Policy management software your auditor can follow.
Write a policy, route it for approval, publish it, and prove every employee acknowledged it. Sable keeps each policy mapped to the controls and frameworks it satisfies, so the evidence an auditor asks for is already attached.
Policy library · Approval workflow · Acknowledgment tracking · Framework mapping
What is policy management software?
Policy management software is the system of record for the written rules your organisation runs on: it holds each policy, moves it through drafting and approval, publishes the approved version to the people it governs, records who acknowledged it, and keeps the version history that proves all of it happened. The alternative most teams live with is a folder of documents, a signature chased over email, and no reliable answer to who has read the current version. Sable does the whole cycle in one workspace and links each policy to the controls and frameworks it satisfies, so policy work and compliance work stop being two separate jobs.
The whole policy lifecycle, in one workspace.
From the first draft to the acknowledgment record an auditor asks for two years later.
Policy library to start from
Start from a library of security policies written for the frameworks you are working toward, then edit to fit how your organisation actually operates.
Authoring and review
Draft in the platform with the reviewers who need to weigh in, so feedback lives with the policy instead of scattering across email threads.
Approval workflow
Route each policy to the people who have to sign off, with the approval recorded against the version they actually approved.
Publish and acknowledge
Publish the approved version to the staff it governs and track acknowledgment, so 'everyone has read it' is a number rather than an assumption.
Mapped to controls and frameworks
Each policy links to the controls it satisfies and the frameworks those controls belong to, so an evidence request resolves in a click.
Version history and export
Every change is kept in a tamper-evident history you can export, which is what turns a policy set into audit evidence.
A policy set that proves itself.
Sable holds each policy alongside its approval record, its acknowledgment rate, and the controls it satisfies. When an auditor asks which version was in force last March and who had accepted it, the answer is on the screen rather than in someone's inbox.
- Information Security PolicySOC 2 · ISO 27001Published98% ack
- Access Control PolicySOC 2 · CMMCPublished94% ack
- Incident Response PlanSOC 2 · HIPAAIn approval—
- Acceptable Use PolicyISO 27001Draft—
Policies that connect to the rest of the program.
Policy and compliance in one place
A standalone policy tool leaves you re-mapping documents to controls at audit time. In Sable a policy is already attached to the controls and frameworks it satisfies, and to the evidence behind them.
Written by people who test them
SubRosa is an offensive security firm. The policy library reflects what we find when we test organisations, not a generic template pack, so the controls a policy asserts are ones worth asserting.
Live in the trial, not after a rollout
Policy management is included from the Starter plan and available in the free trial. Import your existing policies and publish the first one the same day.
Stop chasing signatures over email.
Start a free trial of Sable and turn your policy set into something you can publish, track, and prove.
Common questions
- What is policy management software?
- Policy management software is the system of record for an organisation's written policies. It holds each policy, moves it through drafting and review, routes it for approval, publishes the approved version to the people it governs, records who acknowledged it, and keeps the version history that proves the whole cycle happened. It replaces the usual arrangement of a shared folder, a signature chased over email, and no reliable answer to who has read the current version.
- What features should policy management software have?
- At minimum: a starting library so you are not writing from a blank page, authoring and review in one place, an approval workflow that records who approved which version, publishing with acknowledgment tracking, and a tamper-evident version history you can export as evidence. For a security or compliance programme, add mapping from each policy to the controls and frameworks it satisfies, which is what makes the policy set usable at audit time rather than just organised.
- How is policy management software better than storing policies in a shared drive?
- A shared drive stores documents but proves nothing. It cannot tell you which version was in force on a given date, who approved it, or which employees have read it, and every one of those is a question an auditor asks. Policy management software records the approval against the specific version approved, tracks acknowledgment as a live number, and keeps a history you can export, so the policy set becomes evidence rather than a filing system.
- Does policy management need to connect to compliance frameworks?
- It does if you are pursuing a framework. A standalone policy tool leaves you re-mapping documents to controls every audit cycle, by hand. When each policy is linked to the controls it satisfies and those controls belong to a framework, an evidence request resolves in a click and the mapping stays current as policies change. In Sable, policies, controls, evidence, and frameworks are one connected graph rather than four systems.
- Is policy management included in the Sable free trial?
- Yes. Policy management is included from the Starter plan and is available in the 14-day free trial with no credit card. You can import your existing policies, start from the built-in library, and publish your first policy the same day.