This article will review the following:
What “early access” means and answers to common questions.
Early access changes to the user interface for controls.
Early access changes to the user interface for monitoring tests.
What is Early Access?
With this release, we are introducing significant improvements to how you interact with controls and monitoring tests. While we believe these changes will enhance your experience, we understand that adjusting to a new interface can take time. To ease this transition, you can always choose to opt in or out of the new experience from the Controls or Monitoring page.
Opt into the Early Access
You can opt into the new experience from either the Controls or Monitoring pages by selecting a control or monitoring test.
Important Notes:
Once you enter the Early Access experience, some existing help articles may no longer be applicable.
This help article is only accessible through the provided link.
Opt out the Early Access
If you prefer to return to the previous experience, you can opt out at any time:
Select the Early Access menu in the top-right corner.
Select Opt Out to revert to the previous interface.
Additional Options in the Early Access Menu
In the Early access menu, you can also:
Take a guided tour of the new experience.
Provide feedback directly to our product team.
Access this help article for additional support.
This image is an example of the Early access menu in the Controls page.
Manage internal notes, tasks, and tickets
Controls and Monitoring page include a right-hand side navigation panel, where you can manage internal notes, tasks, and tickets.
FAQs about Early Access
What if I prefer the old experience?
We hope you find the new experience valuable, but if not, we encourage your feedback. To give feedback:
Select the Early access menu on the control or monitoring pages.
Select Provide feedback to share your thoughts directly with our product team.
Your input will help us prioritize future enhancements.
How long will the early access option be available?
We are finalizing the exact release date, but early access will be available for some time period. After that period, the new interface will become permanent.
Can I opt into only the control experience or the monitoring test experience?
No. Because these experiences are similar, opting into early access applies to both the control and monitoring test pages simultaneously.
Controls Page Changes
On the Controls page, all existing data remains available, with the added ability to view and manage risks associated with controls.
Select a control on the Controls page to view the changes.
Overview tab
On the Overview tab, you can:
Edit the details of your controls.
View a high-level summary of factors that positively and negatively impact your readiness, including Evidence, Monitoring, and Policies.
Assign or remove Control Owners.
Manage required approvals.
Evidence tab
The Evidence tab provides an at-a-glance view of all evidence attached to your control. Here, you can:
Link or unlink evidence to the control.
Add new evidence, which will be automatically linked to the control.
Download evidence for reference or record-keeping.
Select evidence to be redirected to the Evidence Library for more details.
Monitoring tab
The Monitoring tab displays all monitoring tests and their pass/fail history. You can download the displayed tests, select the tests for more information, or map additional tests to the control.
Policies tab
The Policies tab displays all policies attached to the control. Here, you can:
Download policies.
Link additional policies to the control.
Unlink policies from the control.
Select the policy to be redirected to the Policy page for more details.
Frameworks tab
The Frameworks tab will show you every framework requirement attached to this control. You can map requirements from a framework as well.
Risks tab
The Risks tab will show you all risks attached to the control. You can map additional risks, update the Impact and Likelihood score, unlink risks, and select the risks to view more information.
Monitoring Test Page Changes
Note: To access test details, you must be assigned to one of the following Drata roles: Admins, Information Security Leads, DevOps Engineer, Workspace Managers, and Control Managers.
Select a test on the Monitoring page to view the changes. Here are some of the main changes:
The header displays key metadata about the test, such as its name, latest result, and when it was last ran
Ability to manually run the test, go to Evidence Library to view test evidence, and publish or delete actions for custom tests.
If a test is new or a custom draft, it will be clearly labeled next to its name.
Overview tab
The Overview tab will give you a high-level look at the details of your test with information grouped and organized into different sections.
Test details: Displays the test description, type of test (Custom or Drata), and the status of the test.
Only for custom test, you can edit the test name and description.
Next steps: Displays the results and status of the test.
For enabled tests, this section highlights:
Track: How long the test has been yielding the given result.
Fix: Displays test failures and errors, allowing you to identify and resolve issues efficiently.
Manage: Highlights the number of open tickets linked to the tests. This is only applicable if you are using a ticketing connection.
For custom tests, only published tests will provide these Next steps details.
Latest result: Displays the latest result of the test as well as a table of all the latest test events that make up the latest result.
Select an event to view more details, including the raw JSON data.
Supported connections: Displays the required connections for tests that monitor business systems. This is only for tests that monitor business systems.
Connected connections are labeled as "Connected".
Unused connections appear under the Unused connections accordion.
Note: For custom tests, connection details are hidden since the connection is determined by the test logic. The Test logic section will indicate which connection the test utilizes.
The following image showcases when you have both connected and unused connections.
Historical results: Displays a monthly breakdown of how many times a given test achieved passed, failed, or error results. You can also download the results or view all the test events.
Test logic: Displays the custom test's logic. Here, you can also edit the test logic.
Note: Test Logic section is only displayed for custom tests.
Finding tab
The Findings tab will show you all the failing items found by the test with a way to exclude any individual findings from future assessment and results.
Depending on the test's results, the table will present different columns and information.
Select on the findings to view more details.
Findings are only displayed if an item is causing a failure. A test that is passing or has errors will not display any findings. Tests that are passing or erroring will not present any findings as findings are specific to items causing failure. A passing tests will have no failing findings and an erroring tests are not able to make a full assessment to present findings.
Exclusions tab
The Exclusions tab will show you all the items that were excluded from the test’s assessment and results with a way to re-include them as needed.
Depending on the test's results, the table will present different columns and information.
The following columns are always displayed:
Excluded by: Name of the person who made the exclusion
Date excluded: Date of the exclusion
Reason: Reason provided for the exclusion
The Manage reason button is only displayed when applicable. Select this button to view the complete reason and also update the reason, if needed.
Exclusions marked as N/A are not relevant to the current Findings. These exclusions exist because they were previously created for a resource that is no longer part of the current Findings. To remove N/A exclusions:
Select the exclusions.
Select More actions > Include/Remove option.
Controls tab
The Controls tab will display all the controls that are mapped to a given test. You can map or un-map controls from here.
Additionally, you can select View details for more information about a control and the variables that contribute to readiness such as evidence, policies, approvals, or other tests that map to the same control.
