Software Features

PolicyDOC is a feature rich system but care has been taken to include only those features that are necessary. This is to avoid making the system too complex to understand and use. New features are added on regular basis but with careful evaluation to make sure the system remains simple to use and manage. Some of the important features of PolicyDOC are listed below.

Feature Highlights:

1. Drag and drop functionality to re-arrange policy sections automatically! Create new policies from existing standards with ease!
2. Policy exception management and PDF exception file generation.
3. Keep track of and report on current, expired, and soon-to-expire exceptions.
4. Track all your policy exceptions in one place and be automatically notified if a policy has changed.
5. Role-based access available for policy creation, approval and policy changes.
6. Drill down feature to focus on a particular policy section while editing.
7. Find relevant sections faster with search! View policy sections related to a particular scenario or topic.
8. Logging for tracking policy
9. Anonymous submission of policy violation reports.

Main benefits of this software are:

1. All policies are up-to-date all the time and accessible for users
2. Exceptions to policies can be requested online
3. Get notification for expired exceptions
4. Provides web-based interface
5. You can tweak policy in case number of exceptions on a particular policy section exceeds a certain limit.
6. No need for distribution of updated policies to all audience thus avoiding out-of-sync problem related to policies.
7. The audience has access to the most current policy all the time.
8. People can report policy violations anonymously.

Upcoming Features

1. Tracking all risk items and link risk items to projects and hosts
2. Reporting on who has read policy and who has not (for compliance reasons)
3. Subscribing to policy changes. Subscribers will get an email whenever a policy changes.