The Unified Compliance Framework (UCF) is the first and largest independent initiative to map IT controls across international regulations, standards, and best practices. The UCF accomplishes its goal by harmonizing terms and controls against the backdrop of a master hierarchical list. In simple terms this means that we can present the complex rules, standards, and policies you must follow in a simple spreadsheet format with in-depth links for you to drill down for as much information as you need.
We've been able to make this whole complex compliance process much easier because we've found a unique way to focus on the commonalities that we've found running through each of the regulations, standards, and guidelines we've examined.
This allows your organization to focus on a strategic plan (which resources should be applied when and where) to comply with multiple regulatory bodies using the same team, tools, and funding. To this end, we help you do three things: map the overlap between multiple authority documents, create your control list for each impact zone, and clarify any conflicts created by overlapping authority documents.
You can map the overlap by selecting a primary authority document, filtering for its controls, and then cross reference those controls to all of the other authority documents we track.
You can create your control list by defining a simple "acceptance list" of all controls you've filtered for. When you accept controls from authority document A, B, and C, our tables will create a combined control list for you - automatically combining all overlapping controls!
Using the in-depth control assessment documents linked to each row of the impact matrix tables, you can clarify any conflicts between the overlapping authority documents by reading what each of them had to say and gaining insight from ours and other reader's commentary!