What is IRIS Compliance? A Guide for Procurement

Automating Security Questionnaires and Compliance Documentation with AI

Completing lengthy security questionnaires, vendor risk assessments, and compliance documentation is an unavoidable part of the B2B sales process—especially in highly regulated industries like finance, healthcare, and education. Organizations must meet strict compliance standards such as SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA, and FERPA, but responding to these requests is often one of the most time-consuming, repetitive, and resource-draining steps in the sales cycle.

The Problem with Manual Security Questionnaire Responses

In a typical sales cycle, security and legal teams spend 5–15 hours per deal cycle digging through outdated spreadsheets, old RFP responses, and scattered file drives to find the right information. Then, they must rewrite and reformat similar answers for each new questionnaire.

This manual process slows down sales cycles, frustrates buyers, and ties up executives and subject-matter experts in low-value, repetitive work—time that could be spent on strategic initiatives, sales enablement, or closing deals faster.

How IRIS AI Automates Security Questionnaires and RFPs

With IRIS AI’s RFP & Security Questionnaire Automation, companies no longer need to manually track down SMEs or dig through disorganized folders. Instead, they can upload their compliance and legal documentation once, and IRIS automatically transforms it into structured, bite-sized knowledge within your AI-powered Knowledge Map.

Common documents uploaded into IRIS include:

• SOC 2 Reports
• GDPR Statements
• Privacy Policies
• Terms & Conditions
• End User License Agreements (EULAs)
• Incident Response Plans
• Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery Plans
• FERPA and HIPAA Statements

IRIS then parses, tags, and indexes these documents into contextually relevant knowledge units. This ensures sales, legal, and security teams can:

• Instantly retrieve precise, context-driven answers to compliance and technical questions.
• Auto-fill responses in security questionnaires, DDQs, VRAs, and RFPs using pre-approved, vetted content.
• Maintain compliance accuracy with version control and a single source of truth.
• Accelerate sales cycles without sacrificing compliance or data security.

Why Security Questionnaire Automation Matters for B2B Sales

Instead of reinventing the wheel for every questionnaire, your team can now respond in minutes instead of days. With AI-powered automation, your answers are:

• Accurate – pulled directly from your most recent documentation.
• Consistent – aligned across sales, security, and legal teams.
• Compliant – always up to date with regulatory requirements.
• Scalable – usable across every RFP, DDQ, or compliance request.

This not only speeds up the procurement and vendor onboarding process but also ensures your company presents a professional, compliant, and trustworthy image to every prospective client.

Future-Proof Your Compliance Workflow with AI

Security questionnaire automation and RFP automation software like IRIS AI aren’t just about saving time—they’re about giving your sales team a competitive edge. By eliminating repetitive administrative work and reducing the risk of human error, IRIS empowers organizations to respond with speed, accuracy, and confidence.

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