https://rishipalyadav.github.io/categories/grc/Recent content in Grc on Rishipal Yadav · not your CISOHugo -- gohugo.ioen© 2026 Rishipal YadavThu, 24 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://rishipalyadav.github.io/posts/audit-room-two-stories/Thu, 24 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://rishipalyadav.github.io/posts/audit-room-two-stories/<blockquote><p><em>This article was originally published in <a href="https://medium.com/dark-roast-security" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Dark Roast Security</a> on Medium. <a href="https://notyourciso.medium.com/the-audit-room-has-two-stories-and-neither-is-the-full-truth-06fb15fe3341" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Read the full post →</a></em></p> </blockquote><p>Every audit room has two stories playing simultaneously. The auditor walks in with a checklist, a mandate, and the quiet authority of an independent assessor. The auditee walks in with months of prep, a defensive posture, and the knowledge that something will be found — the only question is what.</p> <p>The problem is neither side is telling their story particularly well. And that communication gap is where audits go from being useful to being theatre.</p>