Passing an audit and surviving an attack are two different tests. An audit can establish whether an organization meets defined requirements, including requirements for control effectiveness. But passing does not mean every assumption about access, segmentation, and remediation has been tested against what an attacker could actually do.
Audit-Ready Isn’t Attack-Ready.
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