Effective collaboration and customized strategies are essential components of security compliance and TrustOps success. That’s why we’ve added a simple, but powerful, tool to ensure Strike Graph users can streamline their security and TrustOps programs — control notes and comments.

The power of control comments and notes lies in their ability to support your broader TrustOps or security process from design to operation to measurement and certification. 

Streamline security design — Strike Graph's notes and comments feature empowers teams to proactively design their security programs by enabling real-time collaboration and customized documentation. Tailor controls and security measures to your organization's unique needs, ensuring relevance and effectiveness.

Boost operational efficiency — Control notes and comments serve as a central hub for operational notes and customizations, ensuring robust implementation of your security strategy. Track incremental progress and maintain a real-time record of decisions, strategies, and progress, enhancing transparency and accountability within the team. 

Ensure certification success — Good customization, communication, and tracking throughout the design and operate phases of your security program means you can be confident you’ll pass your audit and reach certification quickly. 

Comments and notes in action

Let’s look at how control comments and notes can make a difference in a real-world scenario. 

Meet Alex, a compliance operator at CloudTech, an hypothetical mid-sized SaaS company specializing in cloud storage solutions. CloudTech, growing rapidly, faces the challenge of maintaining robust security compliance amidst evolving regulations and client demands.

Alex struggled with coordinating across different departments to design a compliance program that aligns with CloudTech's specific needs. He faced additional challenges tracking progress, assigning tasks, and ensuring team-wide collaboration once he began to implement his security plan. Alex turned to Strike Graph’s notes and comments feature to address these challenges. 

While designing the CloudTech’s security program, he used the notes feature to document key compliance objectives specific to CloudTech’s cloud storage services, then added comments on controls to discuss potential risks and necessary customizations with his team. The ability to tag team members in notes facilitated quick feedback and consensus on the compliance strategy.

As he and his team implemented their security plan, Alex used the comments section to track the implementation of controls. The feature allowed real-time updates on progress, ensuring everyone was on the same page. 

More than just a convenience

The notes and comments feature on Strike Graph is more than just a convenience — it’s a critical tool in the journey towards compliance and security excellence. By facilitating efficient collaboration, enabling customization, and providing a holistic view of the security compliance journey, it plays a crucial role in every phase — from design to certification.