Compliance as periodic checkbox
Organizations treat compliance as quarterly audit. Assessment passes, documentation filed, return to normal operations. But accessibility requirements evolve. Security vulnerabilities emerge daily. Privacy regulations expand. GDPR enforcement intensifies. The platform that passed audit three months ago has already drifted.
Continuous compliance requires monitoring, not milestones. Accessibility checked against every deployment, not annually. Security configurations verified automatically, not when penetration testers arrive. Regulatory changes tracked as they're announced, not discovered during remediation scrambles. Organizations that build compliance into operational rhythms catch drift before it becomes finding.