How it works · Governance, Risk and Compliance

Govern with context. Prove with confidence.

The AlignX Governance and Risk workflow connects policies, committees, risk, compliance, audit and evidence to the decisions they govern, so oversight is continuous rather than reconstructed. Governance is the umbrella; risk is one capability within it.

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Risk
ControlTested
Committee
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GovernanceOver every object

A governance trigger enters, AI triage classifies and orchestrates it, specialist workflows do the work, the decision is captured with full accountability and lineage, governance is monitored continuously, and learning feeds improvement.

Inside Microsoft 365
The operating model

How work flows, trigger to outcome.

1
Triggers

Real enterprise events start the work.

A new policy or procedureA policy review dueA regulatory or legislative changeA risk identifiedAn audit findingA compliance breachA control weaknessA committee submission
2
AI intake & triage

Context at the front door.

AlignX classifies the request and recommends the pathway, identifies impacted areas, suggests stakeholders and reviewers, assesses risk and compliance impact, detects duplicates and conflicts, and recommends controls and obligations.

3
Specialist workflows

Purpose-built reviews do the work.

Policy, standard and procedure lifecycle

Draft, review, consult, approve, publish, version, review and retire.

Committee, meeting and decision management

Committee setup, agendas and board packs, meeting execution, decisions and minutes, actions and resolutions, and decision lineage.

Enterprise risk management

Identify, assess, treat, assign controls, monitor, escalate, accept and close strategic and operational risks.

Portfolio, program and project risk management

Manage delivery risks with RAID integration, inheriting enterprise risk context while managed independently.

Compliance and obligation management

Track regulatory and internal obligations, certifications, monitoring, evidence, attestations and breach management.

Audit and assurance management

Plan and run audits, manage findings, recommendations, evidence, responses and follow-up.

Governance reviews and approvals

A reusable engine for architecture, security, investment, procurement, change and executive reviews.

4
Decision and governance

The decision is captured, with lineage.

Every governance decision is captured with rationale, alternatives, risks, approvals, conditions, obligations, linked work items, implementation status and outcomes.

5
Continuous monitoring and improvement

Delivery stays aligned; outcomes feed back.

Governance is measured continuously with KPIs, compliance dashboards, risk heat maps, decision implementation, policy and audit status and committee effectiveness. Lessons, control improvements and maturity assessments feed a continuous improvement backlog.

Who this is for

Built for the people who own this work.

Secure in your tenant, connected to everything.

It runs inside your Microsoft environment, under your identity and controls, and hands off cleanly to every other AlignX module on the same connected model.

Enterprise decisions. Connected. Intelligent. Governed.