Analyzing cloud-based services for compliance with multiple regulations

A cloud-based system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory in communication with the processor, the memory configured to store logical instructions which, when executed, allow the processor to
• receive, via an input interfacing unit, a request to perform a compliance analysis on a cloud-based service to determine whether the cloud-based service complies with multiple compliance standards applicable to an environment in which the cloud-based service is intended to operate,
• collect, by a collection module, compliance controls associated with each of the multiple compliance standards and store the compliance controls in a compliance database,
• automatically organize, by a compliance control organizing module utilizing machine learning techniques, the compliance controls by (i) recognizing similarities or equivalents among compliance controls from different compliance standards, (ii) consolidating or grouping overlapping controls, and (iii) rearranging an order of the compliance controls in a logical sequence to reduce redundancies and thereby reduce a number of assessment steps,
• enable, by an audit module, implementation of multiple assessment stages including at least a pre-onsite assessment, an onsite assessment, and a post-onsite assessment using the reduced number of assessment steps to determine whether the cloud-based service complies with the multiple compliance standards;
• and
• generate, by a certification module, a compliance report including evidence of compliance across the multiple compliance standards.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having logical instructions for enabling one or more processing devices to:

• receive, via an input interfacing unit, a request to perform a compliance analysis on a cloud-based service to determine whether the cloud-based service complies with multiple compliance standards applicable to an environment in which the cloud-based service is intended to operate;
• collect, by a collection module, compliance controls associated with each of the multiple compliance standards and store the compliance controls in a compliance database;
• automatically organize, by a compliance control organizing module utilizing machine learning techniques, the compliance controls by (i) recognizing similarities or equivalents among compliance controls from different compliance standards, (ii) consolidating or grouping overlapping controls, and (iii) rearranging an order of the compliance controls in a logical sequence to reduce redundancies and thereby reduce to reduce a number of assessment steps;
• enable, by an audit module, implementation of multiple assessment stages including at least a pre-onsite assessment, an onsite assessment, and a post-onsite assessment using the reduced number of assessment steps to determine whether the cloud-based service complies with the multiple compliance standards;
• and
• generate, by a certification module, a compliance report including evidence of compliance across the multiple compliance standards.