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Customers who joined Drata on or after Feb 24, 2026 are automatically on the New Experience.
Instructions for the New Experience ⬇️
Use the utilities panel on a control's detail page to add internal notes, create tickets, and create tasks for context, collaboration, and management.
Prerequisites
Only Administrators and Information Security Leads can annotate controls.
Annotate a Control
Open a control detail page and open the utilities panel within it.
Add, edit, or delete notes in the Internal Notes section.
You can also create tickets from the panel.
Create tasks from the panel.
Instructions for the Classic Experience ⬇️
You may find it necessary to add context to a control, either for yourself or for other teammates. The Internal notes section on the controls drawer enables you to do just that.
Before diving in
Only Administrators or Information Security Leads have access to this section within Drata.
Here's how
When a control drawer is open, scroll to the bottom of the drawer to the 'Internal notes' section.
You can edit and delete any note(s) you've written, and an Admin can delete any note. A history of all notes related to that control will display in the drawer. Control notes will not be included in any file downloads.