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SOX compliance software for Section 404 controls, ITGC testing and evidence

SOX compliance lives or dies on evidence. Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 asks you to show that internal control over financial reporting was designed well and actually operated, and the IT general controls behind your financial systems (access, change management and operations) are where most findings come from. The controls usually exist. Proving they ran, every quarter, without a manual scramble, is the hard part.

Scrutineer maps your ITGCs and process-level controls to the SOX control objectives you are testing, pulls the supporting evidence from your identity, cloud and ticketing systems, and tracks each test and remediation item to close. Control owners see what is due, gaps surface while there is still time to fix them, and your external auditor gets an organized, current evidence package instead of a folder of screenshots. Scrutineer is readiness and decision support: your independent registered public accounting firm audits ICFR and issues the opinion.

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Control-mapped findings · linked evidence · you decide what to remediate

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SOC 2 ISO 27001 HIPAA GDPR PCI DSS

Controls in evidence-linked report out

AI scrutinizes you decide

Why it works

What you get with SOX compliance

ITGCs mapped, not guessed

Access, change management and IT operations controls are mapped to the Section 404 objectives they support, so you can see coverage across every in-scope financial system rather than reconstructing it in a spreadsheet.

Evidence pulled every period

User access reviews, change approvals and job-failure logs are collected automatically as they happen, so quarterly testing draws on a continuous record instead of a backfill.

Deficiencies caught early

When a control misses a period or evidence goes stale, Scrutineer flags it and tracks remediation to close, so a control gap does not become a significant deficiency in the audit.

What it handles

Controls in, an evidence-linked report out

Point Scrutineer at a framework or a vendor and it maps every control, pulls the evidence it can find, flags the gaps and scores the risk, returning a report with linked evidence and a prioritized remediation list. Scrutineer is decision support for readiness, an accredited auditor still issues the attestation.

Maps ITGCs and process controls to Section 404 objectives
Collects access, change and operations evidence automatically
Tracks control testing by period with named owners
Flags missed control executions and stale evidence
Prioritizes remediation before the external audit
Produces an organized evidence package for your auditor

SOX COMPLIANCE readiness_report

READINESS · 82%

ACCESS CONTROL 91

evidence · MFA enforced and access reviews evidenced.

CHANGE MGMT 78

evidence · Mostly covered; one approval log left untested.

VENDOR RISK 64

evidence · Two subprocessors missing a current review.

ENCRYPTION 86

evidence · Data encrypted in transit and at rest, evidenced.

Mapped to controls · evidence-linked 3 GAPS

Why Scrutineer

One platform that maps controls and scores risk

Not a static questionnaire, not a pass-fail black box, and not a spreadsheet you maintain by hand. Live control mapping across SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR and PCI, automatic evidence and a prioritized gap list, returned as a report you can act on. The AI scrutinizes, you decide.

Mapped to real controls

Every framework is broken down into the controls it actually requires, each scored on a red to amber to green scale, so readiness stays transparent and consistent.

Evidence behind every finding

Each control links to the exact evidence that satisfies it, the policy, the config, the log line, so the finding is auditable and your readiness is defensible.

A prioritized gap list

Open gaps roll up into a ranked remediation list, so the highest-risk findings sit at the top and your team fixes what matters before the audit begins.

Good questions

Questions about SOX compliance

SOX compliance software maps the internal controls over financial reporting required by Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404, collects the evidence that proves each control operated, and tracks testing and remediation. It replaces the spreadsheets and screenshot folders most teams use to prepare for the ICFR audit.

No tool can. Scrutineer keeps your controls mapped, your evidence current and your deficiencies tracked to close, which is what readiness means. Management still asserts on ICFR and an independent registered public accounting firm performs the audit. Scrutineer is not legal or accounting advice.

The three domains auditors focus on: logical access (provisioning, deprovisioning and periodic access reviews), change management (approvals, testing and segregation of duties in your deployment pipeline), and IT operations (backups, job monitoring and incident handling) for the systems in your financial reporting scope.

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Stop guessing about readiness. Scrutinize on real evidence.

Point Scrutineer at a framework or a vendor and it maps every control, gathers evidence and scores the risk, returning an evidence-linked report and a prioritized gap list. The AI scrutinizes, you decide.

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SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR & PCI · evidence-linked controls · readiness, not certification