Case study 06 · Sourced job aid for GRC professionals
GRC Knowledge Bank
The answer, with its source.
70 entries · five categories
- NIST SP 800-37
- NIST SP 800-53
- NIST SP 800-30
- FedRAMP
- ISO 27001
- SOC 2
- CMMC
Film shows the knowledge bank’s real entries. No sample data was needed.
01Program challenge
GRC professionals are expected to recall definitions, requirements and crosswalks across a dozen frameworks. The answers live in long publications, and quick references rarely say where an answer came from.
In an assessment or a leadership brief, an unsourced answer is an opinion. A sourced answer is defensible.
02Leadership decision
- Requirements
- Seeded the scope from real position descriptions and from the framework outlines themselves, so it covers what employers expect.
- Stakeholders
- Analysts, assessors, ISSOs and program managers across the GRC field.
- Trade-off
- Started with three top-level categories and mixed depth rather than an exhaustive encyclopedia, so it is useful now and grows over time.
Key decisions
Separate requirement from practice
Each citation is typed as an authoritative requirement or common industry practice, so readers know how much weight it carries.
Built for the industry, not one team
The scope was widened from a team aid to a reference anyone in GRC can use.
Depth by topic
Short terms, fuller concepts and step-by-step playbooks live side by side, matched to what each topic needs.
03Engineering solution
- 70 entries across Governance, Risk, Compliance, Crosswalk and Playbook categories, at term, concept and playbook depth.
- Every entry carries its authority, section, as-of date and type.
- Framework crosswalks that map one control area across FedRAMP, NIST RMF, ISO 27001, SOC 2 and CMMC.
- Search that filters as you type.
- Step 1
Search or filter by category
- Step 2
Open an entry
- Step 3
Read the source citation
- Step 4
Follow the crosswalk to other frameworks
04Operational impact
A cited answer in seconds, with the publication and section to quote in a brief or an assessment.
Search-first design so the tool fits into the middle of a working conversation.