Controls management

Controls management. With added confidence.

Your controls program might be in-depth, but that doesn't mean it can't all be managed in one place. Protecht's evolved controls management functionality makes it easier than ever to know whether your controls are in place and how they're mitigating risk. All while keeping your business compliant as well.

Turn controls complexity into controls confidence

Maximise efficiency with a unified, data-driven approach to controls and assurance

Improve data accuracy and consistency with a single source of truth for controls management, testing, and assurance
Have confidence in decisions with aggregated data powering analytics reporting on your control program activities
Streamline control testing activities using templates and auto scheduling of control tests
Link controls to risks, obligations, incidents, issues and other data for more informed assessments
Quickly identify red flags with efficient and effective controls assurance

Promote collaboration and accountability

Foster organisation-wide collaboration and accountability in controls management

Foster a shared understanding of controls across the whole organisation
Improve communication and collaboration around controls with clear ownership assignments and visibility
Enhance accountability for control execution with clear ownership and deadline tracking

Ensure compliance with regulations, standards and control frameworks

Simplify compliance with seamless integration of controls and regulatory frameworks

Easily link controls from your central library to industry standards and regulations
Prevent redundant and duplicate controls
Easily map between frameworks to streamline compliance with multiple standards
Capture relevant details of appropriate regulation, industry standards and authority documents
Ensure compliance with evolving regulatory requirements

Unlock clear visibility of all your controls

Build a tailored, expert-driven controls framework that aligns with your objectives

Mature your controls program with best-practice control assessment and testing forms
Tailor the framework building process to your specific needs and seamlessly integrate it to your risk assessment
Bring structure and visibility to your controls to align them with strategic and operational objectives
Connect controls with your broader risk and compliance initiatives to gain insights into your alignment with objectives

Controls management brochure.

With a single source of truth, gain confidence that your controls program is managing risk effectively.

Mastering controls for risk management eBook.

How to build a controls management framework that is effective, fit for purpose and integrated with your enterprise risk management system.

Cyber risk management eBook.

How boards, executives and managers can meet their responsibilities to address growing and changing cyber threats.

Buyer’s guide.

What an ERM solution is, why you need one, and how to make the right choice.

Streamline your controls program to manage risk more effectively.

Control central library

Control testing

Frameworks

Controls reporting

Control central library

Centralise control management for better visibility, consistency, and effectiveness.

Give your organisation a single source of truth for all controls
Design and implement more effective controls and improve reporting and analytics capability
Access best practice fields for controls management out of the box or configure it to your needs as required

Control testing

Streamline control testing to ensure efficiency, transparency, and real-time insights.

Access best practice control testing templates within the control library improving efficiency
Optimise the process of setting up and conducting control tests and streamline the testing process
Automate the scheduling and allocation of controls testing tasks to reduce the burden of your control testing program
Monitor the progress and results of control tests, ensuring any issues are identified and addressed promptly
Enable independence between controls owner, operators and testers to provide increased confidence

Frameworks

Simplify compliance by linking controls to regulatory frameworks and reducing duplication.

Store the industry standards and frameworks with which your organisation is looking to comply
Easily link controls from your central library to industry standards and regulations
Capture relevant details of appropriate regulations, industry standards and authority documents
Link overlapping requirements from different frameworks to avoid duplication of effort

Controls reporting

Enhance control communication and ownership through insightful real-time dashboards and reports.

See in a single screen if your controls are effective and where your risks persist
Quickly identify when something is wrong and when a control needs to be reviewed
Aggregate reporting and benchmarking for Controls effectiveness and testing across the organisation
Assure stakeholders such as the board and regulators that your controls framework is effective, strong and aligned with risk management strategy

Preconfigured content - for a turnkey launch

Optimise your risk management at the click of a button. Set up and maintain your ERM system with Marketplace: preconfigured registers, dashboards and reports.

Popular register packages for IT risk management

ISMS Control Library – ISO 27001

Provides a Control Library in line with the ISO/IEC 27001:2022 standard. These controls can be downloaded into the central library and tailored specifically to your organisation. The controls are also mapped to controls in SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria, NIST CSF and APRA CPS234, allowing customers to save time determining overlap in their implemented controls.

ISMS Control Library – NIST CSF v1.1

Provides a Control Library in line with the NIST CSF control framework. These controls can be downloaded into the central library and tailored specifically to your organisation. The controls are also mapped to controls in SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria and ISO 27001, allowing customers to save time determining overlap in their implemented controls.

ISMS Control Library – NIST CSF v2

This package provides a NIST CSF 2.0 Control Library in line with the NIST CSF v2 control framework released in Feb 2024. These controls can be downloaded into the central library and tailored specifically to your organisation. Protecht has also provided a mapping to other common ISMS industry standards/frameworks like SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria and ISO 27001.

ISMS Control Library – SOC2 POF & TSC

Provides a Control Library in line with the SOC 2 criteria. The SOC 2 POF (Point of Focus) control library has been designed by Protecht as suggested controls to comply with the SOC 2 TSC (Trust Services Criteria) requirements. These controls can be downloaded into the central library and tailored specifically to your organisation. The controls are also mapped to controls in NIST CSF and ISO 27001, allowing customers to save time determining overlap in their implemented controls.

ISMS Control Library – APRA 234

Provides a Control Library in line with the APRA CPS 234 prudential standard. These controls can be downloaded into the central library and tailored specifically to your organisation. The controls are also mapped to controls in ISO 27001, allowing customers to save time determining overlap in their implemented controls.

ISMS Registers and Dashboards

Streamlines data capture and reporting to help organisations manage:

Controls, statements of applicability and assurance activities
Conducting and overseeing IT risk assessments
Asset and application risks and health assessments
Cataloguing, reviewing and approving policies, policy exceptions and documents
Minimising disruption from incidents
Visibility of ISMS actions
Capturing of exceptions with the policy and documents register
Generating risk reports for risk events and ISMS risk entries of interest

ISMS - Security Calendar

Systematically capture and track important security events such as penetration test due dates, cryptographic key renewals, and audits. The ISMS Security Calendar register and dashboard allow you to:

Assign ownership and due dates to key events
Report on status of events and their completion
Provide a centralised repository of important security events

CISO Dashboard

Presents key information from the ISMS registers providing an overview of:

IT controls
IT risks and drilldown details
IT assets and their status
IT policies and policy exceptions
Helps the user to report on the IT risk posture of the organisation and inform decisions regarding cybersecurity and ISMS strategy.

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Meeting CPS 230 controls requirements with Protecht ERM

Strengthen your controls. Streamline your compliance.

As CPS 230 deadlines approach, Protecht ERM empowers regulated entities to embed controls across operations, align them with compliance obligations, and manage both third- and fourth-party risks. Our integrated solution ensures your controls framework supports prevention, monitoring, and resilience – positioning you for compliance and long-term operational success.

Find out more about controls management

Thought leadership and product demonstration webinars

Thought leadership webinar

From controls chaos to controls assurance.

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Product demonstration webinar

Build a robust controls program with Protecht ERM.

29 Oct | Register now

Thought leadership webinar

Cyber risk: Get on top of your controls and frameworks.

24 Oct | Register now

Product demonstration webinar

Streamline your IT controls: Simplify cyber compliance with Protecht ERM.

26 Nov | Register now

Thought leadership webinar

Control frameworks and compliance: Bridging the gap to risk management.

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Thought leadership webinar

AI risk controls: Is your AI under control or running wild?

21 Nov | Register now

Controls management. With added confidence.

Turn controls complexity into controls confidence

Promote collaboration and accountability

Ensure compliance with regulations, standards and control frameworks