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Global Search

Secureframe's Global Search is a powerful new tool designed to help you instantly find what you need—no clicking around, no wasted time. W...

Written by Brady Price

🚀 What is Global Search?

Secureframe's Global Search is a powerful new tool designed to help you instantly find what you need—no clicking around, no wasted time. With just a few keystrokes, you can locate almost any asset, page, or setting within your environment.

Global Search allows you to quickly and effortlessly locate specific items across the Secureframe platform. Whether you're searching for a device, policy, control, or even a help article, Global Search gets you there fast.

And the best part? You never have to take your hands off the keyboard.

  • Access via the top navigation when in Secureframe by typing in the "Find Anything" search bar

  • Access Global Search from anywhere using Ctrl + K (Windows/Linux) or Cmd + K (Mac).

  • The search bar will appear, letting you start typing immediately—no need to navigate away from your current page.


🔎 What Can You Search For?

Global Search supports a wide range of queries, including:

  • Objects and related items – such as people, devices, assets, or vendors

  • Pages – jump to settings, frameworks, tests, and more

  • Owners – quickly find who’s responsible for what

  • Controls & Tests – locate specific compliance items and view their status

    • Ex, Requirement IDs, 8.2, 8.2.2, 8.3, etc...

  • Support documentation – access Secureframe Help Center articles right within the platform

  • Quick actions – take action directly from your search results, like creating a new control, adding a vendor, or launching a test


🎯 Why Use Global Search?

  • Faster navigation – No more digging through menus

  • Improved visibility – Find anything in your compliance program with ease

  • Keyboard-friendly – Power users can fly through the platform without touching a mouse

  • Built-in shortcuts – Get things done faster with contextual quick actions


Pro Tip

If you’re ever stuck or can’t find something, try hitting Ctrl/Cmd + K and typing a keyword. It’s the fastest way to get exactly where you need to go.

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