A governed home for every policy — with the approval trail built in
Policies drift the moment they're signed off
Policies are the backbone of your management system, yet they drift the moment they're signed off. Word files live on shared drives, the "current" version is anyone's guess, and the named owner left two reorganizations ago.
When a supervisory authority or certification auditor asks for your information security policy — and proof it was reviewed and approved — you're hunting through email threads for a sign-off that may never have been recorded.
The hard part isn't writing the policy. It's keeping it current, knowing who owns it, evidencing that it was approved, and showing how it connects to the controls and processes it governs.
What you can do with Document & Policy Management
- Store every policy and document in one repository with your own categorization.
- Assign a responsible person to each document so ownership is never ambiguous.
- Track status through a lifecycle using customizable status values you define.
- Organize by organizational unit and document type for fast, scoped retrieval.
- Link documents to tasks, projects, assessments and meetings so policies sit beside the work they govern.
- Run approval and sign-off workflows that record who approved what, and when.
What it delivers to your program
- Always know the current version — version history ends the "which file is live?" question.
- Audit-ready evidence on demand — approval and sign-off history is captured, not reconstructed.
- Clear accountability — every policy has a named owner answerable for keeping it current.
- Policies that prove control — direct links turn a document into evidence for the controls it backs.
- Less manual upkeep — bulk operations and import/export keep large policy sets manageable.
Built for compliance
DPMS helps you evidence the specific obligations that govern policies and documented information — mapped to the article and control, never to "the GDPR."
| What DPMS does | Maps to | How |
|---|---|---|
| Maintains governed policies with clear ownership | GDPR Art. 24 | Responsible-person assignment + status lifecycle per document |
| Documents the information security policy and its review | ISO 27001:2022 Annex A 5.1 | Version history with approval and sign-off workflow |
| Helps you evidence management of documented information | ISO 27001:2022 Cl. 7.5 | Version history, status tracking, access scoped by organizational unit |
| Supports governance and policy obligations | NIS2 Art. 21 | Linking policies to tasks, projects and assessments as evidence |
Why Priverion
Unlike general-purpose document stores, this repository lives inside a single privacy and InfoSec platform. A policy isn't a file in isolation — it links directly to the tasks, projects and assessments it governs, so it doubles as control evidence without re-keying. When an auditor asks "show me the policy and prove it's controlled," the connection is already there. Built-in version history and sign-off mean the approval trail is part of the record, not an afterthought reconstructed under deadline.
Questions DPOs and ISOs ask before a demo
Can I use my own status values and document categories?
Does it track who approved a policy and when?
Can policies be linked to the controls and processes they govern?
Does it handle multiple entities and languages?
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