Gap Assessment Tool
The Gap Assessment Tool in Secureframe helps you evaluate your organization’s current readiness against industry frameworks and standards, identify security and compliance gaps, and create a clear action plan.
Whether you’re a partner or an internal user, the Gap Assessment allows you to:
- View compliance maturity to understand where your controls or processes are strong and where they may need improvement.
- Compare against frameworks such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI, and others.
- Generate reports and insights to share with clients or stakeholders.
- Plan remediation efforts and focus on the most important next steps.
In the following sections, you’ll learn how to start a Gap Assessment, review your results, and use those results to guide your compliance and security improvements.
Using the Gap Assessment as a Sales & Enablement Tool
The Gap Assessment is not just a technical feature—it’s also a powerful enablement resource that helps highlight your organization’s strengths and areas for improvement, and demonstrate Secureframe’s value.
Tips for using the tool effectively
- Position it as a value add: Use the Gap Assessment to help your team or clients understand their current compliance posture and the benefits of using Secureframe to close any gaps.
- Tell a story: Walk through the results visually to show where your organization stands today and where Secureframe can help improve readiness.
- Use it in presentations: The generated PDF report provides a clean, shareable summary you can include in demos, reviews, or onboarding sessions.
- Highlight automation: When reviewing uncovered gaps, emphasize where Secureframe automates evidence collection, testing, or policy mapping to accelerate compliance readiness.
- Create next-step momentum: End each review with an action plan or next steps to continue progressing toward compliance.
Getting Started with the Gap Assessment Tool
To begin, enter your company’s information in the Gap Assessment Tool.
Enter the following details:
- Company Name
- Domain
- Country
- Address
- City, State, and Zip Code
Connect Integrations
Next, connect key integrations such as your cloud service provider, business suite, mobile device management (MDM), or remote monitoring and management (RMM) tool.
Starting the Gap Assessment
The Gap Assessment begins with the requirements for your selected framework. Review each requirement and complete the following fields:
- Responses
- Policy defined
- Comments
Response Column
Select one of the following options:
- Implemented
- Not implemented
- Partially implemented
- Not applicable
Policy Defined Column
Choose one of the following to describe your policy status:
- Written policy
- Unwritten policy
- No policy
Related Tests for Requirements
Click into any requirement to view a modal showing related tests associated with that control. The modal includes:
- Vendor: The linked vendor or integration.
- Integration data: Resources or evidence pulled from the connected vendor.
- Response: The current implementation status (Implemented, Not Implemented, Partially Implemented, or Not Applicable).
Notes
Within the Policies tab of the modal, you can add any additional notes related to the requirement or policy.
Additional Comments
Use the Comments tab to add context, explanations, or observations related to the specific requirement.
Generating the Gap Assessment Report
After completing all relevant fields, click Generate Report in the top-right corner. The report will open in a new tab with the option to view or download it as a PDF.
Example Gap Assessment Report
Below is an example of a Gap Assessment Report. If you’d like guidance on how to best interpret or use this report, please reach out to our Partner team for additional insight.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Who can access the Gap Assessment Tool?
- The Gap Assessment Tool is currently available to Secureframe Partners only. It is not available for direct customers at this time.
Is there a cost for Partners to use this tool?
- No, the Gap Assessment Tool is free for Partners.
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