GRC built for the lean
education audit shop.
Run your internal audit program, manage findings through remediation, and prove compliance to your board — without hiring another three auditors.
Use code Education100 at checkout · 14-day trial before your free year starts
You're doing more with less. We get it.
Education internal audit teams juggle FERPA, PCI, NIST 800-171, Title IV, research integrity, and IT general controls — often with a team of two. PonoAudit is the control room.
Stop drowning in spreadsheets
Audits, findings, corrective action plans, and evidence all live in one place. No more hunting for last quarter's workpapers in three shared drives.
Show the audit committee real progress
Dashboards, executive summaries, and findings-register reports you can export in one click. Arrive to the meeting ready.
Safely bring student workers in
Role-based access with classification-level controls means interns and grad assistants can help without seeing sensitive data they shouldn't.
Built for every corner of higher ed and K-12
Universities & colleges
- SOX-equivalent internal controls testing
- IT general controls for Banner/Workday/PeopleSoft
- Research compliance audits (NIH, NSF, DoD)
- Title IV / financial aid reviews
Community colleges
- Lean IT audits without a dedicated team
- HLC/regional accreditor evidence collection
- Vendor risk for education tech stack
- Grant compliance tracking
K-12 districts
- FERPA/COPPA vendor assessments
- Cybersecurity self-assessment for insurance renewals
- Federal E-Rate compliance
- Student data access reviews
Research institutions
- NIST 800-171 CUI compliance for DoD work
- Export control audits (ITAR/EAR)
- IRB and data-use agreement tracking
- Lab safety and regulatory inspections
HECVAT, ready to send
The questionnaire your CISO already trusts — pre-loaded as a vendor assessment template. Pick HECVAT Lite for low-risk vendors or HECVAT Full for anyone touching FERPA, PHI, or research data. Each question carries its EDUCAUSE reference code, vendors can mark answers as Compensating with notes, and the score updates as responses come in.
HECVAT © EDUCAUSE / REN-ISAC / Internet2, licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Every framework that lands on your desk
Pre-built audit templates with real framework content — not empty checklists. Map once, test everywhere.
One year free for the first 20 institutions
Pick any plan — Essentials, Professional, or Enterprise. Code Education100 takes 100% off your first 12 months after the standard 14-day trial.
Questions we hear a lot
What happens after the first year?
You'll auto-renew at the standard price of whichever plan you picked — no surprise charges, no hidden tier. You're free to cancel, downgrade, or switch plans at any time before renewal.
Do we qualify as an "education institution"?
If you have a .edu email, a district-issued email, or you can show you're an accredited K-12, college, university, or non-profit research institution, you qualify. We verify after signup.
What if you give out all 20 spots before we sign up?
Get in touch via the contact page — we'll let you know if we're extending the program or running a waitlist for the next round.
How long does implementation take?
Most education customers are live in under a week. Our audit templates for SOC 2, NIST CSF, 800-171, and ISO 27001 come pre-loaded, so you're not building from zero.
Where is our data stored?
In US-based Postgres with daily encrypted backups. Evidence files are stored in Cloudflare R2 with server-side encryption. We're SOC 2 aligned with full audit logging — every action leaves a trail.
Do you support SSO for our campus identity provider?
Yes. SSO (SAML, OIDC) is available via our authentication partner. Reach out via the contact page and we'll get you set up as part of onboarding.
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