Integration Sprawl Is a Compliance Risk: Build a Governed Evidence Mesh

Compliance programs now depend on dozens of systems. Without governance, each new integration increases evidence fragmentation and audit prep cost.

Signs of Integration Debt

• Duplicate evidence requests from different teams
• Unclear source-of-truth for control proofs
• Repeated audit exceptions for missing artifacts

Deadlina Integration Catalog Operating Model

1. Track integration status, priority, and expected control coverage.
2. Link integration outputs directly to obligations and control families.
3. Alert when connectors fail and evidence pipelines degrade.
4. Prioritize integration backlog by risk reduction potential.

KPI Set for Platform and Compliance Leaders

• Mean time to evidence retrieval
• Control coverage per connected system
• Evidence reuse ratio across frameworks
• Integration reliability against SLO targets

Result

Compliance shifts from fragmented collection to orchestrated, repeatable evidence operations.