Most GRC platforms cost six figures a year and take months to deploy. CISO Assistant doesn’t.

What is CISO Assistant?

CISO Assistant is an open-source GRC platform for managing compliance frameworks, risk assessments, and security policies in one interface. It ships with ISO 27001, SOC 2, NIST CSF, GDPR, and over 80 other standards out of the box. I’ve deployed it for a 10-person startup and for a 200-person company - the same platform handles both.

Why open source matters

Vendor lock-in is a real problem in GRC. I’ve seen organizations trapped by platforms that hold their compliance data hostage during contract renewals. With CISO Assistant, you own your data and control your infrastructure. There are no per-seat licensing fees. If you need to extend the platform, the code is yours to modify.

What it does

CISO Assistant maps controls across multiple standards at once, so you stop duplicating work when ISO 27001 and SOC 2 overlap on the same control. The risk register lets you track and quantify risks with configurable matrices - we cover this in depth in our risk assessment guide. Assessment workflows handle audit evidence collection inside the platform. Role-based access gives you granular permissions for team members and external auditors. And the REST API means you can wire it into whatever toolchain you already run.

Production-ready deployment

Running CISO Assistant locally takes about five minutes. Running it in production is a different story - you need proper database configuration, TLS, backups, and monitoring. That’s what our deployment services cover. We handle the infrastructure so your team stays focused on actual governance work.

Getting started

If you want to see how CISO Assistant stacks up against other tools, read our open-source GRC comparison or our evaluation against real GRC criteria. For implementation, start with ISO 27001 compliance with CISO Assistant, then look at our guides on asset management, vendor security, and compliance mapping. Or just reach out - we’ll walk you through what a deployment looks like for your organization.