Unified Compliance Framework (UCF)
The Unified Compliance Framework is a compliance database which reduces the cost and effort of compliance by identifying the smallest set of common controls necessary to meet your compliance requirements.
Simplify and centralize your compliance efforts by using the UCF to:
- Create a single point of control over hundreds of complex regulations, requirements, and guidelines
- Assert compliance across multiple authority documents simultaneously
- Clarify conflicts created by multiple overlapping documents
- Drill down for explanations and sources for each common control
The UCF database can be presented from several different perspectives, each maintaining the quality and focus of harmonizing the common controls contained within the source Authority Documents.
The entire database is available to customers and partners to incorporate into their own compliance programs. In addition, organizations may purchase UCF Spreadsheets and UCF Toolkits.
Unified Compliance Framework Spreadsheets
Organizations which strive to reduce the cost and complexity of their compliance or audit programs and processes often start with the UCF spreadsheets, available as a set of 15 spreadsheets, including a list of all the Authority Documents covered by the UCF, 13 individual spreadsheets which cover specific areas of IT, and a single spreadsheet with all the UCF controls.
Hundreds of organizations, small and large, have used the spreadsheets to evaluate their existing programs or as a basis to begin a harmonized approach to compliance and audits.
Each impact zone deals with one area of policies, standards, and procedures. Each IT Impact Zone can be viewed online in HTML format. Or, purchase the UCF spreadsheets to quickly and easily determine the minimum set of controls you need to examine to meet your compliance requirements.
Learn more about the UCF Spreadsheets.
UCF Toolkits
UCF Toolkits provide solutions to specific compliance requirements. The Toolkits include many of the following components:
- A Guide which describes the specific area of interest and includes specific instructions required to complete the defined task
- A UCF spreadsheet which includes the subset of the UCF database applicable to the specific area of interest
- A project work breakdown structure (WBS), a detailed list of tasks required to complete the compliance requirement
- Standard, policy, and/or procedure templates required to complete the compliance requirement
Learn more about the UCF Toolkits.