01
Prioritize
We sequence the gap register by audit impact and effort, so the controls that most threaten your opinion are closed first — risk down from week one.
STEP 02 // REMEDIATION
Close the gaps. Prove every control.
The assessment found the gaps. Now we close them — designing controls, authoring policies, and building the audit-grade evidence that proves each one is real. Hands-on, alongside your team.
// WHAT REMEDIATION ACTUALLY IS
Not a to-do list. Done-with-you execution.
Most firms hand you a remediation plan and leave your team to execute it. We do the opposite. We design and implement the controls, author the policies, run the technical work across identity, network, endpoint, and cloud, and build the evidence as we go. Your engineers work beside us and learn to operate the program. You don't get a plan. You get a finished, audit-grade program you own.
A remediation plan
- Lists what needs fixing, then leaves
- Your team owns the implementation
- Policies you have to write yourself
- Evidence scramble at audit time
WatchUr6 remediation
- We design and implement the controls
- We author the policies and procedures
- We run the technical remediation with you
- Evidence built as we go, ready on audit day
// HOW REMEDIATION WORKS
Four moves, gap to closed.
Remediation runs in the order that reduces audit risk fastest — the controls that most threaten your opinion get closed first, evidence built into every step.
02
Build
We design and implement the controls and author the policies and procedures behind them — configured to your environment, not dropped in from a template.
03
Evidence
As each control goes live, we capture the audit-grade proof it is operating — configs, logs, tickets, and records organized the way the assessor expects.
04
Verify
We test each closed gap against the framework the way the auditor will, confirm the evidence holds, and hand your team a program they can operate.
// WHAT YOU GET
Three deliverables. A program that passes.
Remediation ends with a working program, not a report — controls live, policies in force, and the evidence to prove it, all owned by your team.
// DELIVERABLE 01
Implemented Controls
The technical and administrative controls your framework requires — designed, configured to your environment, and live. Not recommended: implemented.
// DELIVERABLE 02
Policies & Procedures
The full policy set an auditor expects, authored to match how your organization actually operates — and mapped to the controls they govern.
// DELIVERABLE 03
Evidence Pipeline
Audit-grade proof for every control — collected, organized, and kept fresh — so on audit day the evidence already exists in the form the assessor wants.
// KEEP MOVING
Gaps don't close themselves. Let's close yours.
// FREQUENTLY ASKED
Remediation questions, answered.
What does audit readiness remediation include?
Remediation is where the gaps from the assessment get closed. It includes control design, policy and procedure authoring, technical remediation across identity, network, endpoint, and cloud, and the collection and organization of audit-grade evidence for each control.
We do the work alongside your team and train them to operate the program, rather than handing over a binder and a deadline. It is step two of the three-step playbook: Assessment, Remediation, Liaison.
Do we need an assessment before remediation?
In almost every case, yes. Remediation is only as good as the gap picture it works from, so we start from an assessment — either the WatchUr6 assessment or a credible one you already have.
If you bring an existing gap report, we validate it before we start closing gaps — so remediation dollars go to what actually threatens your audit rather than what a generic checklist flagged.
Do you do the technical work, or just tell us what to do?
We do the work. This is the difference between WatchUr6 and a firm that hands you a remediation plan and walks away.
We design and implement the controls, author the policies, and run the technical remediation alongside your engineers — configuring the systems, building the evidence pipeline, and standing up the program. Your team learns to operate it in the process, so you own it long after the audit.
How long does remediation take?
It depends on how many gaps the assessment surfaced and how deep they run. Light remediation from a mature baseline can be a few weeks; building a program from scratch for SOC 2, HIPAA, or CMMC / NIST 800-171 can run several months.
Because we sequence the work by audit impact, the controls that most threaten your opinion get closed first — so you are reducing real risk from week one.
What is audit-grade evidence, and why does it matter?
Audit-grade evidence is proof that a control is not just documented but actually operating — configuration exports, logs, tickets, screenshots, and records an auditor will accept without argument.
Most failed audits are not failures of intent; they are failures of evidence. We build the evidence as we implement each control, so on audit day the proof already exists and is organized the way the assessor expects to see it.
// THE NEXT MOVE
Ready to close the gaps?
Book a 30-minute strategy call with a WatchUr6 advisor. Bring your gap report — ours or your own — and we'll walk through what remediation looks like for your framework and timeline.
- 30-minute briefing tailored to your framework and posture
- A remediation approach mapped to your gap report
- A calibrated read on your realistic timeline to ready
- Written follow-up — no pressure, no auto-enrollment