6 Compliance Checklists Every Security Team Should Bookmark

Most compliance checklists floating around the internet are generic PDFs written for no framework in particular, padded to look thorough. We built ours differently — each one maps directly to the controls our platform monitors continuously, so they're as useful for a quick self-assessment as they are for planning an actual remediation sprint.

The Checklists

• DPDP Act (DPDPA) Checklist — governance, consent, technical safeguards, and breach notification readiness ahead of India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act enforcement.
• SOC 2 Checklist — Trust Services Criteria controls, access management, and the evidence auditors actually ask for.
• ISO 27001 Checklist — ISMS scope, Annex A controls, and risk treatment for certification readiness.
• HIPAA Checklist — administrative, technical, and physical safeguards for PHI, plus breach notification timelines.
• PCI DSS Checklist — network segmentation, cardholder data protection, and PCI DSS v4.0's shift toward continuous testing.
• Vendor Risk Checklist — onboarding, ongoing monitoring, and fourth-party exposure for your supply chain.

How to Actually Use One

Run through the relevant checklist with your team and be honest about partial answers — "sort of" and "someone probably did that once" both count as unchecked. The value isn't in checking every box on the first pass; it's in seeing exactly where the gaps are before an auditor, regulator, or attacker finds them for you.

Where This Fits Into a Continuous Program

A checklist is a snapshot — useful for a starting baseline, but it goes stale the moment your infrastructure changes. Alastor Shield turns each of these checklists into continuously monitored evidence instead of a one-time exercise you revisit only when an audit is looming.

Talk to our team if a checklist run-through surfaces gaps you want help closing.