Controls, Policy & Governance

Turn policy into controls, controls into evidence, and evidence into a governance story your leadership can stand behind.

From documents to decisions

We connect what’s written, what’s happening, and who is accountable.

Many organizations have sophisticated policy libraries and control inventories. Fewer can show how those instruments translate into the everyday decisions that staff make, or how issues flow to the people who can act.

Archer Knox helps you harden this chain. We map obligations to policies, policies to controls, and controls to evidence and ownership—so when a regulator, auditor, or board asks, you can show the line from risk to response.

What we structure

Policy and standard libraries tied to real obligations
Control design, ownership, and operating procedures
Three-lines-of-defense roles and escalation paths
Governance committees and reporting cadences
Evidence trails that prove diligence over time

Interactive

See how a control behaves across the lines of defense.

Pick a line of defense and a control focus. We’ll show how that layer should behave in a mature program.

Step 1

Select line of defense

Step 2 – Control focus

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Select a line and focus

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Use the controls on the left to see how the same risk theme should be handled at different governance layers.

Internal use

Talk through your governance model

Framework

Anchor controls and policy to a coherent risk framework.

Controls, policy, and governance make the most sense when they are tied to a clear risk framework: a shared language for how your organization identifies, ranks, and responds to risk across domains.

We can work within your existing framework or help you formalize one. The goal is the same: make it easy to show how each control traces back to a specific risk, obligation, and owner.

Governance, Risk & Framework

Explore how we structure governance and risk frameworks so leadership can see the full picture—without drowning in detail.

View Governance & Risk Framework

Engagement

We sit between operations, risk, and leadership.

Controls and governance only work if the people responsible for them trust the process and can use the outputs. Our engagements are built to keep legal, compliance, security, and operations aligned.

Alignment & mapping

Map obligations, policies, and controls; clarify owners and gaps; and establish how evidence will be kept current.

Control design & testing

Refine design so controls are practical for frontline teams and testable for audit, with clear escalation routes.

Governance & reporting

Structure committees, dashboards, and narrative reporting so leadership can see risk, progress, and open decisions.