in the same week is a smell.

• Use per-framework audit-plan tools (aims_audit_scheduler, isms_audit_scheduler, audit_schedule_optimizer)
• Auditor cannot audit their own work (Clause 9.2 across all ISO standards)
• For small teams: rotate auditors + occasional external auditor

5. What does a mock audit produce, and is the severity distribution healthy?

No mock audit, no readiness signal.

• Run audit_simulator.py with framework + scope
• Healthy distribution: ≥ 40% observation, ≤ 15% critical
• All-critical findings = destructive audit OR genuinely failing program
• All-observation findings = audit too superficial

6. What's the management review cadence across frameworks?

Each framework wants its own management review; an integrated review (per Annex SL) saves 5x exec time.

• Schedule one quarterly cross-framework review covering all enabled frameworks' Clause 9.3 inputs
• Inputs: risk register changes, open nonconformities, audit findings, incidents, drift, KPIs
• Outputs: action items, resource decisions, scope adjustments

Workflow

# 1. Framework selection
python ../../skills/compliance-os/scripts/framework_selector.py profile.json

# 2. Cross-framework overlap
python ../../skills/compliance-os/scripts/cross_framework_mapper.py program.json

# 3. Evidence pool consolidation
python ../../skills/compliance-os/scripts/evidence_pool_generator.py program.json

# 4. Mock audit (per framework)
python ../../skills/compliance-os/scripts/audit_simulator.py scope.json

Output Format

# Compliance Readiness: <program>
**Date:** YYYY-MM-DD

## The Decision Being Made
[framework-set | audit-calendar | certification-readiness | evidence-consolidation]

## Framework Set
- Applicable: <list>
- Binding (regulations): <count>
- Certifiable: <count>
- Missing dependencies: <list>

## Cross-Framework Overlap
- Total merged controls in scope: N
- High-leverage artefacts (≥ 5 mappings): M
- Top reuse opportunities: <top 5 artefacts>

## Evidence Pool
- Artefacts in catalog: N
- High-leverage count: M
- Stale evidence rate: X%
- Unowned artefacts: K

## Audit Calendar
- Frameworks scheduled this year: <list>
- Auditor independence respected: Y/N
- Conflicts: <list>

## Mock Audit Results (per framework)
- <framework>: total findings N, critical X%, observation Y%, healthy distribution: Y/N

## Verdict
🟢 READY | 🟡 STAGE-2-CANDIDATE | 🔴 NOT-READY

## Top 3 Actions
[3 concrete next steps with owners + dates]

Routing

• /cs:aims-audit — for ISO 42001-specific forcing questions
• /cs:ai-act-readiness — for EU AI Act-specific forcing questions
• /cs:ciso-review — for cybersecurity strategy
• /cs:caio-review — for executive AI strategy
• /cs:gc-review — for novel-case legal review
• /cs:decide — to log the verdict
• /cs:freeze 30 — on certification commitments (multi-year financial impact)

Related

• Agent: cs-compliance-officer
• Skill: compliance-os
• Adjacent: ra-qm-team/skills/iso42001-specialist/, ra-qm-team/skills/eu-ai-act-specialist/, ra-qm-team/skills/information-security-manager-iso27001/, ra-qm-team/skills/soc2-compliance/, ra-qm-team/skills/gdpr-dsgvo-expert/

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