Compliance auditing and reporting

Just by using the Azure Policy service, you have access to the Compliance and Remediation blades, which you can use to monitor your compliance status for free for Azure resources. All you need is an active Azure subscription. Be careful, as there might be costs associated if you enable Azure Policy to an Arc resource. In that case, you can visit the Azure pricing calculator to see associated costs.

Compliance auditing is the process of evaluating an organization’s adherence to relevant laws, regulations, policies, and industry standards. It usually involves a complete inspection of an organization’s practices, procedures, and controls to ensure they align with the established requirements. Compliance audits can be conducted by internal or external auditors, who must be independent of the processes being audited. Internal audits and compliance audits seem to have similar steps; however, they are very different, as compliance audits...