Module · Compliance Enablers

CompetenceRecords

Clause 7.2 Evidence, Ready Before the Auditor Asks

ISO 27001 clause 7.2 requires organizations to determine necessary competence and retain documented evidence of it. This module keeps per-person records — employee, role, competency area, qualification, and an evidence reference — with achieved and expiry dates and a status on each, so certifications are renewed before they lapse. It is the difference between answering an auditor’s competence sampling in seconds and emailing HR in a panic.

Before → After

The problem we solve.

Why teams switch to Compliance Enablers for competence records.

Industry challenges

  • Competence evidence scattered between HR files, email attachments, and personal drives
  • Certifications lapse silently because nobody tracks expiry dates
  • Clause 7.2 audit sampling triggers a frantic cross-department evidence hunt
  • No view of whether security-critical roles are actually covered by qualified people

How we solve it

  • Central competence records per person with qualification, achievement date, and expiry
  • Current, expiring, and expired statuses drive timely renewals
  • Structured records answer audit sampling on the spot
  • Coverage visibility links competence to the roles that require it
Capabilities

Built for depth,
out of the box.

Every capability is production-ready on day one. No add-ons, no extra subscriptions.

Flagship capability

Per-Person Competence Records

Record each employee’s role, competency areas, and qualifications with the date achieved and an evidence reference, building the documented evidence clause 7.2 explicitly requires.

Expiry Tracking

Track expiry dates with current, expiring, and expired statuses, so renewals are scheduled in advance rather than discovered after the lapse.

Qualification & Evidence Reference

Record the qualification, an evidence reference, and the role each competency area maps to — everything an auditor needs to trace a person’s competence to its proof.

Role Coverage Visibility

A per-role skills matrix with a gap view shows where any role lacks evidenced competence, turning a compliance record into a workforce planning input.

Audit Sampling, Solved

When the auditor samples three names and asks for competence evidence, the records are filtered and presented in moments.

The impact

Why it matters.

Clause 7.2 evidence exists as structured records, not a folder of scanned certificates
Expiring qualifications surface early enough to actually renew them
Competence gaps across roles become visible and plannable
Auditor sampling requests answered in minutes
Unified data model

Part of a connected whole.

Competence Records shares a unified data model with every other module. Zero silos, by design.

Live demo · see it on your data

See Competence Records
in action.

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