One source of truth, live for everyone
Every register lives in one database. Every update reaches everyone at once. No more "Which spreadsheet is right?"
Governance, Risk, and Compliance
Argus
Your risk, compliance, and audit work, finally in one live record.
Argus connects every risk, control, vendor, and finding. Prove every rule and let AI do the drafting while your people stay in charge.
Sound Familiar?
When Your Program Lives in Spreadsheets, Every Audit Starts from Scratch
Risks, Plans of Action and Milestones (POA&Ms), and vendors live in discrete spreadsheets, while evidence sits on a shared drive.
Every audit is a scramble to rebuild answers by hand.
No one can say what breaks if a vendor fails or if a control lapses.
Tools that should prevent mistakes let the same person raise, fix, and approve their own findings.
AI tools promise speed, but no one can see what they change, or why.
Why Argus
What Changes When Everything Lives in One Record
Drill down for answers
Click a vendor to see its systems, risks, controls, and open POA&Ms. Answer "What if this fails?" in seconds.
Audit-ready every day
Map a control once and reuse its evidence everywhere it applies. Audits take days, not months.
Controls the tool itself enforces
Whoever worked a POA&M cannot close it. Separation of duties holds for everyone, administrators included.
AI that drafts options for your approval
AI drafts plans, links records, and summarizes evidence. A person confirms every suggestion.
Privacy down to the row
Vendors see only their own company's records, and auditors see only their own audit. No one learns a hidden record exists.
A history you can prove
Argus versions every change in a tamper-evident chain. See any record as it was on any day.
SaaS or PaaS, never shared
Run Argus as SaaS, hosted by Amida, or as PaaS in your own Azure or AWS tenancy. Either way, you get your own install and database, with your branding.
Product Tour
Inside Argus, Screen by Screen
Frameworks in the Box
One Control. Every Framework.
Map a control once, and it answers every framework that asks for it, so evidence collected once counts everywhere it applies.
- NIST 800-53Rev. 5, with baselines
- SEC530Virginia
- HIPAASecurity Rule
- IRS 1075Publication 1075
- FedRAMPPOA&M template
- Hundreds moreLaws, regulations, and standards
Every Rule, Proven
Written in Plain English. Tested on Every Change.
Amida writes hundreds of rules as plain sentences and tests every one on every change to Argus. Your auditors can read exactly how the system behaves and check it for themselves.
- Only someone who did not work on a POA&M can close it.
- Whoever raised a finding cannot close it.
- A plan owner cannot approve their own plan.
- AI can never approve, close, or confirm its own work.
- Every AI suggestion waits for a person to confirm it.
- A vendor contact sees only their own company's records.
- An outside auditor sees only their own audit.
- A confidential incident reaches only its responders.
- No one can learn that a hidden record exists.
- Every modification to a record is kept in the record's change log.
- An outside auditor's access ends when the audit does.
- Evidence collected once is reused everywhere it applies.
How We Compare
Most GRC Tools vs. Argus
| Most GRC tools | Argus |
|---|---|
| Data-entry forms on top of a database | Rules enforced in the database itself |
| Separate modules that do not connect | One live record with a graph across everything |
| AI as a chat box that can change data | AI that drafts within your permissions and never decides |
| Shared multi-tenant cloud | Your own install and database, as SaaS or in your cloud |
| "Trust us" security | Every rule written in plain English and tested |
| A history you hope is complete | Tamper-evident history with time travel |
The Audit, End to End
From Plan to Closure, in One Place
Every step lives in the same record. No one rebuilds work by hand, and every finding stays tracked.
- PlanThe annual plan, ranked by risk and approved.
- ScopeSystems, controls, and frameworks in scope.
- RequestsEvidence requests routed to owners and vendors.
- Data callsStructured asks, answered once.
- WorkpapersPreparer and reviewer sign-off.
- FindingsRaised, responded to, and tracked.
- POA&MsOwned, dated, and on a service-level agreement (SLA) clock.
- ClosureValidated by someone independent.
A Day With Argus
Everyone Works from the Same Record
Your team, your auditors, and your vendors all work in Argus. Each person sees only what their role allows.
| Role | What Argus gives them | What they can see |
|---|---|---|
Security officer | One dashboard. Nothing to chase. | Whole program |
Risk owner | Knows what is at risk, and why. | Their risks |
System owner | Works from their own queue. | Their systems |
Internal auditor | Is audit-ready, every day. | Every audit |
Executive | Can see posture at a glance. | Summary view |
Outside auditorExternal | A secure, time-boxed portal for the engagement. | Their audit's records only |
Vendor contactExternal | Answers once, in one place. | Their company's records only |
Why Amida
Built Argus
For years, Amida has worked with government and healthcare organizations on secure data and compliance.
Across every engagement, we saw the same problems: registers in spreadsheets, evidence rebuilt for every audit, and tools that trusted people to police themselves. We built Argus to address these issues.
See Your Risk, Compliance, and Audit Work in One Live Record.
Talk to Amida.