Maximizing Trustero AI Control Checks

Essential strategies to optimize AI usage for policy coverage & control operating effectiveness

Introduction

You’ve successfully completed Phases 1-3—your policies are uploaded, control owners are trained, receptors are connected, and all evidence is gathered. Now, it’s time to leverage Trustero AI Examine and Test to ensure your policies align with controls and that those controls are operating effectively.

This guide will walk you through:

• Why Examine and Test Matters
• Three Ways to Initiate Examine and Test
• Our Recommended Approach: Iterative Testing
• Tracking Progress in the Compliance Roadmap

Why Examine and Test Matters

Trustero AI Examine and Test provides an automated, data-driven approach to verifying compliance.

The Examine and Test feature of Trustero AI performs two key functions:

1. Examine Policies
   • The "Control-Policy Material Difference" check ensures policies are aligned with control objectives.
2. Test Operating Effectiveness
   • The "Evidence Completeness" check and "Operating Effectiveness" check validate whether controls are actively functioning as required.

Three Ways to Initiate Examine and Test

Depending on your workflow and objective, there are multiple strategies for initiating control checks: 

1. Compliance Roadmap: Navigate to Compliance > Roadmap to leverage our recommended iterative approach for targeted efficiency. The Roadmap acts as your project plan, and includes two key AI-powered stages:
   • Design Stage: Verify policy coverage with the "Control-Policy Material Difference" check.
     • Trustero AI scans policies to verify that what you state in policies matches what controls are designed to enforce.
     • Cost: 1 AI Control Check per control
   • Operating Effectiveness Stage: Test whether controls are actively working as required, with the "Evidence Completeness" and "Operating Effectiveness" checks.
     • Trustero AI verifies that all required evidence is attached to the controls and passes the test procedures. 
     • Cost: 2 AI Control Checks per control (1 for each of the two types of evidence checks)
2. Control-Specific Examine and Test: Start scans directly from each control’s Examine and Test tab.
   • This is ideal for focusing on one control at a time, and will run all three control checks in one step.
   • Cost: 3 AI Control Checks (1 for each of the three types of checks)
3. Examine and Test Page: Found under Analyze, this page contains records of past scans, and also has an option to initiate a comprehensive account scan.

• • While it can sometimes be useful to run a comprehensive scan of your account, this is your least efficient option, especially if the default to scan all controls remains selected. 
  • When initiating a scan from this view, be aware that you may need to select the “Examine and Test Anyway” override button to continue examination of controls, if not all prerequisites listed have been met. 
  • Cost: 3 AI Control Checks per control (1 for each of the three types of checks)

Recommended Approach: Iterative Testing vs. End-of-Phases Testing

While a full AI Examination and Test can be run at the end of preparing your account for audit, an iterative approach is recommended for better accuracy and efficiency. This involves continuously verifying policy coverage and control effectiveness throughout the compliance journey.

The Compliance Roadmap dashboard acts as your project plan, guiding you through the most effective way to use Trustero. Simply start at the top and work your way down. This will allow you to catch issues early, make corrections, and improve audit-readiness.

Tracking Your Progress in the Compliance Roadmap

Trustero provides visual progress tracking so you know exactly where you stand. Each stage contains a high-level description of the end goal objective as you progress to 100% in every phase.

The Overall Progress metric at the top of the roadmap tracks completion across all key compliance areas.

Conclusion

Leverage Trustero’s AI-driven automation to stay ahead of compliance gaps, optimize audit readiness, and make the most of your compliance program. The Examine and Test feature allows you to ensure policies align with controls and controls are operating effectively in real time. By using an iterative approach, you can maximize AI efficiency while accelerating time to audit-readiness.