We’re excited to announce two major enhancements to Hailey AI, designed to further improve risk identification and compliance mapping efficiency.
Risk and issue generation from assessment responses: Hailey AI can now help you identify, draft, and categorize risks and issues from both questionnaire-based and requirement-based assessment responses. This feature links risks, issues and third-parties to assessment responses, offering automatic suggestions and improving efficiency.
Enhanced compliance mapping: The compliance mapping feature has been overhauled for faster and more precise authority-to-control and authority-to-authority mappings. The update also includes an improved user experience with better feedback and visibility during the mapping process.
Plus, automatic deactivation of aged accounts: The Max days of user inactivity before deactivating setting is now available for administrators to automatically deactivate a user who has not logged in for a specified period of time. For full setup information, refer to the Security administration knowledge article.
We are excited to announce the inclusion of Microsoft Defender for Cloud in 6clicks' suite of Continuous Control Monitoring (CCM) integrations. With this powerful addition, users can enhance their cloud security posture by leveraging automated control tests and real-time monitoring.
Key updates include:
Integration with Microsoft Defender for Cloud: Users can now automate control tests with Microsoft Defender for Cloud to continuously monitor cloud-native applications and identify potential security issues.
Automated recommendations: Gain instant, actionable recommendations from Microsoft Defender for Cloud to remediate control test failures and strengthen security compliance.
Streamlined evidence collection: Automatically log test results and remedial actions, simplifying compliance documentation and issue tracking.
Enhanced visibility: Access comprehensive insights into your security posture with 6clicks’ reporting, including detailed test results and Microsoft Defender for Cloud’s recommendations.
Automatic test polling: Trigger polling of test results for all auto-monitored controls and receive notifications when new results are logged.
To learn more, please see our announcement blog for a full feature overview, and our knowledge base article for setup instructions.
We’re pleased to announce several new updates, including the release of risk relationships, along with additional enhancements to Hailey Assist and Issue registers.
Risk relationships
Risk relationships enable you to define and visualize how individual risks relate to each other, providing enhanced visibility into your risk environment to improve decision-making and strategic planning. Key capabilities include:
A newly designed linked data side panel in risk details, creating a more friendly and streamlined user experience when linking data to risks.
The ability to link risks to one another, including a new link risk modal that visually depicts the relationship as you’re linking.
Three types of relationships between risks: parent, child, and related. The risk register includes three corresponding columns for these linked risks.
Reporting on risk relationships within 6clicks' native reporting module and via Power BI.
Access to risk relationships through the Developer API.
To learn more about risk relationships, check out the blog here and the knowledge base article here.
Additional enhancements
Hailey Assist search: Additional search results have been added along with the main response, helping you find other relevant information quickly and efficiently.
Issue register bulk updates: Users can now select multiple issues and update fields such as Description, Due Date, Issue Owner, and custom fields in one streamlined action.
Our latest update has just been released, including a layout refresh for Risk overview page, and a host of improvements to our Developer API:
Added support for custom attributes.
Removal of redundant fields in the Issues API.
Improved consistency between the UI and API behaviour.
Introduction of a new API for associating risk treatment plans.
Improved CCM test and responsibility linkages via the API.
These updates ensure a more reliable and consistent experiences for developers and users working with 6clicks.
We’ve made the following improvements to the 6clicks platform:
Added filters, custom fields, and values to the "Performance distribution (control tests)" report for better customization.
Removed inactive tenants from the Team Name dropdown at login.
Removed the rate limit on the login OTP endpoint when no SMS is sent.
Enabled sharing of reports via email in the Analytics module. Learn more via this article.
These changes aim to improve your user experience and streamline platform functionality.
We've enhanced the management of linkages between external compliance requirements and controls in 6clicks. Now, when a new version of a framework, standard, or regulation is downloaded, your existing controls are automatically linked.
Key improvements include:
Automatic updates: Control linkages are updated to reflect new versions of your external compliance requirements.
Enhanced visibility: Linkages are shown in control linked-data sections and within RBA assessment tabs.
Background processing: New versions of your external compliance requirements are processed in the background when downloaded, with user notifications upon completion.
Deletion handling: Deleting a linked framework, standard, or regulation removes associated linkages, maintaining data integrity.
These improvements ensure continuous, up-to-date compliance without any disruptions to your control mappings.
We are proud to announce our new control testing feature, designed to enhance your ability to monitor and document the performance of your controls. This capability simplifies the process of ensuring that your controls are functioning correctly, allowing you to quickly identify and address any issues.
Key features:
Create and manage control tests: Easily set up tests to check if your controls are working as intended. These tests will help maintain oversight of control effectiveness.
Link tests across controls: Avoid duplication by linking a single test to multiple controls where applicable, streamlining your testing process.
Record pass/fail results: Log the outcomes of your tests, with each result automatically recorded and displayed in your control set, providing a clear view of control performance.
Access past test results: Review and manage historical test outcomes, ensuring you have a comprehensive log of control effectiveness over time.
Link responsibilities to tests: Associate specific responsibilities and tasks with tests to provide a nuanced view of control effectiveness, even when tasks are completed but controls fail.
Insights tab: Visualize test coverage and success rates, offering a clear, graphical summary of control performance.
New linked data view: Access linked data in published mode via intuitive icon tiles, improving navigation and usability.
Control testing reports: Three new control testing reports are now available in our Analytics module, providing advanced insights into test results and trends.
Developer API: New API endpoints are available to integrate control testing functionality with your existing systems and workflows.
For detailed instructions on utilizing these features, please refer to the 6clicks knowledge base.
Here's a summary of the latest update to 6clicks, including our new login experience and updates to the Developer API:
Enhancements:
Improved login experience with a cleaner, refereshed design and streamlined workflow.
MFA and SSO admin configuration enhancements.
Developer API changes:
Creation functionality has been extended to all modules.
Full Tag support is now available across all modules.
Requirement-based Assessment support has been introduced.
Users can now create assessments directly from templates.
Detailed control responsibilities information.
The full API catalog is accessible under the Integrations > Developer API menu.
Fixes:
API calls now follow application validation logic, ensuring items are not created or updated into invalid states.
We are excited to announce a major upgrade to our Reporting and Analytics module, bringing enhanced usability, new export options, extended reporting capabilities, improved performance, and additional features designed to provide a more seamless and efficient user experience.
Enhancements:
Streamlined UI for easier content type filtering.
Set 'My Favourites' as the entry page for personalized access.
Improved Dashboard canvas resizing and Browse Page functionality.
New export options: Dashboards to XLS with separate tabs, and comprehensive PDF exports.
Support for advanced reporting features like Calculated Fields and Grouped Data in Freehand SQL Views.
New predefined date periods for more flexible filtering.
Fixes:
Enhanced technical improvements for drill-through reports with hard-coded filter values.
We are excited to announce our new capability, which enables you to send assessments in bulk to your entities, business units, or clients. In the context of 6clicks Hub & Spoke, this means you can now select an assessment to send to Spokes without leaving the Hub.
Key features include:
A shiny new "Send Assessment" button in the Audits & Assessments module at the Hub level
The ability to select a question-based assessment (QBA) template to send to Spokes
The ability to filter and select the Spokes that will receive the assessment
The ability to view and edit assessment respondents for each Spoke
A new activity log at the assessment template level tracking the status of each assessment sent to the respective Spokes
For a quick overview of this new functionality, check out this blog post, or learn how to use this feature in our Sending out assessment templates to spokes in bulk knowledge base article.
We are thrilled to announce that Hailey Assist, our new AI-powered chat assistant, has been enabled for all customers globally!
Here are the key points you need to know:
UI changes and new dashboard
Upon logging in, you will notice a refreshed look with our new dashboard. The updated interface is designed to enhance your experience, making navigation smoother and more intuitive.
For a detailed overview of these changes, please refer to the Hailey Assist overview knowledge base article.
Hailey Assist moves to public beta
We are excited to transition Hailey Assist into public beta, making it accessible to all our customers. This feature aims to streamline your workflow and improve productivity through advanced AI capabilities.
Read more about this significant update in our Hailey Assist moves to public beta announcement article.
Please note this change will not impact any data in your team environment.
We are confident that Hailey Assist will provide you with valuable support and enhance your overall experience with our platform. Should you have any questions or need assistance, our support team is ready to help.
We're excited to announce several new improvements focused on increasing the configurability and effectiveness of control management, ensuring your organization can better meet regulatory standards, security frameworks, and internal policies.
New feature highlights:
Control set custom fields:
We've Introduced custom fields for control sets to enhance data classification and reporting.
Users can create and manage custom fields, define field types (drop-down or text), and set applicability (control set, obligation set, etc.).
Custom fields appear in the side panel for easy categorization and updating of controls.
Customized control views and filter functionality for sorting controls by custom fields.
Hub & Spoke-ready:
Hub users can also configure custom fields centrally and push them to Spokes.
Bulk updates:
Edit multiple controls simultaneously within a control set from the controls table.
Detailed control view:
Access more information for controls linked to risks, assessments, and assigned tasks, improving the Tasks, Risks, and Audits & Assessments modules.
Enhancements to reporting & analytics:
Segregate control data based on custom fields for targeted and insightful reports.
To learn more, please refer to the following articles:
We’ve polished up the English grammar, spelling, and overall writing style throughout 6clicks. You’ll notice clearer and more consistent communication in all parts of the app.
We are excited to announce a major update to the 6clicks content library user interface, designed to improve your experience using this key feature. This update includes:
Redesigned landing page: we've enhanced the overall layout for better navigation with improved filtering for quicker content discovery.
Updated content cards: streamlined individual content card design to provide a clearer summary of each item.
Revamped content details page: enhanced visual clarity and experience of adding new content to your 6clicks instance.
We've just deployed our latest update which includes a range of new functionality to the Issues module, plus more.
Key changes to Issues:
General navigation and layout is now aligned with our Risks module
You can select custom columns to be displayed
Perform bulk operations by selecting multiple items and applying changes
Sort columns by clicking on their headings
We've also incorporated other updates, including:
The header layout; if you're looking for Analytics or our Content Library, head to right and you'll see these items are now represented as icons
When creating a spoke, you can now add as many users as you want, rather than being limited to three
Configuration to allow uploading of documents up to 2 gigabytes in size, along with a few bug fixes to document uploading so this can happen smoothly
To learn more, please refer to the following articles: