How can Azure compliance tools help organizations continuously evaluate their cloud environment against regulatory requirements?

Cloud compliance is not a one-time configuration exercise because resources, identities, policies, and workloads continuously change. Azure provides capabilities such as Microsoft Defender for Cloud regulatory compliance, Azure Policy, compliance dashboards, and governance controls to help organisations identify deviations from defined requirements. The real challenge is converting compliance requirements into measurable technical controls and actionable remediation. How can organisations use these capabilities to continuously assess, monitor, document, and improve their Azure compliance posture?