First Pass AI: Transforming audit readiness with AI-driven evidence verification

If you’ve ever navigated the maze of infosec audits, you know the drill: painstaking manual QA, weeks of back-and-forth with auditors, and the constant dread of rejection. Compliance teams spend countless hours reviewing evidence, only to face delays, increased costs, and rework when submissions don’t meet auditor expectations.

Automation tools have made evidence collection easier, but audit prep remains challenging because compliance teams must validate evidence for acceptability—an entirely manual, time-consuming, and error-prone process.

Introducing First Pass AI: The future of audit preparation

Today, Thoropass is transforming how teams prepare for audit with First Pass AI, a first-of-its-kind feature that pre-screens evidence for audit readiness in seconds. First Pass AI eliminates the traditional bottlenecks of manual review and long auditor feedback loops.

Here’s how First Pass AI transforms audit preparation:

• QA in seconds: Instantly check evidence for completeness, consistency, and timeliness.
• Catch common issues: Identify missing evidence, discrepancies, and outdated documents before they reach auditors.
• Reduce audit loops: Cut secondary auditor requests and drastically shorten audit cycles.
• Build confidence before audit: Submit evidence with a high confidence it’s ready to meet auditor standards, reducing manual QA time.

“Evidence validation is the Achilles’ heel of infosec audits, and no one else has figured out how to solve it at scale,” explains Andrew Persons, Thoropass VP of Product. “With First Pass AI, we’re not just accelerating the process—we’re fundamentally transforming it by removing inefficiencies and uncertainty. This is AI solving real problems compliance teams face as they prepare for every audit.”

How First Pass AI works

While there’s a lot happening behind the scenes, using First Pass AI is incredibly simple:

1. Upload Evidence: When automated evidence isn’t available, add your documentation to Thoropass for each evidence request.
2. Run First Pass AI: Hit the button and let First Pass AI analyse the evidence.
3. Review Results: Quickly address flagged issues, re-upload updated evidence, and run the AI again for validation.

Behind the scenes, First Pass AI checks for the most common reasons auditors reject evidence for audit, so catching things up front significantly shortens audit cycles. The three critical factors include:

• Completeness: Ensures nothing is missing from auditor requests.
• Consistency: Cross-checks documents for accuracy and alignment.
• Timeliness: Verifies that evidence falls within the required review period.

In talking with our customers, we know that this process takes countless hours of manual checking. It is so challenging that some companies are just forgoing it altogether and hoping that they can pick it up from the auditors’ feedback. This streamlined process eliminates hours of manual effort and ensures evidence submissions meet the mark the first time.

Measuring the impact

The introduction of First Pass AI delivers real results for teams struggling with QA and re-work. Over time, Thoropass expects the capability to:

• Cut secondary auditor requests by up to 80%, drastically shortening audit cycles.
• Reduce manual QA time by 95%, freeing internal resources to focus on core business priorities.

As our CEO Sam Li sums it up: “This is truly a game-changer for audit preparation and management.”

Demo: See First Pass AI in action

Watch the demo and witness how First Pass AI takes the guesswork out of audit prep.

The Thoropass advantage

Unlike standalone compliance tools, Thoropass offers an end-to-end audit solution integrating automated evidence collection, in-house auditors, and First Pass AI. Whether tackling your first SOC 2 audit, managing multiple frameworks, or streamlining audits alongside existing GRC tools, Thoropass simplifies compliance at every stage—eliminating duplicate work, reducing overhead, and accelerating audit readiness.

Thoropass is committed to responsible AI usage and data security. The platform is ISO 42001 certified, ensuring the highest standards of AI governance and compliance. Thoropass never uses customer data—including source uploads, queries, or AI-generated responses—for any purpose beyond the specific audit engagement, safeguarding customer privacy and trust.

Ready to transform audit prep?

Join the teams already accelerating their audits and achieving peace of mind with First Pass AI. If you’re already a customer, ask us to enable early access. And if not, talk to an expert today to see how Thoropass can help.

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