Service · AI-Enhanced Audit

Independent AI-enhanced technology programme audit.

Independent assurance across code, CI/CD, access controls, and infrastructure. AI gathers and synthesises; senior engineers validate every material finding. Azure, AWS, GCP, on-premises.

How it works

Five steps. AI speed, human judgement.

AI gathers and synthesises. Senior engineers validate. Every material finding has a human behind it.

  1. 01

    Discovery call (30 min, free)

    Tell us the situation. We listen. We assess what's in scope: cloud, on-prem, applications, programmes, code, identity, performance.

  2. 02

    Scope & access

    Formal scoping document plus read-only access checklist. You approve before any audit starts.

  3. 03

    Audit delivery

    AI-assisted evidence gathering across the estate at machine speed. Hours to days depending on scope.

  4. 04

    Senior validation

    Every material finding reviewed and validated by Volorai's senior engineers before the report is issued.

  5. 05

    Output (+ optional transformation)

    Formal report with verdict, findings, evidence, recommendations. If the findings warrant intervention, we partner with both you and your delivery team to transform the programme.


Audit services

Two audit services. Same senior team, same methodology.

Cloud Audit and Programme LLD Audit & Delivery/Recovery — each standing alone, each using the same five-step AI-enhanced methodology. Tell us your situation and we'll scope appropriately.


Why this differs

Assurance that measures — not that asks.

Traditional programme assurance relies on documentation review and stakeholder interviews. Our approach measures — directly, across your estate — using AI to do what previously couldn't be done inside a commercial engagement window.

Independent
We are appointed by you, the commissioning organisation — never by the vendor being assessed.
AI-enhanced
AI tooling gathers and synthesises evidence across the full estate. Senior engineers validate every material finding.
Evidence-based
Every finding is measured and cited. Suitable for board papers, vendor conversations, and phase-gate decisions.

Audit tiers

Four scopes. Scoped to your programme.

Start with an introductory audit — a single subscription or resource group, delivered in hours. The full picture comes from the combined four-domain view across the complete estate.

Introductory

A single subscription or resource group. Any cloud provider, or on-prem. Summary findings report, human-led.

Delivery
Hours from access
Talk through Introductory
Rapid

A single domain — RBAC/IAM only, or CI/CD only.

Delivery
2–3 days from access
Scope a Rapid Audit
Programme

Ongoing periodic assessment across a multi-phase delivery programme.

Delivery
Monthly retainer
Discuss a Programme Retainer

Recent engagement · anonymised

What an audit can find — fast.

On a recent engagement, we identified — within 24 hours — 600+ active access assignments belonging to 200+ deleted identities, publicly-accessible integration infrastructure the delivery team had stated was secured, and a delivery team scoring 23/100 on engineering competency. The audit surfaced many more issues during the days that followed.

Competency Assessment

Engineering & CI/CD Maturity

Anonymised outcome from a Volorai engagement.
Critical Access & Identity (RBAC/IAM)

600+ access assignments belong to 200+ deleted identities

Evidence type
Resolved against identity provider
Risk
Automatically inherited by every new resource. No technical control preventing propagation.

Recommendation

Disable orphaned principals; introduce automated identity-resource lifecycle binding.

Anonymised outcome from a Volorai engagement.
Read the full case study

Frequently asked questions

  • Who commissions an audit?

    You do — as the organisation commissioning the delivery programme. Volorai is never appointed by the vendor being assessed. Independence of action is as important as independence of assessment.

  • How long does an audit take?

    An introductory audit typically produces findings in hours. A full four-domain standard audit takes 5–10 days from the point of read-only access. Speed comes from our AI-enhanced methodology, not from a sample-based shortcut.

  • What access do you need?

    Read-only. We work across Azure, AWS, GCP, and on-premises environments. No changes are made and no data is retained beyond the engagement. We provide a formal scope document and an access checklist up front.

  • How is this different from a penetration test?

    A pen-test probes a live system for exploitable vulnerabilities from the outside. We assess whether the programme is being delivered competently and safely across four domains — code, CI/CD, access, infrastructure — using measurement of the full estate. The two are complementary, not substitutes.

  • How is this different from financial / project assurance (RSM, Grant Thornton, BDO)?

    Financial and governance assurance firms check process, controls, and business-case adherence. We assess technical delivery quality by direct measurement — code quality, pipeline maturity, access hygiene, infrastructure configuration. We work in hours, not weeks.

  • What does the report contain?

    A verdict on whether the programme should proceed in current form; findings grouped by risk dimension with evidence, not assertion; a risk register with likelihood and impact ratings; best-practice recommendations; and conditions for approval if you wish to proceed despite findings.

  • What if the vendor disputes the findings?

    Every finding is evidence-backed with the artefact cited. We present the data, not opinion. If the vendor wishes to remediate rather than contest, the remediation plan becomes the next engagement.

  • Can you audit AI-specific programmes?

    Yes. AI programmes are technology programmes — they use the same repositories, pipelines, access controls, and infrastructure. We also assess AI-specific concerns: model governance, data lineage, evaluation pipelines, and alignment to EU AI Act / UK DSIT AI Assurance frameworks.

Want independent confidence?

A conversation is the fastest way to see if an audit is right for your programme. We'll tell you honestly whether it is — and if not, what would help instead.