New from ISMS.online: Teams-Based Risk Alerts and ARM Certification Tracking – Compliance Just Got More Connected

At ISMS.online, we believe compliance should work with your business, not against it. That’s why we continue to develop features that simplify day-to-day processes, enhance visibility, and make team collaboration smoother than ever. Our latest release is no exception.

With the introduction of Teams-Based Risk Alerts and ARM Certification Tracking, organisations can now enjoy tighter team communication and clearer oversight of key compliance milestones. These features bring new levels of connection to your ISMS, reducing friction and helping you stay on top of what matters most.

Here’s everything you need to know about these powerful new features and how they can help you deliver compliance success faster, easier, and with greater confidence.

Uploading Certification Details to ARM – Celebrate and Manage Your Success

Achieving certification is a significant milestone for any organisation. However, tracking certification details across multiple frameworks often requires the use of spreadsheets, emails, or disjointed systems, making it more challenging to stay audit-ready. ISMS.online’s new ARM Certification Tracking changes that.

A New Way to Record Certification Milestones

With this latest update, organisations can now record certification information directly within their ISMS.online platform. Once the final step of your Assured Results Method (ARM) is complete, you will see a simple prompt to enter your certification details. This includes:

• Certification valid from and to dates
• Certificate number
• Uploading the official certificate

After submission, ISMS.online displays a congratulatory success page to mark the achievement, giving teams a well-earned moment to celebrate their hard work.

Centralised Certification Management

All recorded certification information is accessible through a new tab in Organisation Settings, titled ‘Standards & Certifications’. This central hub allows administrators to:

• Manage certification details across all supported standards
• Access certificates and renewal dates in one easy-to-navigate location

Whether you are managing a single certification or multiple frameworks, such as ISO 27001, ISO 27701, or SOC 2, everything is structured, visible, and easily accessible.

Why It Matters

Certification management is about more than just keeping records. With this update, ISMS.online delivers value across multiple areas:

• Compliance teams save time preparing for audits with on-demand access to valid certificates
• Leadership teams benefit from improved oversight and reduced risk of lapses in certification renewals.
• Organisations gain a professional, structured approach to certification tracking, making it easier to report to customers, auditors, or internal stakeholders.

With ARM Certification Tracking, you no longer need to chase down certificate files or guess renewal dates. Everything is available in one secure, central location.

Teams Channel Notifications from Risks – Real-Time Alerts Where Teams Collaborate

Compliance and risk management thrive on timely action. Our new Teams-based risk notifications ensure that you and your teams are instantly alerted to key changes, directly within your existing Microsoft Teams environment.

Seamless Risk Notifications Through Microsoft Teams

With our new integration, organisations can connect risk notifications from ISMS.online directly into their Microsoft Teams channels. This means no more toggling between tools or risking missed updates.

Notifications are triggered automatically when key risk events occur, including:

• A new risk is created

• A risk score changes, with a visual cue indicating if it has increased or decreased

• A risk review becomes due, with reminders to ensure on-time completion

• A risk owner or assignee changes

Each notification provides clear, actionable information including the risk name, location, direct link to the risk, current and previous scores, and any relevant actions.

Use Cases Across the Organisation

This feature is designed to deliver value across multiple teams and roles:

• Compliance teams can monitor risk developments without needing to continuously check dashboards.
• Risk owners receive proactive reminders of upcoming reviews or significant score changes, enabling them to respond more quickly.
• Managers gain instant visibility when risk ownership changes, reducing the likelihood of accountability gaps.

Internal auditors and audit preparation teams have a clearer, auditable record of how risks are being monitored and acted upon.

This update bridges the gap between compliance management and daily team collaboration, ensuring the right people are alerted at the right time without unnecessary overhead.

Why It Matters

Compliance is a team effort, and this integration supports that ethos by:

• Creating faster feedback loops on risk changes
• Reducing the likelihood of missed reviews or unnoticed risk escalations
• Enabling real-time risk awareness where teams are already communicating
• Strengthening audit readiness by maintaining a record of timely risk responses

Organisations can now improve responsiveness, accountability, and audit readiness without changing how teams prefer to communicate and work.

Connected Compliance, Simplified

With these latest updates, ISMS.online continues to evolve into a fully connected compliance platform, making it easier to:

• Record and celebrate certification success
• Track renewal cycles efficiently
• Improve team awareness of risk changes
• Reduce time spent hunting for information
• Increase confidence in audit preparedness

These updates remove friction from compliance processes while empowering your teams to stay informed and engaged.

How to Access These New Features

These latest enhancements are now available within the ISMS.online platform, designed to be simple to activate and easy to manage.

• ARM Certification Tracking is available as standard for all ISMS.online customers and can be accessed in Organisation Settings, under the Standards & Certifications tab. It’s ready for you to start recording and managing certification milestones right away.
• Teams Risk Notifications are available to organisations with the Integrations Bundle. If your organisation has this bundle enabled, you can activate Teams notifications through the Microsoft Workflows integration, with full setup guidance available in your ISMS.online support resources.

If you would like a walkthrough of these new features or guidance on how to maximise their benefits, our Customer Success team is available to support you step by step.

And if you are not yet an ISMS.online customer, you can book a demo to see how our connected compliance approach can simplify your risk and certification management processes.

At ISMS.online, we continue to invest in building a smarter, more integrated compliance experience. These latest updates are just one more step in making compliance simpler, more collaborative, and easier to maintain.