A cyber GRC assessment is only defensible when its conclusion can be traced to the system context, control test, evidence and reviewer. GRiCk keeps that chain together throughout the assessment and authorisation lifecycle.
A cyber security assessment workflow with provenance
Assessment work starts with scope: the system, its owners, security category, operating environment and applicable controls. Evidence requests then stay linked to that scope instead of becoming a parallel spreadsheet and email trail.
Assessors can record notes, findings and follow-up work against the relevant evidence and control. The resulting package preserves who supplied the material, who reviewed it and what decision was made.
Support the authority to operate lifecycle
GRiCk supports the operating record around an authority to operate: intake, control scope, evidence, assessment activity, residual risk, approval conditions and reassessment timing. It does not replace the authorising officer or independently grant accreditation.
Readiness can be reviewed before approval, while named approvers, typed signatures, timestamps and conditions remain with the authorisation record.
- System scope and security context
- Assessment package readiness
- Residual risk and unresolved findings
- Approval conditions and reassessment dates
Reduce assessment delay at the evidence boundary
Many controls are operating before their evidence reaches the assessor. Developers, scanners, CI/CD jobs and security platforms can submit evidence metadata through scoped APIs while agents use MCP to work with the correct tenant, system and ATO context.
Freshness and verification state help the team distinguish current evidence from material that is expiring, expired, invalid or awaiting review.
Keep findings and decisions usable after the assessment
Assessment output should remain operational. Linked risks, actions, exceptions and control health make the completed assessment useful for remediation and continuous monitoring, rather than freezing it as a point-in-time document.