Last Updated on May 5, 2026 by Arnav Sharma
If you have ever written security policies for an organisation that needs to comply with more than one framework, you know the pain. You write an access control policy for ISO 27001. Then you realise your SOC 2 auditor needs the same content, but structured differently. Your Australian regulators want to see how it maps to Essential Eight. Your board wants to know how it aligns with NIST CSF.
So you write it again. And again. And again.
I spent years doing this manually. I have written security policies for organisations across financial services, government, and technology. I have mapped controls in spreadsheets that grow to hundreds of rows. I have watched teams spend weeks producing documentation that is 70% identical to what they wrote for a different framework six months earlier.
That is why I built SecPolicy.
The Problem No One Has Solved Properly
The security policy template market is not empty. SANS has free templates. ComplianceForge sells premium documentation packs for $2,000 to $8,000. Vanta and Drata bundle policies inside compliance automation platforms that cost $10,000 to $80,000 per year. There are AI generators that spit out generic boilerplate with your company name inserted.
None of them solve the real problem.
The real problem is that most organisations maintain compliance with two to four frameworks simultaneously. An Australian financial services company might need ISO 27001, APRA CPS 234, Essential Eight, and PCI DSS. A healthcare SaaS company might need HIPAA, SOC 2, and NIST CSF. A government contractor might need NIST 800-53, Essential Eight, and ISO 27001.
Writing a separate access control policy for each framework is a waste of time, because roughly 70 to 80 percent of controls across these frameworks overlap. An access control policy written properly should satisfy ISO 27001 A.5.15, NIST CSF PR.AA-01, CIS Control 5, Essential Eight’s MFA and admin privilege restrictions, and APRA CPS 234 §14 — all at once.
But you would never know that from reading each framework in isolation.
What SecPolicy Does Differently
SecPolicy generates tailored security policies, and every policy includes a cross-framework control mapping table at the bottom.
Here is how it works. You enter your organisation profile: industry, size, cloud providers, data types you handle. You select which frameworks you need to comply with. SecPolicy generates 15 security policies, each tailored to your organisation and each ending with a table that shows exactly which controls from each selected framework the policy satisfies.
The mapping table is the feature that matters most. When an auditor asks “show me how your access control policy addresses ISO 27001 A.5.18”, the answer is right there in the document. When your GRC analyst needs to demonstrate compliance across NIST CSF and Essential Eight simultaneously, they open one policy and see both mappings side by side.
No more jumping between PDFs. No more maintaining your own spreadsheet of control mappings.
19 Frameworks, One Policy Set
SecPolicy covers the same 19 frameworks as SecFrame Explorer, my companion tool for browsing and understanding security frameworks:
NIST CSF 2.0, NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5, NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3, ISO 27001:2022, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, CIS Benchmarks, PCI DSS v4.0, SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR, MITRE ATT&CK, OWASP Top 10 Web, OWASP API Security, OWASP LLM Top 10 (2025), CSA CCM v4, NIST AI RMF 1.0, ASD Essential Eight, and APRA CPS 234.
That last group matters. If you work in Australia, you know that Essential Eight is effectively mandatory for government suppliers and APRA CPS 234 is mandatory for prudentially regulated financial institutions. Most international policy generators and template packs do not cover these frameworks at all. ComplianceForge does not. Vanta does not. SANS templates do not.
SecPolicy does.
The 15 Policies
Every generation produces 15 policies covering the controls that overlap most across frameworks:
Information Security Policy, Access Control Policy, Data Classification and Handling Policy, Incident Response Policy, Acceptable Use Policy, Change Management Policy, Encryption and Key Management Policy, Backup and Recovery Policy, Vendor and Third-Party Risk Management Policy, Password and Authentication Policy, Network Security Policy, Physical Security Policy, Security Awareness and Training Policy, Logging Monitoring and Audit Policy, and Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Policy.
Each one is written in plain English. Not legalese. Not generic boilerplate with “[insert company name here]” placeholders.
Pricing
I priced SecPolicy to be accessible to consultants, SMBs, and startups — not just enterprises.
The free tier lets you generate 1 policy mapped to 1 framework. Full text, full mapping table, downloadable as a .docx file. No credit card, no signup. You see the quality before you pay.
For $49, you get all 15 policies mapped to 1 framework. For $99, you get all 15 policies mapped to all 19 frameworks with full cross-framework mapping tables.
Both paid tiers are one-time payments. No subscription. Download your policies and they are yours forever.
For comparison, a consultant typically charges $500 per policy or $5,000 to $15,000 for a full policy set. ComplianceForge charges $2,000 to $8,000 for a static template pack. SecPolicy gives you tailored, AI-generated policies with cross-framework mappings for a fraction of the cost.
How It Connects to SecFrame Explorer
SecPolicy is a companion to SecFrame Explorer, my free tool for browsing and understanding 19 security frameworks with AI-powered explanations.
The two tools serve different stages of the same workflow. SecFrame helps you understand what a control means and how it maps across frameworks. SecPolicy helps you generate the policies that prove you satisfy those controls.
When you see a control reference in a SecPolicy mapping table (for example, ISO 27001 A.5.18), you can click it to open the full AI explanation on SecFrame Explorer. This gives you the context behind the control and the remediation steps, not just the policy text.
Who This Is For
Security architects designing control frameworks. GRC analysts preparing audit documentation. CISOs who need a policy set yesterday. Consultants advising clients across multiple industries and frameworks. Startups preparing for their first SOC 2 audit. Australian organisations implementing Essential Eight or demonstrating APRA CPS 234 compliance.
If you write security policies as part of your job, SecPolicy saves you weeks.
Try It
Head to secpolicy.arnav.au and generate your first policy for free.
I help organisations secure their cloud infrastructure and stay ahead of evolving cyber threats. Microsoft MVP and Certified Trainer, author of Mastering Azure Security, and founder of arnav.au — a platform for practical Cloud, Cybersecurity, DevOps and AI content.
Frequently Asked Questions
SecPolicy solves the problem of organizations maintaining compliance with multiple frameworks simultaneously by generating policies that satisfy 70-80% overlapping controls across different frameworks at once. Instead of writing separate policies for ISO 27001, SOC 2, NIST CSF, and Essential Eight individually, SecPolicy creates one tailored policy with a cross-framework mapping table showing which controls from each framework it satisfies.
SecPolicy supports 19 frameworks including NIST CSF 2.0, ISO 27001:2022, PCI DSS v4.0, SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR, ASD Essential Eight, and APRA CPS 234. Unlike competitors like ComplianceForge and Vanta, SecPolicy uniquely covers Australian-specific frameworks like Essential Eight and APRA CPS 234, which are mandatory for Australian government suppliers and financial institutions.
SecPolicy generates 15 core policies: Information Security Policy, Access Control Policy, Data Classification and Handling Policy, Incident Response Policy, Acceptable Use Policy, Change Management Policy, Encryption and Key Management Policy, Backup and Recovery Policy, Vendor and Third-Party Risk Management Policy, Password and Authentication Policy, Network Security Policy, Physical Security Policy, Security Awareness and Training Policy, Logging Monitoring and Audit Policy, and Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Policy.
SecPolicy offers a free tier with 1 policy mapped to 1 framework, a $49 tier for all 15 policies mapped to 1 framework, and a $99 tier for all 15 policies mapped to all 19 frameworks with cross-framework mapping tables. Both paid tiers are one-time payments with no subscription, and you own the downloaded policies forever, making it significantly cheaper than consultants ($5,000-$15,000) or competitors like ComplianceForge ($2,000-$8,000).
The cross-framework control mapping table at the bottom of each policy is the most important feature. It shows exactly which controls from each selected framework the policy satisfies, eliminating the need to jump between multiple PDFs or maintain separate spreadsheets when responding to auditor questions about compliance across different frameworks.