About
The new experience has two main parts that stay on every page: a sidebar on the left and a top bar across the top. The sidebar takes you to your pages. The top bar holds search, notifications, help and your account menu. This article walks through both, and ends with a map of where familiar pages from earlier versions of ControlMap now live.
Use the sidebar
The sidebar is split into three parts, from top to bottom:
- Three top items: Dashboard, To do and Monitor.
- The framework section: a framework switcher, and the pages for the framework you choose.
- The Manage group: pages that cover your whole company.
The page you are on is highlighted in the sidebar. This includes pages you open from a list: if you open a vendor from the Vendors list, Vendors stays highlighted.
Switch between frameworks
The framework switcher sits below the top items. It shows the name of the framework you are working in. Select it to open the list, which contains:
- Add framework: the first row of the list.
- All Frameworks: shows data from every framework you have imported.
- Each framework you have imported.
Framework pages
Under the switcher, the sidebar lists the pages for the framework you chose. These pages show data for that framework only, or for every framework when All Frameworks is selected:
- Overview
- Scope: only on frameworks with an SPRS score, which are the CMMC and NIST 800-171 families.
- Responsibilities
- Documents
- Objectives: shows the SPRS score as a badge on frameworks that have one.
- System Security Plan: only on 12 frameworks.
- Plan of Action
- Evidence
- Audits
- Reports
Manage
The Manage group holds the pages that cover all of your frameworks: Risks, Controls, Assets, People, Vendors and Trust. Choosing a different framework in the switcher does not change them. Dashboard, To do and Monitor also stay the same whichever framework you pick.
Settings is not in the sidebar. You find it in the account menu (see "Use the account menu" below).
Move around with the sidebar
- Pick a framework in the switcher, or pick All Frameworks.
- Select a framework page, such as Objectives. The page shows data for that framework.
- Select a Manage page, such as Vendors. The page shows data for your whole company.
Collapse the sidebar
You can shrink the sidebar to icons to give the page more room.
- Select the Collapse icon at the bottom left of the sidebar. Its label is "Collapse navigation".
- To bring the full sidebar back, select the same icon. Its label is now "Expand navigation".
While the sidebar is collapsed, the framework switcher becomes a small button. ControlMap remembers your choice in your browser, so it can differ from one browser to another.
Use the top bar
The top bar is on every page. From left to right, it contains:
- The account menu: the ControlMap logo and your company name, with an arrow. On the Free and Essentials plans, a "Free" or "Essentials" badge sits beside it.
- LaunchPad: the search box in the middle of the bar. Select it, or press ⌘K on a Mac or Ctrl K on Windows. Use it to search for controls, evidence, risks, action items, policies and procedures, or to create a risk, action item, evidence item, asset or vendor. Press Esc to close it.
- The light and dark mode button (Use dark mode or Use light mode). ControlMap saves your choice to your account.
- Notifications: the bell icon, which opens a "Notifications" panel.
- Open help: the question mark icon, which opens a panel with a search box ("Search help articles"), "Key Resources" (Help Center and Contact ControlMap Support) and "About" (the ControlMap version).
- Open Copilot Beta: the sparkle button. It appears only when AI is turned on for you.
Use the account menu
Select the ControlMap logo and company name at the top left to open the account menu. Which sections you see depends on your role:
- Tenant: a list of your clients. Pick one to reload ControlMap for that client. Only partner users who are Super Admins or Compliance Managers see this section.
- Account: contains Account Settings. Partner users who are Super Admins or Compliance Managers see it, and so does any Super Admin.
- Product: contains ControlMap. Its submenu, "Your Products", lists ControlMap and "ScalePad Community", which opens in a new tab.
- User: your name, then My Profile, Appearance and Sign Out. Partner users also see My Compliance and Connect to JIRA.
To change how ControlMap looks, select Appearance and choose "System default", "Light" or "Dark". A tick shows the current choice.
Where things moved
If you used the legacy experience, these tables show where each page, tab and button went in the new experience.
Left menu
| In the legacy experience | In the new experience |
|---|---|
| Home (opens to Summary, with tabs Summary, To-do and Comparison) | Dashboard (tabs Summary and Comparison) and To do |
| Assessment, or Assessments › Common | Framework section › Objectives › By Questions |
| Frameworks (the list of frameworks) | The framework switcher and its Add framework row, and Overview in the framework section |
| Controls | Manage › Controls |
| Risks › Risk Register | Manage › Risks (tabs Dashboard, List and Snapshot) |
| Risks › Assets | Manage › Assets |
| Risks › Vendors | Manage › Vendors |
| Documents › Policies, Procedures, Governance | Framework section › Documents (tabs Policies, Procedures, Governance and Organizational Parameters) |
| Monitoring › Evidence | Framework section › Evidence |
| Monitoring › Systems | Monitor (tabs Dashboard, Compliance Checks, Assets, Vulnerabilities, User Accounts and Integrations) |
| Monitoring › People | Manage › People (tabs People, Groups and Onboarding & Offboarding) |
| Integrations | Monitor › Integrations tab |
| Audits | Framework section › Audits |
| Trust | Manage › Trust |
| Reports | Framework section › Reports |
| Settings | Account menu › Account Settings |
Inside a framework
In the legacy experience, a framework's pages were grouped into tabs named Overview, Assess, Plan, Implement, Monitor and Audit. The new experience puts them in the sidebar instead:
| In the legacy experience | In the new experience |
|---|---|
| Overview | Overview |
| Reports | Reports |
| SSP (12 frameworks) | System Security Plan |
| Assess › Assessment | Objectives › By Questions |
| Assess › Risks | Manage › Risks |
| Plan › Action Items | Plan of Action |
| Implement › Objectives | Objectives › By Objectives |
| Implement › Documents | Documents |
| Implement › Evidence | Evidence |
| Implement › Responsibility | Responsibilities |
| Monitor › Systems | Monitor (outside the framework section) |
| Monitor › Controls | Manage › Controls |
Two pages are new and have no match in the legacy experience: To do, and Scope on frameworks with an SPRS score.
Top bar and account menu
| In the legacy experience | In the new experience |
|---|---|
| Search box "Search for controls, policies etc" | LaunchPad (⌘K on a Mac, Ctrl K on Windows), which also lets you create records |
| Try New Experience button | Back to ControlMap Legacy button (it switches in the other direction) |
| Copilot (Beta) button | Open Copilot Beta, the sparkle button |
| Message center (bell) | Notifications (bell) |
| No help button in the top bar | Open help (question mark) |
| Avatar menu: My Profile, My Compliance, Connect to JIRA, Appearance, Switch Tenant, Logout | Account menu, under your company name: Tenant switcher, Account Settings, My Profile, My Compliance, Connect to JIRA, Appearance and Sign Out. My Compliance and Connect to JIRA now show to partner users only. |
| Collapse Menu button at the bottom of the sidebar | Collapse icon (label "Collapse navigation") at the bottom left |
| Light and dark mode set only in Appearance | Appearance, plus the one-click light and dark mode button in the top bar |
