Compliance Assessment

A compliance assessment measures adherence to legal, regulatory, industry, and internal architecture requirements with documented evidence and remediation plans. Assessments may be periodic or triggered by major changes. Architecture repositories accelerate assessments by linking controls to systems and data flows.

In Practice

Larkinized LLC integrates compliance assessments into ARB and release gates for regulated workloads. Findings feed portfolio prioritization and technical debt registers. Assessors collaborate with security and data governance to avoid duplicate audits.

Example

A HIPAA compliance assessment traces PHI data flows and verifies encryption standards on integration interfaces.