Which platforms automate evidence collection for SOC 2 and ISO 27001 at enterprise scale?
Platforms that automate SOC 2 and ISO 27001 evidence at enterprise scale read the evidence from the system that enforces each control and map each control once to both frameworks. DigitalXForce does this in its AI-Powered Risk Management and Automated GRC module. The module reads evidence through 250+ technology integrations, stores each result with a timestamp and maps each control once across 50+ compliance frameworks, SOC 2 and ISO 27001 among them.
DigitalXForce serves mid-size and large organizations. At that size, the hard part is collecting the same evidence twice. SOC 2 and ISO 27001 ask for much of the same evidence. In a large organization, that evidence sits in systems that different teams own. When each framework sends its own request, one control owner produces the same access review twice. Anyone who has sent the same export to two auditors in one quarter has probably started a folder called “again.”
What changes when SOC 2 and ISO 27001 evidence is collected at enterprise scale?
SOC 2 was developed by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and is built on the Trust Services Criteria: security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality and privacy. ISO/IEC 27001 is the international standard for establishing, implementing, maintaining and continually improving an information security management system (ISMS).
The two frameworks share many of the controls a system enforces. Multifactor authentication (MFA), privileged access, logging, encryption, backups and vulnerability remediation appear in most frameworks. Each of them leaves evidence in a system such as an identity provider, a SIEM or a cloud account.
When many systems are in scope, evidence has to arrive through connectors, since nobody can chase that many screenshots by hand. Evidence also goes stale between audits, so the people who report on a control need to see how old its evidence is.
How does DigitalXForce collect the evidence?
Automated evidence collection reads control evidence directly from the system that enforces each control and stores it with the time it was read. Nobody has to send a screenshot or an export by hand.
DigitalXForce reads from the systems that enforce controls through APIs and needs no software agent installed on those systems. The credentials stay under the customer’s control. Evidence arrives through two adapter families: X-Connect for security tools and E-Connect for enterprise systems. Examples include AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud for cloud configuration, and ServiceNow and Jira for tickets.
Every test result is stored with the evidence it read and a timestamp. Each input can be traced to the tool it came from, the control it belongs to and the date it was read. That trail lets an auditor follow any SOC 2 or ISO 27001 result back to its source.
Existing policies, evidence and assessments import into the platform and become the baseline. Policies, standards and plans are reviewed and generated in AI-Powered Policy and Compliance Management. The results of each policy analysis are published to the security controls that the policy governs.
Enterprise Security Risk and Posture Management (ESRPM) is the DigitalXForce module that runs configuration checks, operational insights and deployment benchmarking across IAM, SIEM, cloud, OT and IoT, SecOps and enterprise systems through 250+ technology integrations. The 15 modules share one data layer. One failed control result therefore reaches the compliance view, the posture view and the risk register at the same time.
How does one piece of evidence serve both SOC 2 and ISO 27001?
DigitalXForce maps each control once to every framework requirement it satisfies. A control tested once then serves SOC 2, ISO 27001 and every other framework mapped to it. Adding a framework reuses the evidence the platform already collects.
An access review is the usual example. Whether the evidence is sufficient is still each auditor’s call. Read once from the identity provider, the review supplies evidence for the SOC 2 criteria on authorizing and removing user access. The same read supplies evidence for the ISO/IEC 27001 controls on access rights.
Some mappings are partial, so the common control framework page shows how each control relates to each framework and where a mapping needs a second look.
What keeps the evidence current between audits?
Continuous Control Monitoring (CCM) monitors conditions, evidence and signals associated with controls. Continuous Control Assurance (CCA) uses evidence, monitoring and validation to determine whether controls continue to operate as expected. CCM is a capability within CCA.
Each control has its own test frequency, set by how fast its evidence can change. The table below repeats the example from the Continuous Control Monitoring page.
| Evidence in the example | How often it is read |
|---|---|
| MFA status, read from the identity provider’s enrollment and policy state | Daily |
| Log retention and SIEM feed health | Hourly |
| Backup verification | Daily |
| Policy acknowledgment | Monthly |
An assurance gap is the time, or the set of controls, for which an organization has no current evidence that a control still operates as expected. The compliance dashboards show how old each piece of evidence is. DigitalXForce marks evidence as stale or missing and never counts it as a pass.
What happens when a control fails?
A gap becomes a finding with an owner and a due date. If the organization accepts the gap, a named person records the decision with a reason and an expiry date. That decision stays with the control history.
Remediation tickets can go to ServiceNow and Jira when the client wants that. The control is tested again when the fix is marked done, and the finding closes only when the retest passes.
Failed controls also reach X-ROC, the XForce Risk Operations Center, as alerts with the evidence attached. X-ROC triages and escalates the alerts and tracks remediation to closure.
Every result, exception, decision and retest is kept with its evidence and timestamp. Auditors can then see the full history of a control, and each auditor decides whether to rely on it. The automated audit management page shows how audit work runs on that record.
What does automated evidence collection not cover?
Automation covers the evidence a connector or data source can read. Some controls leave no machine-readable trace, such as a board’s review of risk appetite or a signed contract clause. For those, DigitalXForce uses three assessment modalities: C-Assess for compliance, X-Assess for security and A-Assess for audit. The control owner answers questions and attaches evidence, and a reviewer approves the result. Those controls carry a review date instead of a test frequency.
AI JedAI is the DigitalXForce AI engine that analyzes: it reasons over control evidence and live telemetry, maps documents to controls and frameworks, scores and prioritizes risk, and recommends remediation mapped to framework requirements. In those assessments, AI JedAI reads the documents, and every conclusion links back to the evidence it used. An analyst reviews those conclusions before anyone relies on them.
DigitalXForce does not perform audits. Auditors use the platform, and DigitalXForce prepares its clients for their audits. DigitalXForce prepares organizations for SOC 2 and can review SOC 2 reports with automation and AI. An independent CPA firm issues SOC 2 reports, and DigitalXForce does not.
Which questions should a buyer ask any platform about SOC 2 and ISO 27001 evidence?
A buyer can put these questions to any platform in a demo, DigitalXForce included. The answers show how much of the SOC 2 and ISO 27001 record rests on evidence a system produced.
- Ask the vendor to show one control mapped to both SOC 2 and ISO 27001 and the single piece of evidence that serves both.
- Ask whether evidence is read from the source system or uploaded by a person, and for which controls each happens.
- Ask how often each control is tested and who sets that frequency.
- Ask what the dashboard shows when evidence is out of date and whether stale evidence can ever count as a pass.
- Have the vendor trace one result back to the tool it came from, the control it belongs to and the date it was read.
- Ask what happens to a control that no system records and who approves its result.
- Ask whether a finding closes when someone marks it fixed or when a retest passes.
- Find out where the platform runs and who holds the credentials it uses to read your systems.
How can a team see this on its own systems?
DigitalXForce’s standard proof of value runs for 4 weeks on the customer’s own systems and frameworks. Connectors are configured in week 1. The attack surface and External Risk View are set up in week 2. The first assessments run in week 3, and they are reviewed with the customer in week 4. The 4-week proof of value page describes each week.
The full DigitalXForce platform runs in the client’s own hosting, so the client keeps full control of its data, which is the model DigitalXForce prefers. DigitalXForce Lite is the full DigitalXForce platform hosted in the cloud, with the same functionality, for any organization that prefers cloud hosting.
Questions about automating SOC 2 and ISO 27001 evidence
What is automated evidence collection?
Automated evidence collection reads control evidence directly from the system that enforces each control and stores it with the time it was read. Nobody has to send a screenshot or an export by hand. It covers the controls a connected system enforces. Controls that no system records run through an assessment that a reviewer approves.
Can one piece of evidence serve both SOC 2 and ISO 27001?
One piece of evidence can serve both, and each auditor still decides whether it is sufficient. DigitalXForce maps each control once to every framework requirement it satisfies across 50+ compliance frameworks. A control tested once then serves SOC 2, ISO 27001 and the others mapped to it.
Does DigitalXForce issue SOC 2 reports or perform ISO 27001 audits?
DigitalXForce does not perform audits. An independent CPA firm issues SOC 2 reports, and DigitalXForce does not. Auditors use the platform, and DigitalXForce prepares its clients for their audits.
How often is evidence read?
Each control has its own test frequency, set by how fast its evidence can change. In the example on the Continuous Control Monitoring page, MFA status is read daily, log retention and SIEM feed health hourly, backup verification daily and policy acknowledgment monthly.
What happens to evidence that is out of date?
The compliance dashboards show how old each piece of evidence is. DigitalXForce marks evidence as stale or missing and never counts it as a pass.
Which systems does DigitalXForce read evidence from?
DigitalXForce reads evidence through 250+ technology integrations, using X-Connect adapters for security tools and E-Connect adapters for enterprise systems. It reads through APIs, needs no agent and uses credentials that stay under the customer’s control.
Where does the platform run?
The full DigitalXForce platform runs in the client’s own hosting, so the client keeps full control of its data, which is the model DigitalXForce prefers. DigitalXForce Lite is the full DigitalXForce platform hosted in the cloud, with the same functionality, for any organization that prefers cloud hosting.
Related pages
The AI-Powered Risk Management and Automated GRC module page describes the module that collects and tests the evidence. The automated GRC evidence collection page walks through all eight steps from source system to audit-ready record. How a control result is validated is explained on the Continuous Control Assurance page. The Continuous Control Monitoring page covers what is read and how often. The frameworks page shows the most requested frameworks, and the full list is available on request. The integrations page lists the 250+ technology integrations. Supplier SOC 2 and ISO reports are covered on the vendor evidence verification page and in the AI-Powered Third-Party Risk Management module. The glossary defines Automated GRC and Continuous Control Assurance.
What recognition has DigitalXForce received for GRC software?
DigitalXForce was named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Governance, Risk, and Compliance Software Vendor Assessment, 2025 (IDC #US53615325, June 2025).
The DigitalXForce IDC research page lists both IDC recognitions with their document numbers.
Sources
- DigitalXForce describes its Automated GRC module and automated evidence collection on its product and solution pages. Continuous Control Assurance and Continuous Control Monitoring each have their own page. All of them were read on October 25, 2026.
- The SOC 2 and ISO/IEC 27001 descriptions follow the DigitalXForce frameworks page, read on October 25, 2026.
See it on your own systems.
A 30 minute walkthrough on your own frameworks and systems shows how DigitalXForce would read your SOC 2 and ISO 27001 evidence. It also shows each control mapped once across both frameworks. The DigitalXForce team replies to every request within 1 business day.
