Policy

Your governance
documents live in
shared drives. Nobody
reads them.

Alvor centralises every policy, procedure, standard, and desk guide in a single governed library - with version control, structured approval chains, signature tracking, and automatic renewal alerts. Every document has a complete audit trail.

v4.0APPROVEDFEB 2026POLICIES18ACKNOWLEDGED96%EXCEPTIONS5

A policy nobody read is a policy you do not have.

The security lead

Policy that maps to the controls you are actually assessed on.

  • A policy maps to one or more compliance controls with notes
  • Immutable published versions, with a trail when one is retired
  • Structured approval chains with a recorded sign-off

Everyone else

Attestation that works like any other task.

  • A campaign with a due date and reminders
  • A document to read and one acknowledgement to record
  • Time, IP and session captured on the acknowledgement

The compliance lead

Exceptions that expire instead of quietly becoming permanent.

  • An exception attaches to one or many policy documents
  • Exceptions run to expiry and renewal, not to forgetting
  • The Draft Studio hands outline and content to the editor for review

Every policy moves through seven stages.

Every policy follows the same structured path from authoring through retirement. No silent approvals, no version confusion, no gaps in the audit record.

04

Version bump, go live

Approved policies go live with a version bump. Previous versions are archived with full diff. Stakeholders are notified. Acknowledgment campaigns auto-trigger.

What that looks like on screen.

01 · The library

Every policy, its version, and who has acknowledged it

The current published version of each document, the campaign attached to it and how far through the organisation that campaign has got. Acknowledgement is recorded per person with time, IP and session, so proving engagement is a query rather than an exercise.

app.alvor.io/policies
Every policy, its version, and who has acknowledged it

The draft is no longer the slow part.

The Policy Draft Studio interviews you first: organization, industry, audience, target frameworks, risk posture, review cadence. Then it proposes the document properties, an outline, and the full content, grounded in the compliance controls you have loaded rather than in generic boilerplate.

Nothing saves itself. Each step lands in the editor when you click Apply, and the finished document goes through the same review, approval, and acknowledgement flow as any other policy.

Access Control Policy

Draft
Draft with AIProposed outline
1Purpose and scope
2Roles and responsibilities
3Access provisioning and deprovisioning
4Privileged access
5Review cadence and exceptions

Grounded in · ISO 27001 A.5.15, A.5.18 · SOC 2 CC6.1

Apply outlineRevise

Policy Registry

All your policies in one registry

See every policy at a glance. Filter by type, status, owner, or compliance framework. Know instantly what's published, what's in review, and what's overdue.

  • 8 policy categories with configurable taxonomy
  • Real-time status tracking across all documents
  • Linked compliance frameworks per policy
  • Review schedule tracking with overdue alerts

Information Security

Published
4documents

Acceptable Use

Published
2documents

Data Classification

In Review
3documents

Incident Response

Published
2documents

Access Control

Published
3documents

Vendor Management

Draft
2documents

Remote Work

Published
1document

BYOD

Under Exception
1document

You distributed
the policy. But did
anyone read it?

Acknowledgment campaigns target the right people and prove they engaged. Department-level dashboards show completion rates, and automated reminders chase down stragglers before auditors do.

  • Target by department, role, location, or individual
  • Read receipt with timestamp and IP for audit
  • Automated 3-stage reminders before deadline
  • Manager escalation for overdue acknowledgments

Acknowledgment Campaign

Q1 2026 - All Hands

92%

overall

Engineering94/102
Product38/41
Operations27/28
Sales52/67
Legal12/12

Auto-reminders: 7d, 3d, 1d before deadline · Escalation after 48h overdue

Governance Library

Every governance document: shared, signed, and tracked.

Policies, procedures, standards, and desk guides - maintained in a single library and distributed to the right people. Staff always see the current version. Alvor records every signature with a timestamp and notifies owners before review and renewal dates arrive.

Policies

18

Statements of intent and direction

Procedures

34

Step-by-step operational instructions

Standards

12

Technical and process specifications

Desk Guides

27

Role-specific quick reference cards

Signature log

MR

Maya R.

Mar 28 · 10:14 AM

CISO

Signed: InfoSec Policy v4.1

TK

Tom K.

Mar 27 · 3:42 PM

Engineering Lead

Signed: Access Control Procedure v2.0

PS

Priya S.

Mar 26 · 9:01 AM

Head of Compliance

Signed: Data Classification Standard v1.3

Every signature is captured with a timestamp, device, and document version - ready for any audit.

Upcoming reviews & renewals

Remote Work Policy v2.1

Review due

14d

BYOD Standard v1.0

Renewal due

30d

Acceptable Use Policy v3.0

Review due

47d

Alvor sends automatic notifications at 60, 30, and 7 days before each document's review or renewal date - so nothing lapses.

Not every team
can comply right
away. Exceptions
are tracked, not
ignored.

Every exception is formally requested, risk-assessed, approved with compensating controls, and given a hard expiration date. Nothing is ad-hoc. Nothing lives forever.

  • Formal request with business justification
  • Compensating controls documented per exception
  • Time-bound expiry with automated reminders
  • Risk acceptance linked to the parent policy

Exception Register

Active exceptions

3 active1 expiring

Temporary admin access for migration

Information Security Policy v4.0

Approved
OwnerR. Lee
Controls3
RiskHigh

93% of exception period elapsed

1 day left· expires Apr 1, 2026

Legacy SSO bypass for SAP integration

Access Control Policy v3.2

Approved
OwnerM. Chen
Controls2
RiskMedium

49% of exception period elapsed

91d left· expires Jun 30, 2026

Extended data retention for regulatory hold

Data Classification Policy v2.1

Pending Review
OwnerJ. Park
Controls1
RiskLow

11% of exception period elapsed

168d left· expires Sep 15, 2026

Risk distribution

High
1
Medium
1
Low
1

All exceptions carry documented compensating controls and a hard expiry date. No exception is open-ended.

Policies that can prove they were read.

Most policy programs can produce the document. Far fewer can produce evidence that the organisation saw it.

Instead of

Policies in a shared drive

No version anyone trusts, and no record of who opened which one.

In Alvor

Immutable published versions with a structured approval chain behind each one.

Instead of

Attestation in a survey tool

A second system, a second export, and a join nobody wants to do at audit.

In Alvor

A campaign with reminders, one acknowledgement per person recorded with time, IP and session.

Instead of

Exceptions in an email thread

A temporary carve-out that becomes permanent because nothing expires it.

In Alvor

Exceptions attached to the policies they touch, running to expiry and renewal.

These are the exact links in the data model.

Named precisely, because “everything connects to everything” is not a claim anyone can check. Select any module to see its links.

01Set the program
02Design new systems
03Prove controls work
04Manage risk, vendors and continuity
RegisterThe register the rest stands on
Runs onYour own instance
Dedicated cloudOne instance for your company, in your region
On-premiseThe same platform, on your own servers
Air-gappedFully disconnected, with a self-hosted model

Links the product makes today

Policy links to

ComplianceA policy maps to one or more compliance controls with notes. Control mapping is the only bridge out of this module.
AI AssistantThe Draft Studio hands properties, outline and content to the editor through Apply buttons. Nothing is written without a person accepting it.

Policy

Policies people actually acknowledge - and auditors actually trust

Alvor turns static documents into living policies with structured approval chains, targeted acknowledgment campaigns, version history, and formal exception tracking. Every policy is governed end to end.