Reconstruct compliance state on any past date
- Legacy GRC suite
- Manual archaeology
- Modern GRC platform
- Best-effort snapshot
- Atlas IRM
- Native — event-sourced
Why Atlas
Built around one idea.
Every risk, control, obligation and piece of evidence belongs in one live model — connected, both ways, to the systems your business already runs. Everything else follows from that.
01 · The pillars
One idea, expressed seven ways.
Read in order or skip to what interests you. Each pillar is one consequence of the same architectural choice — building Atlas around a single event-sourced model of risk.
- 01
One live model, every risk domain
Risks, controls, obligations and evidence on the same backbone. Not modules bolted together.
- 02
Live Audit — compliance in time
Reconstruct the exact compliance state on any past date — from the events themselves. Immutable, sequenced, replayable.
- 03
Relationship-centric
An entity is a context, not a row. Many relationships, each independently governed.
- 04
Marketplace — your platform compounds
Drop in frameworks, control libraries, pre-built flows and accelerators. Atlas operationalises them on contact.
- 05
Two-way Integration
Every workflow is an API. Every API is a workflow. Inbound and outbound, typed and eventful.
- 06
Responsible AI
Bounded, reviewable, attributable, replayable from the ledger. Never a black box for a regulator.
- 07
Built to be trusted
Event-sourced ledger as the authoritative boundary. Encrypted by design. Least-privilege external access.
02 · Comparison
Outcomes, not features.
What changes when you replace fragmented tooling with one live model.
Generalised comparison across categories — not a comment on any specific product.
Add a new regulatory framework
- Legacy GRC suite
- Professional services engagement
- Modern GRC platform
- Module purchase
- Atlas IRM
- Marketplace drop-in
An entity with multiple distinct engagements
- Legacy GRC suite
- One record, blended risk
- Modern GRC platform
- One record, custom fields
- Atlas IRM
- Many relationships, independently governed
Onboard a new risk domain
- Legacy GRC suite
- Rebuild
- Modern GRC platform
- Wait for vendor module
- Atlas IRM
- Same model, new content
Evidence from an external party without granting an account
- Legacy GRC suite
- Email PDF, file in folder
- Modern GRC platform
- Vendor portal subscription
- Atlas IRM
- Time-bound external contributor link
Audit trail integrity
- Legacy GRC suite
- Database row + change log
- Modern GRC platform
- Append-only log on top of mutable store
- Atlas IRM
- Event log is the database
Two-way integration with your existing systems
- Legacy GRC suite
- One-off connectors, often read-only
- Modern GRC platform
- A growing connector catalogue
- Atlas IRM
- Every workflow is an API; every API is a workflow
Turn a 200-page regulation into operational controls
- Legacy GRC suite
- Months of consulting
- Modern GRC platform
- Manual mapping templates
- Atlas IRM
- AI-assisted in hours, reviewable, attributable
| Outcome | Legacy GRC suite | Modern GRC platform | Atlas IRM — one live model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reconstruct compliance state on any past date | Manual archaeology | Best-effort snapshot | Native — event-sourced |
| Add a new regulatory framework | Professional services engagement | Module purchase | Marketplace drop-in |
| An entity with multiple distinct engagements | One record, blended risk | One record, custom fields | Many relationships, independently governed |
| Onboard a new risk domain | Rebuild | Wait for vendor module | Same model, new content |
| Evidence from an external party without granting an account | Email PDF, file in folder | Vendor portal subscription | Time-bound external contributor link |
| Audit trail integrity | Database row + change log | Append-only log on top of mutable store | Event log is the database |
| Two-way integration with your existing systems | One-off connectors, often read-only | A growing connector catalogue | Every workflow is an API; every API is a workflow |
| Turn a 200-page regulation into operational controls | Months of consulting | Manual mapping templates | AI-assisted in hours, reviewable, attributable |
03 · Direction
Where Atlas is going. Themes, not dates.
The current direction of travel — without committing to a schedule we’d be held to.
- 01
Deeper Marketplace catalogue
More curated frameworks, libraries and partner accelerators.
- 02
Richer assistive AI
Tighter document-to-control flows; expanded review affordances.
- 03
Broader regulatory coverage
More frameworks, more jurisdictions, more sector specifics.
- 04
Expanding integration surface
More native targets; more inbound and outbound primitives.
- 05
Partner ecosystem
Methodology, content and implementation partners on the Marketplace.
- 06
Continuous controls
Deeper signal-driven control execution from inbound telemetry.
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