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Gap Assessment

What is Gap Assessment?

An evaluation that compares an organization's current state against the requirements of a standard or regulation to identify areas of non-compliance.

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What the standards actually require on gap assessment

Requirements naming gap assessment across this standard, quoted from the control text.

Active assailant response plans should reflect how big, broad and complex the organization is, whether it employs security staff, how the site is resourced and run, and what site risk and gap assessments found.

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Questions people ask about gap assessment

What is Gap Assessment?
An evaluation that compares an organization's current state against the requirements of a standard or regulation to identify areas of non-compliance.
Why is Gap Assessment important for compliance?
Gap Assessment is a key concept in Audit and Assurance. Understanding gap assessment helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 1,016 frameworks with 316K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Gap Assessment?
Gap Assessment appears in the requirement text of ANSI/ASIS WVPI AA-2020 Workplace Violence and Active Assailant. Across these standards we have identified 1 control that names it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Gap Assessment?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how gap assessment applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 1,016 frameworks.

See how Gap Assessment applies across compliance frameworks

Our platform maps 1,016 frameworks with 316K cross-framework control mappings. Explore how this concept is addressed across standards.

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