C1 SmartDACM

Digital Authorization Compliance Manager

SmartDACM transforms ATO workflows by embedding OSCAL-native authorization models directly into ServiceNow IRM. It replaces static SSPs, spreadsheets, and manual POA&M processes with automated, synchronized, audit-ready authorization workflows.

Key Benefits

  • Automate SSP, POA&M, SAR, and ConMon workflows
  • Shorten ATO timelines from months to weeks
  • Maintain live authorization posture with OSCAL-based synchronization
  • Support FedRAMP, RMF, CMMC, StateRAMP, and NIST 800-53
  • Reduce rework and eliminate document-heavy authorization

Why This Product Matters

Traditional ATO processes rely on static documents, spreadsheets, and manual updates—resulting in slow timelines, inconsistent data, and limited reuse. Authorization content becomes outdated almost immediately.

SmartDACM modernizes this by turning authorization into a machine-readable, continuously updated workflow embedded in ServiceNow IRM.

What SmartDACM Delivers

  • OSCAL-native ingestion and synchronization
  • Automated SSP and POA&M generation
  • Continuous authorization and ConMon alignment
  • Unified system of record for controls, risks, evidence, and findings
  • Cross-framework mapping for FedRAMP, RMF, CMMC, StateRAMP

Capabilities

OSCAL-Native Ingestion & Export
Imports and synchronizes SSPs, SARs, POA&Ms, and component models directly into ServiceNow.

Automated SSP Generation
Uses policies, parameters, inherited controls, and boundary descriptions to build SSPs in minutes.

Automated POA&M Management
Creates and updates POA&M items without spreadsheets, synchronizing findings, issues, and remediation steps.

End-to-End ATO Workflow Automation
SSP → SAR → POA&M → ConMon → reauthorization in one governed pipeline.

Continuous Authorization (cATO) Support
Tracks control state, evidence freshness, open findings, and vulnerability posture in real time.

Cross-Framework Mapping
Manages FedRAMP, RMF, StateRAMP, and CMMC from a single control set.

Unified Authorization System of Record
Links controls, risks, evidence, assessments, policies, and POA&M data.

How It Works

  1. OSCAL models are imported and synchronized into SmartDACM
  2. SmartDACM generates SSPs, POA&Ms, and assessment artifacts automatically
  3. Controls, evidence, issues, and findings stay continuously updated
  4. Assessors and SMEs collaborate through governed workflows
  5. ConMon cycles and reauthorization processes run automatically

Use Cases

  • Outcome: Always-current, defensible, audit-ready evidence.
    • Automated SSP Generation
    • Problem: SSPs require hundreds of manually created narrative fields, control statements, and system details.
    • Solution: SmartDACM auto-populates all SSP sections using policies, parameters, inherited controls, boundary descriptions, and mappings.
      • Outcome: Agencies and CSPs cut SSP creation time by 50–80%.
  • Enabling Continuous Authorization (cATO)
    • Problem: Traditional authorizations are static documents that quickly become outdated.
    • Solution: SmartDACM continuously updates control state, evidence freshness, POA&M items, and vulnerability posture—synchronously documenting changes in OSCAL.
    • Outcome: Organizations move toward “authorize once, continuously monitor always.”
  • Multi-Framework Control Overlay
    • Problem: FedRAMP, RMF, CMMC, and StateRAMP require overlapping but different control mappings.
    • Solution: SmartDACM overlays multiple frameworks onto a single control, eliminating duplicate work.
    • Outcome: One control → many frameworks → universal alignment.
  • Rapid ATO Readiness & Reuse
    • Problem: New systems must rebuild content from scratch for every ATO.
    • Solution: SmartDACM stores reusable authorization components (common controls, roles, boundaries, inherited content).
    • Outcome: Faster readiness across multiple systems or reauthorization cycles.
  • Automated POA&M + FIIW Integration
    • Problem: POA&M management is one of the most time-consuming parts of the ATO process.
    • Solution: SmartDACM syncs findings, issues, vulnerabilities, mitigations, and evidence while generating compliant POA&M packages.
    • Outcome: Clear remediation progress and assessor-ready POA&M submissions.
  • Evidence Lifecycle Automation
    • Problem: Evidence submission, approvals, freshness tracking, and reuse are often manual and error-prone.
    • Solution: SmartDACM uses versioned evidence, linked control mappings, and freshness rules to maintain accuracy.

Who It’s For

  • Federal/Civilian Agency CISOs & ISSMs
  • Defense Contractors & 3PAO Stakeholders
  • Cloud Service Providers pursuing FedRAMP
  • CIOs, CTOs, and Platform Engineering Leaders
  • Compliance, Audit, and GRC Teams

Why C1Secure

SmartDACM modernizes authorization by turning static documents into dynamic, machine-readable workflows. Organizations gain faster ATO timelines, higher data accuracy, reusable content, and a unified system of record for every authorization activity.

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