Test control design before the auditor does.
Model your processes, test each control's design against the risks it should address, and let AI suggest the risks and the test procedure. Only the gaps you approve become findings.
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3 gaps identified; 2 map to existing risks, 1 proposed as a new finding. Approve or reject each before accepting.
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What Design Effectiveness Testing does
Design Effectiveness Testing combines a process flow editor for steps and decision points, the Control Register and the test itself. Select a process and a control and AI suggests the relevant risks and a test procedure, or you can write or upload your own.
Each test records its conclusion, rationale, gaps and recommendation, with evidence. You approve or reject each gap, and only approved gaps become draft findings. Tests can be submitted to the control's Control Design Approver.
Key capabilities
Process flows
A flow editor for steps and decision points.
Control register
Test the controls you actually operate.
AI-suggested risks & procedures
Suggestions you accept, edit or replace.
Recorded conclusions
Conclusion, rationale, gaps, recommendation and evidence.
Approve or reject gaps
Only approved gaps become draft findings.
Design approver sign-off
Submit to the control's Control Design Approver.
The business case.
Efficiency, multi-framework alignment, reduced complexity and streamlined processes: what Design Effectiveness Testing changes for your programme.
Less test preparation
AI-suggested risks and procedures shorten test design.
Documented design assessment
Supports internal control testing and ISO 27001 9.2 audits.
No lost test results
Approved gaps enter remediation immediately.
One connected workflow
No separate testing spreadsheets.
Efficiency figures compare the effort of each workflow cycle in RiskVantis with the same work done manually or in a traditional GRC tool. Your result depends on your starting point; we will model it with you in a demo.
From setup to outcome.
Model the process
Draw steps and decision points.
Select the control
Choose from the Control Register.
Define the test
Use AI suggestions, write or upload the procedure.
Decide on gaps
Approve or reject; approved gaps become draft findings.
Supports your obligations.
Design Effectiveness Testing contributes evidence and coverage to these frameworks and regulations.
Common questions.
Can AI write the test procedure?
Yes. AI suggests risks and a procedure, or you can write or upload your own.
Do all identified gaps become findings?
No. Only the gaps you approve become draft findings.
Who signs off the test?
It is submitted to the control's Control Design Approver.
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