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Global Search

Written by Brady Price

What is Global Search?

Secureframe's Global Search helps you find people, devices, policies, controls, tests, pages, and Help Center articles without digging through menus. You can stay on your current page and jump straight to what you need.

Open it from the Find Anything bar in the top navigation, or press Ctrl + K (Windows/Linux) or Cmd + K (Mac) from anywhere in Secureframe.

  • 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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