Increase control coverage without increasing workload

Automate evidence collection, control testing, and documentation review to help IT audit teams assess more controls with greater consistency and less manual effort.

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From scattered evidence to review-ready IT audits.

Cortea connects controls, policies, system documentation, and audit evidence so teams can review work in context, from DORA operational resilience checks to C5 cloud attestations and ISAE 3402 service organisation reviews.

Reduce manual cross-checks, identify gaps earlier, and make IT audit work easier to trace, review, and attest.

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Seemingly simple, surprisingly effective

Key use cases

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Review IT controls against audit requirements

Use Cortea to review control descriptions, policies, screenshots and supporting evidence against firm methodology and frameworks such as DORA, C5 and ISA 315.

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Prepare walkthroughs with traceable evidence

Structure walkthrough documentation, connect process steps to relevant controls, and link findings back to source evidence for auditor review.

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Identify gaps in control documentation

Surface missing evidence, incomplete control descriptions and inconsistencies across IT audit documentation, so teams can prepare review-ready findings with more confidence.

See Cortea in action!

early impact

KPI Impact in practice

2x
IT audit process completed up to two times faster
2 hours
Review time for tests of design reduced to two hours
>95%
Over 95% consistency and documentation quality

from our partners

Used by the most innovative audit firms

“With Cortea AI agents, we were able to significantly increase the speed of our audits and create an even better audit experience.”

Stefan Weddemar
Director, Mazars

“With Cortea, we have automated important review steps. This significantly expands our capabilities in data-driven analysis.”

Hagen Müller
Partner, DHPG

“Cortea improves consistency and review quality across engagements, allowing our team to spend more time where it matters most: with our clients.”

Armin Wilting
Partner, ETL Wirtschaftsprüfung

“With Cortea AI agents, we deliver faster, more consistently, and with high quality, even in time-critical reviews.”

Florian Winterer
Team lead, GVB
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Principles of Trust

Built for the standards you're held to

AI built on audit standards.
No hallucinations.

Cortea supports audit procedures, documentation requirements and firm methodologies, helping teams execute work consistently across financial and IT audit engagements.

Transparent and traceable by design. No black-box AI.

Every output is designed for auditor review, with supporting context and traceability back to the documents and data used. Aligned with established audit methodologies and standards.

Auditors stay in control.
AI supports the work.

Cortea flags, drafts, and analyses, but the auditor reviews, approves, and signs. Professional judgment stays exactly where it belongs: with you.

SECURITY

Enterprise-grade security for audit environments

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Security standards and assurance

Cortea is built to meet enterprise security expectations, including ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type I standards for information security, controls and operational trust.

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Privacy and data protection

Cortea is designed with GDPR and CCPA requirements in mind. Client data is stored securely, processed lawfully, and never used for training.

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Professional secrecy

Cortea is designed for the professional secrecy obligations of the Wirtschaftsprüferordnung (§ 43 WPO). Access controls enforce strict need-to-know principles. Client data never crosses engagement boundaries.

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No client data used for training

Cortea never uses client or engagement data to train AI models, helping audit firms maintain confidentiality, professional secrecy and control over sensitive information.

FAQ

Your questions, answered

Every finding in Cortea is linked to the underlying source material, supporting evidence, and review workflow so audit and compliance teams can understand how conclusions were reached. Users can review findings, inspect referenced passages, validate outputs, and maintain full human oversight throughout the review process.

No. Customer data is never used to train or fine-tune AI models.

Yes. Cortea is designed for audit and compliance workflows where traceability, reviewability, and documentation requirements are essential.

Yes. Cortea supports custom frameworks, internal standards, and firm-specific review methodologies.

Yes. Most teams start with a pilot using real-world documents and workflows before rolling out more broadly.

Need more detail? Browse the full FAQ or speak directly with our team in a 30-minute demo

AI built for modern audit teams

Discover how Cortea helps your team complete audit work faster while improving consistency and audit quality.