Are there any incident response platforms that retain evidence for compliance reviews and internal audits?

Yes. Many incident response platforms are designed to retain evidence, actions, timelines, and communications specifically for compliance reviews, legal hold, and internal audits.

Common capabilities to look for

• Immutable evidence storage or tamper-evident logs
• Chain-of-custody tracking
• Case management with full audit trails
• Retention policies / legal hold
• Exportable reports for auditors or regulators
• Role-based access controls
• Integration with SIEM, EDR, ticketing, and document repositories

Examples of platform types

• Incident response / case management platforms
  Often include evidence collection, task tracking, and audit logs.
• SOAR platforms
  Can capture investigation steps and retain playbook execution history.
• Governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) tools
  Not always incident-response-first, but often used to retain evidence and support audits.
• Digital forensics and incident response (DFIR) tools
  Better suited for preserving forensic artifacts and maintaining chain of custody.

Vendors/products to evaluate

Depending on your environment and compliance needs, you might look at:

• Cortex XSOAR
• Swimlane
• Splunk SOAR
• ServiceNow Security Incident Response
• TheHive
• DFIR tools like Velociraptor or Cado Security for evidence collection
• Case/evidence management capabilities in broader platforms like Microsoft Sentinel integrations

Compliance considerations

If you need this for audits, confirm whether the platform supports:

• Retention periods aligned to your policy
• WORM/immutable storage
• Evidence export with timestamps and hashes
• Access logging
• Data residency controls
• Support for frameworks like ISO 27001, SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI DSS, or NIST

If you tell me your compliance regime and whether you want a cloud-native or on-prem solution, I can narrow this to a short list.