From current-state assessment to closing report, on one platform

Frameworks, system security plans, tasks and evidence, audits and remediation. Every step has an owner and a record, and next year picks up where this one left off.

Project overview

The problem

BeforeNow
The regulation is a PDF; what to do depends on what the consultant saysRequirements are broken into controls and assessment objectives, each stating what to check and what evidence proves it
The SSP is a Word file nobody knows who changedThe system security plan is recorded control by control, every change versioned and diffed
Evidence lives on laptops, in inboxes and shared drivesEvidence is uploaded straight to the matching task; auditors open it in one click
Every year starts from scratchA new cycle automatically carries forward last cycle's SSP, evidence and findings

01

Frameworks and libraries

Turn regulations into reusable work templates

Built-in CMMC 2.0, ISO/IEC 27001:2022 and EU CRA, with new versions importable from the official PDF. Consultants package control selections, SSP templates, audit workflow templates and form settings into a "library" the next client reuses.

  • Browse controls as a tree, each with assessment objectives, suggested evidence and audit guidance
  • One library can start many projects; updating the library doesn't disturb projects in flight
  • Compare old and new when a framework version changes
Library detail

02

Projects and the audit lifecycle

One project, year after year

A project is the long-term management of one framework. Each cycle runs planning → internal audit → external audit → remediation → closing; next year's cycle inherits the current state and open findings.

  • The project dashboard shows the current stage, completion rate and open items at a glance
  • Stage transitions are gated: you can't close with open findings
  • Internal and external audits can run in sequence within one cycle
Project overview

03

System Security Plan (SSP)

"How we do it today," recorded for every control

Controls tree on the left; on the right, this control's implementation status, narrative, responsible department, procedures, findings and recommendations. Consultant interview sheets import directly.

  • Status: implemented / partially implemented / planned / not applicable — every one with a reason
  • Excel and Word import/export; Word can use the consultant's own template
  • Every import shows a diff first; nothing is overwritten until you confirm
Project planning page

04

Tasks, evidence and review gates

Every assessment objective has an owner, a due date and evidence

Objectives become tasks assigned to people with due dates. Doers upload evidence or fill in questionnaires; managers and consultants review gate by gate. Monthly and quarterly checks reopen automatically, with reminders before they're due.

  • Task drawer: description, evidence, questionnaire, execution log and comments in one view
  • Configurable review gates — how many, who's responsible; rejections carry a reason
  • Evidence from local upload, cloud drive sync or automatic collection by the scanning agent
Task list
Task drawer

05

Audit work: plan, assess, remediate

Auditors assess control by control; non-compliance becomes a remediation plan automatically

The audit plan records the method and subject for each objective. During the audit, each objective is marked compliant or non-compliant with findings and risk; non-compliant items flow into the remediation plan (POA&M) with due dates. A four-sheet Excel workbook can be taken on site and imported back.

  • Assessment page: tree on the left, one card per objective — see evidence and record the verdict without switching pages
  • Remediation plan: owner, due date, status, verification; closing requires evidence
  • External auditors sign in with a restricted account and see only what they should
Audit assessment
Remediation plan

06

Closing report

A formal report generated at the end of every cycle

Six chapters plus appendices: project overview, scope, result statistics, findings and remediation, accountability summary, conclusion and recommendations. Only the conclusion is written by hand; the rest comes from system data. Download as Word or PDF; the report package zip includes frozen evidence and cross-reference tables.

Closing report

FAQ

Yes. Libraries import from Excel; map the columns once and controls and objectives are created together.

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