Archer Announces Archer Exchange Offerings for November 2024

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Summary 

Archer announces the availability of Archer Exchange Offerings for November 2024. This update contains the following new and updated offerings via the Archer Exchange.

 Accelerators – pre-built configuration of an Archer use case that enhances usability for specific industries, geographies, or niche risk management business processes

• Karta NERC Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) is a new offering that enables utility clients to generate NERC compliance evidence from core asset inventories, manage intake, review and assess system changes for NERC compliance, and evaluate supplier risk against industry standards.

App-Packs – pre-built applications addressing adjacent or supporting Integrated Risk Management processes (e.g. niche, industry, geo-specific)

• Archer Discussion Forum was updated to utilize Next Generation Dashboards and recertified on Archer platform release 2024.09.
• Archer Strategic Planning was updated to require less Archer on-demand applications, utilize Next Generation Dashboards, and recertified on Archer platform release 2024.08.
• Archer Support Requests was updated to simplify workflow and notifications, utilize Next Generation Dashboards, and recertified on Archer platform release 2024.06.

Tools & Utilities - pre-built functions enabling administrators to more easily manage their Archer implementations

• Archer BI Connector has been certified to work with Tableau and addressed an issue with processing special characters in the password.
• Archer Dashboard Conversion was updated to address duplicate widgets.
• Archer User Account Management was updated to improve usability for clients.

Integrations - pre-built data exchange configurations bringing data into and pushing data out of the Archer Platform

• Ez-XBRL is a new offering that combines the data collection and disclosure capabilities of Archer ESG use cases with the advanced XBRL tagging and reporting services from Ez-XBRL, offering a complete and robust solution for sustainability reporting.
• Regology Regulatory Change Management was updated to separate all the data feeds and recertified on Archer platform release 2024.09.
• RSA Identity Governance & Lifecycle User Provisioning was recertified on Archer platform release 2024.09.
• Secberus is a new offering enabling users to create monitoring and orchestration policies for custom baseline configurations and send evidence/violations to Archer.

Content - pre-mapped collection of best-practice policies, control standards, legal and regulatory requirements, industry standards, and assessments

• Fedramp Rev 5 Authoritative Source offers selected controls to address unique risks of cloud computing environments.
• IRS Publication 1075 Control Standards for A&A outlines the requirements for protecting Federal Tax Information (FTI) and establishes strict standards for government agencies to safeguard sensitive tax data.
• NIS 2 Directive (EU) 2022-2555 Authoritative Source establishes higher standards for cybersecurity risk management, reporting obligations, and incident response
• NIST 800-171 Control Standards for A&A provide agencies with recommended security requirements for protecting the confidentiality of CUI when the information is resident in nonfederal systems and organizations.
• NIST 800-172 Control Standards for A&A provides federal agencies with recommended enhanced security requirements for protecting the confidentiality of Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI).

End of Product Support Policy 

Archer has a defined End of Primary Support policy associated with all major versions. For additional details, refer to the Product Version Life Cycle. 

The following offerings have reached their end of product support this quarter:

• Tableau Web Data Connector 2.0 has reached End of Product Support (EOPS). The latest updates to the Archer BI Connector tool and utility enables the use for Tableau, allowing clients to connect Archer data seamlessly with Tableau.
• The Venminder integration is outdated and will no longer be updated, resulting in the offering reaching End of Product Support (EOPS).

Blogs 

• Introducing Archer Exchange’s November 2024 Release: Expanding Offerings to Strengthen Risk Management

Free Friday Tech Huddles 

• November 22, 2024: FFTH: Archer Exchange November 2024 Release Overview and Archer Exchange Marketplace Updates
• December 13, 2024: FFTH: Archer Exchange – November 2024 Release Highlights: Regology Regulatory Change Management Integration and Secberus Integration Overview & Demos
• January 10, 2025: FFTH: Archer Exchange – November 2024 Release Highlights: Karta NERC CIP Accelerator Overview & Demo

 Resources

• Archer Exchange
• Archer Exchange Downloads
• Archer Exchange Help Center
• Archer Exchange FAQ
• Archer Exchange Partner Program Overview