Newsletter November 2024

Plantuml in NextGen: What Does this Mean for You?
Partner Spotlight: GlideFast CHAT
Early Adoption of Unified Compliance Eliminates Manual Mapping Errors, Reduces Cost
Upcoming Webinar: Adopting a Controls-Based Approach for Cyber Compliance and Resilience: From DORA to NIST and Beyond
Fujitsu & ISO 27001: 2022 - Simplifying Compliance, One Update at a Time
Authority Documents: New, Upcoming, and Trending

Compliance with PlantUML Diagrams is coming your way

Plantuml in NextGen, What Does this Mean for You?

The right tools make all the difference for compliance professionals navigating complex regulatory landscapes. With PlantUML in NextGen, you can streamline compliance processes, creating accessible, shareable diagrams that ensure clarity and auditability. Dive into our full article to explore how this tool empowers Compliance Managers, IT and Security teams, and Auditors alike, enabling seamless collaboration and real-time adaptability to regulatory changes.

Plantuml in NextGen allows users to represent processes, workflows, and data visually flows relevant to compliance. Plantuml diagrams are sharable via public links directly from our platform.

For the compliance professional, integrating PlantUML diagrams into documentation is a game-changer. You can move away from dense, text-heavy documents and provide your teams and stakeholders with clear, visual guides that make complex regulations more understandable and accessible.

What benefits can you expect?

Enhanced Compliance Clarity
Auditability and Transparency
Streamlined Collaboration
Adaptability to Regulatory Changes

Do you fall into one of these roles:

Compliance Managers
IT and Security Teams
Auditors and Stakeholders

In short, for the compliance professional, PlantUML is a tool that clarifies and elevates their work—allowing them to provide clearer guidance, reduce compliance risks, and drive a more efficient and agile approach to regulatory adherence. It transforms compliance documentation from a static chore into a dynamic, engaging resource.

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Partner Spotlight: GlideFast CHAT

GlideFast Consulting, one of the largest ServiceNow implementors, talks with Dorian Cougias, the co-founder of Unified Compliance, on GlideFast's chat podcast. This high-energy, fun CHAT is something you will want to see!

People say this chat is entertaining and fun to listen to, which is unusual for compliance topic chat. The conversation between GlideFast and Unified Compliance is a powerful new synergy, leveraging GlideFast’s ServiceNow expertise with Unified Compliance’s regulatory frameworks to enhance GRC processes.

Through a recent video chat, both teams explored how their dynamic partnership can streamline workflows and ensure seamless integration of compliance data within ServiceNow. This strategic alignment promises to empower organizations by simplifying complex compliance requirements, enhancing operational efficiency, and enabling proactive risk management—delivering measurable value and fostering innovation in a highly regulated business environment.

Check it out!

Early Adoption of Unified Compliance Eliminates Manual Mapping Errors, Reduces Costs

Ever wondered how much simpler compliance could be with the right tools in place? Clients often say, “I wish we had this years ago; it would have made our compliance program 10x smoother.” Imagine saving thousands in resources and avoiding costly human errors with a solution that instantly provides auditable, defensible content. Discover how early adoption of Unified Compliance transforms compliance programs, reducing manual workload and empowering teams to focus on what matters most. Don’t miss the insights our clients wish they’d known sooner.

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Digital Operational Resilience Act WEBINAR

Adopting a Controls – Based Approach for Cyber Compliance and Resilience: from DORA to NIST and Beyond

Upcoming Webinar:

In today’s rapidly changing cyber risk landscape, two themes are at the forefront for organizations everywhere—regulatory compliance and resilience.

Join UC and MetricStream for an exclusive webinar where we dive into strategies to strengthen your organization’s resilience and ensure compliance with emerging and existing frameworks on November 14, 2024, at 8:00 AM PT | 11:00 AM ET | 4:00 PM UK.

Led by Dorian Cougias of the Unified Compliance Framework (UCF), and hosted by Patricia McParland from MetricStream, this session will provide insights on how to navigate a complex compliance environment, including the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), NIST CSF, ISO 27001, and more.

Learn how a controls-based approach can help you stay resilient and compliant, no matter what changes lie ahead.

What You’ll Learn:

Practical approaches for building resilience into your compliance program
How to harmonize frameworks like DORA, NIST, and ISO to reduce redundancy and complexity
Best practices for managing cyber risks in an ever-evolving regulatory landscape.

Don’t miss this chance to future-proof your compliance efforts!

Register now to reserve your spot!

Fujitsu & ISO 27001: 2022

Simplifying Compliance, One Update at a Time

This is big news for organizations working with ISO 27001:2022!

Fujitsu’s Business Excellence Senior Consultant, Ulla-Mäija Jaske, identified a snag in how Annex A was originally mapped to ISO27002:2022, adding unnecessary complexity to compliance efforts.

After consulting with the mapping team, the solution was clear: remap Annex A directly into ISO 27001:2022 AD 3567. The update was completed swiftly, and impacted customers were alerted with a bonus—free builds for those affected! If ISO 27001:2022 appears in your shared lists, it’s time to update and reshare with your GRC tool. Dive into the full article to learn how this change could streamline your compliance efforts!