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SOC 2March 2026

SOC 2 CC8.1: What Auditors Actually Want to See in Change Management Evidence

SOC 2 CC8.1 requires organizations to demonstrate controlled change management. Here is what auditors evaluate and how automated evidence capture eliminates the compliance scramble.

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SOXMarch 2026

SOX ITGC Evidence Automation: Eliminating 400+ Hours of Manual Work Per Cycle

SOX IT General Controls for change management consume hundreds of hours per audit cycle. Modern automation can reduce this to near-zero while improving evidence quality.

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CMMCMarch 2026

Understanding Your CMMC SPRS Score: The 110-Point Assessment That Determines DoD Contract Eligibility

The Supplier Performance Risk System score determines whether your organization can bid on DoD contracts. Here is how the 110-point weighted scoring system works.

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AuditMarch 2026

What Auditors Actually Look For in Your Change Management Process

After talking to dozens of IT auditors, we have compiled the specific evidence they look for when evaluating change management controls, and the most common failures they find.

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EngineeringMarch 2026

Manual vs Automated Audit Evidence: Why the Future Is Zero-Effort Compliance

The compliance industry is shifting from pull-based evidence gathering to push-based capture at the source. Here is why automated evidence wins on quality, cost, and reliability.

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CompanyFebruary 2026

Why We Built MergeWhy

Compliance should not be a quarterly scramble. It should happen automatically, at merge time. Here is the story of why we started MergeWhy.

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FedRAMPFebruary 2026

FedRAMP 20x: The Developer's Guide

OSCAL-based authorization is coming. The September 2026 deadline means engineering teams need to produce machine-readable compliance packages.

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SOC 2February 2026

Zero-Effort SOC 2 Evidence Collection

How MergeWhy captures SOC 2 CC8.1 evidence from your existing GitHub workflow. No spreadsheets, no screenshots, no manual evidence gathering.

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