Within the Platform there is a Platform Menu - top navigation, a System Menu - on the left after you've selected a System in the Compliance module, and a Control Panel - within Compliance | Requirements once you've selected a control.
Login URL:
Every client has a unique login to access its instance of the Platform. By default, Form Authentication using a unique Username and Password validates access permissions. https://[clientname].ignyte.cloud/
Optional Authentication:
SSO is available and can be requested via support: support@ignyteplatform.com. See SSO - First Login Attempt Process for an overview of what happens the first time you log into the Platform using SSO.
Navigation:
Platform Menu (Top menu) - the top menu order and names are customizable so the Menu Names listed below may be in a different from your individual instance of the Platform:
Menu Name | Icon | High-Level Description |
DASHBOARD | Landing page for the Platform which includes stats and visuals that provide an overall picture of the health of your program. | |
COMPLIANCE | The area where framework controls are edited, updated, assets and support documentation linked, deficiencies added, and other activities to measure your compliance maturity and assessment readiness. | |
ASSETS | Contains a list of assets for your organization that will be used and mapped to systems, controls, and potentially each other. | |
DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT | This is your document repository. Documents can be global across systems (if you have more than one) or specific to a system, and can be linked to controls and assets as artifacts or support documents. | |
VULNERABILITIES | Coming soon! | |
ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS or SOR | Custom Systems of Record (SoR) will display under this menu. Custom SoRs is a lightweight GRC application builder that provides an area to customize specialized related records with workflow, notification, table design, tasks, permissions, etc. (Example Apps that can be designed are: Training Records Management, Acknowledgement Management, etc.). Any Ad-hoc non-standard security-related automation can be leveraged by creating a Custom System of Record. | |
SCAP | An acronym for Security Content Automation Protocol and where you will find results of SCAP scans. | |
Vendor (Supplier) Management | This module is for managing Vendor/Supplier risk. Vendor/Suppliers can be import or manually entered, evaluated to generate a risk score, and assessed through standard or customized questionnaires. | |
Policy Management | This module provides a workflow for approving documents, such as Policies, starting with creating a Draft, moving to Review, and ending with an Approval. Document are assigned to an approver and uses notifications to alert the approver of a task. | |
Reports | System Compliance report to generate an SSP or other custom reports that are available in your instance. | |
USER NAME | Clicking on your User Name allows you to navigate to the Settings area or to Log Out. The Settings area is used to do the majority of your instances configuration. | |
Notifications | System notification can be viewed by clicking on the icon. A count of the number of notices will display in the red circle that is on top of the icon. | |
Help Desk | Clicking on the Question Mark icon will open a new window and navigate to the Ignyte Support Desk to submit a ticket or search the Knowledge Base for more information |
System Menu under Compliance after selecting a System (Left menu) - left menu items may vary depending on your instance's configuration:
Icon | Menu Text |
Expand or Collapse the System Menu | |
Overview | |
Requirements | |
Artifacts | |
or | POA&MS or Deficiency Register |
Asset | |
Sub Frameworks | |
Mappings | |
Options |