15–16 Nov 2025
Indian Institute of Science
Asia/Kolkata timezone

OSCAL - An free open source DSL for GRC Engineers

16 Nov 2025, 13:10
20m
Indian Institute of Science

Indian Institute of Science

Bengaluru, India
Talk (20 mins) DevOps & Security

Speaker

Balachandran Sivakumar

Description

OSCAL (Open Security Controls Assessment Language), developed by NIST, is rapidly becoming the standard for representing compliance, controls, risks, and assessment data in machine-readable formats. While already gaining traction in FedRAMP and other GRC automation efforts, its potential for the broader cybersecurity ecosystem is only beginning to unfold.

In this talk, I will share extensions to OSCAL that enable more efficient handling of multi-framework conformance and crosswalks between standards. I will also show how OSCAL can be applied to audit reporting, making reports not just human-readable but also machine-parseable and automation-friendly. These advancements open the door to faster compliance workflows, reduced manual effort, and a more open, interoperable approach to GRC.

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