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SCF crosswalk
A common-control spine that maps many framework requirements to shared controls so one answer or evidence item can support overlapping obligations where mappings apply.
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Plain-English terms for executive assurance.
A shared vocabulary for MSPs, vCIOs, vCISOs, GRC teams, auditors, and stakeholders talking about controls, evidence, risk, and readiness.
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Control
A safeguard, process, configuration, policy, or activity that reduces risk or helps satisfy a framework requirement.
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Evidence
Proof that a control is designed, operating, or reviewed. Evidence can come from live connectors, documents, attestations, policies, reports, or operator review.
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POA&M
Plan of Action and Milestones: the tracked remediation plan for a gap, including owner, due date, status, and the work needed to reach the target state.
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Readiness
The practical state of being prepared for an audit, customer review, insurance request, or executive assurance discussion. Blaise prepares and evidences readiness; it does not certify.
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vCISO
A virtual or fractional CISO function that provides security leadership, risk governance, control oversight, incident readiness, and board-level security reporting.
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vCIO
A virtual or fractional CIO function that leads technology strategy, roadmap, budget, lifecycle, vendor, and stakeholder engagement work.
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TPRM
Third-party risk management: the process of assessing, governing, and monitoring vendor and supplier risk, including questionnaires, evidence, renewals, exceptions, and executive reporting.
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Attestation
A statement by an owner, vendor, or stakeholder that a condition is true or a control activity occurred. Attestations are useful, but stronger when linked to evidence.
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Continuous compliance
A compliance operating model where control status and evidence freshness update between audits from live signals, documents, owners, and remediation work.
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Evidence freshness
How current evidence is for the control it supports. Stale evidence can reduce confidence even if the control was previously marked ready.
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Governed remediation
Remediation run under guardrails such as off, approval-first, dry-run, auto for low-risk actions, risk ceilings, and an execution ledger.
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