Archer Platform

Archer enables you to build an efficient, collaborative business-level risk and compliance program across IT, finance, operations and legal domains. The Archer Platform supports business-level management of risk and compliance programs. As the foundation for all Archer solutions, the Platform allows you to adapt the solutions to your requirements, build your own applications, and integrate with other systems without touching code.

With Archer, you can manage risks, demonstrate compliance, automate business processes, and gain visibility into corporate risk and security controls. Because the out-of-the-box solutions are built on Archer, you can configure the solutions and integrate them with multiple data sources without custom coding.

  • Designed to empower business users to tailor applications to meet their business requirements, without the need for coding or development skills

  • Persona-driven reports and dashboards built into the solutions, along with the ability to create your own reports and dashboards to meet your users’ needs

User interface designed to satisfy both power users (risk, compliance, security teams) and infrequent users (business users and first line of defense)

Archer Platform Data Structure

All data that you store in the Platform falls into the data structure described in the following table.

Element

Description

Example

Solution

A solution is a grouping of related use case solutions.

Audit Management

Application

An application is a container for specific types of data records, such as incidents, controls, policies, or assets. Each application defines the content and behavior of the individual records.

Contacts

Questionnaire

Questionnaires are structurally similar to applications but have unique features that allow you to assess the content of a particular target application.

Risk Assessment

Record

A record is an individual entry within an application or questionnaire. A record contains fields, which are often arranged in multiple sections.

John Smith

Field

A field is a container for a specific piece of data within a record. Different field types collect different of types of data, such as text, dates, or images.

email address

Value

A value is the data entered in a field. Values are the smallest unit of data in Archer.
Values can be selections from an established list, text entries, dates, and a variety of other formats.

john.smith@xyz.com

Archer Platform Help

Important: Archer Help provides information about the features and functionality of the product. Your Archeradministrator can configure Archer to your unique business processes and terminology. Help is written based on the as-shipped version of the product. The content in Help is believed to be accurate at the time of publication. This content may change at any time without notice.