Compliance Policies Controls
Navigate to IZ Compliance → Standards and click a standard name, or use the Control Policies action.
Controls are displayed as an expandable tree. Each node shows:
The control as
<Control Name> - <Name>, for exampleA12.6.1 - Management of technical vulnerabilities. Click it to open the control.A badge with the count of rules mapped to the control. A red badge means no rule is mapped yet, so the control does not contribute to the score.
The control's compliance percentage. Controls marked
Not Applicableshown/a.
Click Create Policy Control to add a control (requires Create Compliance Standard):
Control Name- Short identifier, for exampleA1.1Name- Title of the controlControl Description- Full text of the control in MarkdownOrder- Position among its siblingsStatus-ApplicableorNot ApplicableSelect Parent- Search for the parent control. Leave empty for a top-level control.Manual Compliance(optional) - ACompliancevalue from 0 to 100 andNotesdescribing how the manual compliance is evidenced. Used only when the control has no mapped rules.
Policy Control Details
Opening a control shows three tabs:
Basic Info- The control description. Users withEdit Compliance Standardcan clickEditto change it or delete the control.Mapped Rules- The rules mapped to this control. Columns includeName,Risk type,Status,Origin,Action, and optionallyPotential Consequence,RemediationandCreated. UseSearch Compliance Policy Rulesto filter by rule name, rule id or tag.Violations- Applications that currently fail at least one rule mapped to this control, withTotal Failed Rulesand the application'sCompliance %for this control. Expand a row to seeRule NameandTotal Violations.View Application Issuesopens the application's issue list.
Map a Rule to a Control
Rules must first be attached to the standard (see Standard Rules below).
In the
Mapped Rulestab clickMap Policy Control Rule.Enter the details:
Select Rule- Search among the rules attached to the standardRisk Type- For exampleThreatOrigin-InternalorExternalStatus-ApplicableorNot ApplicableAction-Tolerate: Residual risk,Transfer,Combination of actions,TreatorMonitorPotential Consequence,Remediation,Notes- Free text
Click
Submit. A rule can be mapped to a control only once.
Standard Rules
Navigate to IZ Compliance → Standards and click Rule Impact Measures on a standard.
Rule
Name of the IZ quality rule
Impact
Impact of a violation of the rule
Likelihood
Likelihood that the rule is violated
Use Search Compliance Rules to filter by rule name, rule id or tag. Expand a row to see the policy controls the rule is mapped to.
Add a Rule to a Standard
Click
Add Compliance Rule.Select Rule- Search for the rule by name.Set Impact Measures- For standards usingMaximum of all Measures, pick a value for every measure. TheImpactfield is filled automatically with the highest value.Impact- For standards usingManual Selection, pickSevere,High,Moderate,LoworNone.Likelihood-Severe,Medium,LoworNone.Notes- Optional.Click
Submit. A rule can be attached to a standard only once.
Row actions on a Standard Rule:
Edit Standard Rulechanges its impact and likelihood.Attach Policymaps the rule to a policy control (same fields as Map a Rule to a Control).Deleteremoves the rule from the standard together with its control mappings.
Compliance Settings
Navigate to IZ Compliance → Settings. This screen holds the pick-lists used throughout the module.
IMPACT_MEASURES
Severe (5), High (4), Moderate (3), Low (2), None (1)
LIKELIHOOD_MEASURES
Severe (5), Medium (3), Low (2), None (0)
RISK_TYPES
Threat
ORIGIN_TYPES
Internal, External
ACTION_TYPES
Tolerate: Residual risk, Transfer, Combination of actions, Treat, Monitor
REVIEW_STATUS_TYPES
Applicable, Not Applicable
Click Configure Setting to add a value: Name, Value, Value Type (INTEGER or STRING), Setting Type and Status. Built-in values can be edited or disabled but not deleted.
Compliance History
Navigate to IZ Compliance → History.
A snapshot preserves a standard's percentage, every control's percentage, all rule mappings and every failing validation at that moment. Use snapshots as audit evidence and to track progress over time.
Standard Name
Click to open the snapshot
Compliance %
Percentage of the standard at the time of snapshot
Created
When the snapshot was taken
Initiate Compliance Snapshot(toolbar) snapshots all enabled standards.Initiate Snapshoton the Standards screen snapshots a single standard.Opening a snapshot shows the same Policy Controls tree, control details, mapped rules and violations as the live standard, read-only, labelled with the standard name and snapshot time.
When a snapshot is created, subscribers of
On Compliance Snapshotreceive a notification titled<Standard> | Compliance Report.Delete Compliance Historyremoves a snapshot.
Roles and Permissions
View Compliance Standard
Open all IZ Compliance screens
Create Compliance Standard
Create standards, policy controls, rule mappings and settings
Edit Compliance Standard
Edit standards, controls, mappings and settings; re-calculate; take snapshots
Delete Compliance Standard
Delete custom standards, controls, mappings, settings and snapshots
Multi-Tenancy Notes
Standards, controls, rule mappings and snapshots are private to each tenant.
When the platform administrator enables
Compliancefor a tenant, the tenant receives a copy of the built-in standards, controls, impact measures and default rule mappings. Changes the tenant makes afterwards are never overwritten by upgrades; upgrades only add new built-in items.Compliance Settings pick-lists are shared with the platform defaults; a tenant can add its own values.
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