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Working with multiple frameworks at once

Controls in ReFresh are shared across frameworks. A single control can satisfy requirements from many frameworks simultaneously, so adding a new framework rarely creates significant additional work.

Written by Harrison Kennedy

Controls in ReFresh are shared across frameworks. A single control can satisfy requirements from many frameworks simultaneously, so adding a new framework rarely creates significant additional work.

  • Activate as many frameworks as your tier allows: Essentials 0, Operate up to 3, Automate unlimited

  • A single control can map to requirements from multiple frameworks

  • Activating a new framework surfaces what existing controls already cover and what is missing

  • Cross-framework mapping is automatic and visible on each control

  • The Frameworks badge on a control shows the count of frameworks it satisfies


How control sharing works

Each control in the library is mapped to one or more underlying requirements. Each requirement is mapped to one or more frameworks. The result: when you complete the evidence for a single control, that completion satisfies the relevant requirement across every framework that references it.

For example, control GOV-14 ("Run scheduled risk assessments with worker consultation and surveys") satisfies requirements across all of:

  • ACT Psychosocial Risk Management

  • Victoria Psychological Health Regulations

  • Northern Territory Psychosocial Risk Management

  • Comcare Psychosocial Risk Management

  • SafeWork Australia Psychosocial Risk Management

  • ISO 45003 Psychological Health and Safety

  • NSW Psychosocial Risk Management

  • Queensland Psychosocial Risk Management

One piece of evidence; eight frameworks satisfied.


Tier limits

Tier

Frameworks included

Essentials

0 (Risk Intelligence capability without framework activation)

Operate

Up to 3 active frameworks

Automate

Unlimited active frameworks

For more on tier features, see "Subscription tiers and what is included" (8.9).


What happens when you activate a second framework

When you activate a second framework on top of an existing setup:

  1. ReFresh maps your existing controls to the new framework's requirements

  2. The Preview Activation dialog shows you what will be Added (new documents and policies the new framework requires) and Retained (existing controls that already cover requirements)

  3. After activation, the Controls page shows new requirements as Needs Evidence for any gaps the existing setup does not cover

The result: minimal new work, maximum coverage.


Seeing which frameworks a control satisfies

Open any control from the Controls page. The Frameworks card on the control's detail page lists every framework whose requirements this control satisfies. Click the badge with a number to expand the full list.


Related articles

  • Understanding compliance frameworks (5.1)

  • Activating a framework (5.2)

  • The control library (4.2)

  • Subscription tiers and what is included (8.9)

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