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title: Adding a custom control sidebar_position: 1

Controls

What is a control?

A control is a policy, procedure, process, or technology implemented within an organization to mitigate risks, ensure compliance and achieve specific objectives such as maintaining security. For instance, implementing access controls minimizes the risk of unauthorized access to sensitive data.

How to add a custom control?

If controls in our Tidal library are not sufficient for your use case, you can add custom controls yourself via the "Add control" button.

1. Click "Add control"
2. Provide a name and custom id (optional)
3. Assign an owner, i.e. the employee in your organisation that is accountable for the control (optional)
4. Provide a description of the control (optional)

When you have clicked 'Create', the side panel will appear. There you can link relevant tasks, tests, and issues. Clicking on the cog wheel on the top right allows you to provide more detailed information on the control.

How to link a custom control to risks and assets?

There is also the possibility to link a custom control to risks and assets and this stays linked automatically.

1. Go to the control page
2. Click on the control you want to link
3. When the sidebar opens up, click on the settings icon on the top right
4. Then you see sub tabs of asset and risks, and in there you can select the ones you want to link
5. We can do asset first by clicking on the asset sub tab, and then tick the check box of the asset you want to link with the control
6. Do the same when you click on the risk tab and then you are set