May 2023 Release Notes

A-LIGN is excited to announce a Free Trial version of A-SCEND Premium

• The free trial version will give users access to the following A-SCEND Premium features: 
  • Automated Evidence Collection 

• • Compliance Monitoring 
  • Integrations – limited to AWS, Google Cloud Platform, and Azure 

• • Policy Center 
  • Self-Service Readiness Assessments 

• At any time during the free trial, users can upgrade to A-SCEND Premium using the upgrade banner at the top of the page. 

Readiness Assessment updates that streamline processes 

• People selection tool on Readiness Assessment Dashboard updated 

• • All users can now see and use the same dropdown menu that is used during the engagement set up process. This change will enable users to quickly and easily find the correct users to add to a category. 

• New CMMC Readiness Assessment added

Updates to Automated Evidence Collection 

• Collect reports without an engagement 

• • All clients that subscribe to A-SCEND Premium can now collect AEC reports without having an engagement. This change is crucial for A-SCEND users who would like to review all the AEC reports prior to associating them with requests.  

Additional Tests added to Compliance Monitoring 

• For Google Cloud Platform 17 tests added in the categories of Cloud SQL Database Services, Logging and Monitoring, Networking, and Virtual Machines. 

In Addition 

• • 1 Bug fix for Compliance Monitoring improvements 

• • 2 bug fixes for Readiness Assessments 
  • 1 bug fix for Automated Evidence collection