WHITEPAPER

You Have the Controls. You Have the Frameworks. So Why Do Audits Keep Failing?

Federal agencies invest heavily in policies, compliance frameworks, and security controls — yet audit failures remain stubbornly common. The problem isn’t intent, and it isn’t the frameworks themselves. It’s the growing gap between what agencies document and what they can defensibly prove to an auditor on any given day.

Forescout’s latest whitepaper diagnoses exactly where the chain of accountability breaks down — and shows how government security leaders are restructuring their evidence model to meet the demands of continuous oversight.

Why You Should Read This Paper:

• Identify the specific point where policy design diverges from provable control operation
• Understand why complexity – sprawling hybrid IT, cloud, OT, and remote assets – makes manual evidence structurally unreliable
• Learn how oversight expectations under FISMA, NIST SP 800-53, OMB M-23-02, and the GAO Green Book are evolving toward real-time verification
• See how enforcement actions in a UZTNA architecture automatically produce time-stamped, auditable evidence
• Build a path from reactive audit preparation to continuous assurance that protects budget, leadership credibility, and mission

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