Platform overview

One platform for the control environment credit unions are already running.

CU Risk brings governance, risk, findings, board reporting, and vendor oversight together so teams can work from one source of truth instead of a patchwork of spreadsheets and file shares.

Platform summary

Modules active

5

Connected reporting

Documents linked

186

Evidence in context

Tasks open

23

Owned and tracked

Cross-platform control view

Risk, vendors, findings, and policies aligned

Risk changes roll into board summaries automatically.
Vendor exceptions stay visible to operational owners.
Policy milestones stay linked to governance reporting.
Evidence is accessible without leaving the workflow.

Next actions

Refresh vendor review packet
Close two moderate findings
Approve revised policy version

Control signal

Leadership reporting is aligned with current operating data.

Core modules

Coverage across the workflows leadership depends on.

Each module is designed to stand on its own while feeding shared reporting, auditability, and operational context across the platform.

Risk Management

Core

Run an institution-wide risk register with ownership, scoring, trends, controls, and mitigation tracking.

  • Centralized risk register with inherent and residual scoring
  • Control mapping and treatment planning
  • Trending views for executives and risk committees

Vendor Management

Third party

Organize vendor inventories, due diligence, questionnaire workflows, and renewal oversight in a single process.

  • Due diligence requests and evidence collection
  • Renewal planning and review checkpoints
  • Defensible third-party documentation

Policy Governance

Governance

Coordinate policy lifecycles from drafting and committee review through board approval and version history.

  • Version control and approval routing
  • Review calendars and accountability
  • Connected evidence for auditors and examiners

Findings & Exam Management

Assurance

Track internal audit findings, examiner requests, remediation tasks, and supporting documents with clear ownership.

  • Finding lifecycle tracking with severity and due dates
  • Task assignment and status management
  • Exam response organization and evidence capture

Board Reporting

Executive

Deliver consistent dashboards and narrative summaries that connect operational detail to board-level oversight.

  • Board packet metrics and risk summaries
  • Leadership-ready issue escalation views
  • Repeatable reporting structure for committees and boards

Risk register

Track enterprise risks with context, ownership, and movement over time.

Maintain an organized risk inventory with scoring, owners, mitigation plans, and linked documents so teams can understand what has changed and why.

Inherent and residual scoring views
Owner accountability and due dates
Trend signals and concentration reporting
Document attachments and supporting notes
Governance workspace

Policy lifecycle management

Drafting, review, and approval workflow

Drafting

3

Committee

4

Board review

2

Published

48

Acceptable Use Policy

Board review scheduled

May 30

Third-Party Risk Policy

Committee approved

June 4

Incident Response Standard

Annual refresh

June 18

Findings status

High

2

Moderate

8

Low

7

Review cadence

Quarterly policy agenda synced with committee and board deadlines.

Vendor due diligence

Move vendor reviews forward without losing sight of evidence.

Standardize due diligence requests, responses, approvals, and renewal checkpoints so third-party oversight is easier to defend.

Questionnaire and checklist workflows
Evidence requests by vendor and review cycle
Escalations for overdue or incomplete items
Centralized renewal and contract awareness
Vendor oversight

Reviews in flight

14

5 due this month

Evidence gaps

6

2 escalated

Renewals

3

Within 60 days

Review stages

Intake

4 vendors

Evidence collection

6 vendors

Risk assessment

2 vendors

Approval

2 vendors

Due diligence workspace

Checklist status, document gaps, and renewal timing

Core processor

SOC 2 requested

Awaiting response

Digital banking

BCP reviewed

Needs updated insurance

Card network partner

High-risk review

Committee sign-off

Collections tool

Renewal packet

Ready for legal review

Policy lifecycle management

Keep policy reviews, approvals, and version history under control.

Support drafting, committee review, board approval, and controlled publication with a clear record of what changed and who approved it.

Draft-to-approval workflow visibility
Versioned history and supporting records
Committee and board readiness cues
Policy-linked governance evidence
Platform summary

Modules active

5

Connected reporting

Documents linked

186

Evidence in context

Tasks open

23

Owned and tracked

Cross-platform control view

Risk, vendors, findings, and policies aligned

Risk changes roll into board summaries automatically.
Vendor exceptions stay visible to operational owners.
Policy milestones stay linked to governance reporting.
Evidence is accessible without leaving the workflow.

Next actions

Refresh vendor review packet
Close two moderate findings
Approve revised policy version

Control signal

Leadership reporting is aligned with current operating data.

Findings, audit trails, and evidence

Connect findings management with the records that support closure.

Link issues, tasks, documents, and activity history so teams can demonstrate progress and preserve the context behind each decision.

Finding status, severity, and owner tracking
Document repository with structured retrieval
Audit trails across workflows and updates
Historical context for exam and audit follow-up
Security operations

Audit activity

Access events and workflow changes

Role update

Vendor manager added to due diligence review group

MFA challenge

Successful privileged sign-in for board reporting

Document access

Exam evidence packet retrieved by auditor

Workflow change

Finding severity updated with linked justification

Control checks

Access review

Current

Backup status

Healthy

Audit logs

Retained

Alerting

Privileged access changes flagged for review.

Foundational capabilities

Shared capabilities that make the entire platform more defensible.

CU Risk is designed to improve consistency across every workflow, not just store records in separate modules.

Board reporting dashboards

Summarize open risks, issues, and trends for leadership review without stitching together separate reports.

Audit trails

Maintain a defensible record of updates, assignments, approvals, and document activity across the platform.

Document repository

Organize governance evidence, vendor records, and supporting files where teams can find them quickly.

Cross-module context

See how policies, vendors, findings, documents, and board reporting relate instead of managing them in isolation.