# August - September 2025 Welcome to the **August–September 2025 edition** of Sprinto Product Updates!\ We’ve rolled out several powerful enhancements designed to make compliance smarter, faster, and more intuitive, from AI automation to integrations that bring compliance closer to your daily tools. *** ### **AI Playground & Ask AI (Beta)** Bring no-code AI automation directly into Sprinto with the **AI Playground** and the in-app assistant, **Ask AI**. **What’s New** * **Action Builder (no code):** Describe your task, and Sprinto creates reusable AI Actions across policies, risks, vendors, and audits. * **Ask AI in context:** Run actions or ask natural-language questions directly where you work (supported across 15+ entities). * **Starter Library:** Access 15+ ready-to-use AI Actions, like policy refinements or vulnerability fixes. * **Admin Control:** Centrally manage, edit, or disable actions as needed. **Why It Matters**\ This feature brings flexible, no-code AI capabilities into compliance workflows, empowering teams to automate processes without engineering help.
*** ### **Faster Onboarding & AI for Security Questionnaires** We’ve redesigned the onboarding flow to make completing your first questionnaire faster and easier. **What’s New** * **Smarter start:** Upload your own documents or use Sprinto’s pre-built templates. * **AI-powered answers:** Generate context-aware, accurate responses in real time. * **Seamless flow:** Resume where you left off and export completed answers instantly. **Why It Matters**\ Get through onboarding smoothly and reduce setup friction, helping you achieve faster compliance readiness.
*** ### **Enabling Graded Audit Assessments** Sprinto now supports graded audit evaluations for frameworks like **NIST CSF**, **CMMC**, and **COBIT**. **What’s New** * **Configurable scoring:** Define custom maturity levels or rating scales. * **In-platform scoring:** Auditors can score assessments directly within Sprinto, no spreadsheets required. * **Real-time visibility:** Export data instantly as CSVs for deeper analysis. **Why It Matters**\ Move beyond binary outcomes and gain nuanced insights into your compliance posture over time.
*** ### **Creating Entity Groups Locally** You can now create and manage staff groups directly in Sprinto, no external imports required. **What’s New** * **Manual & dynamic groups:** Build groups using staff lists or attributes. * **Auto-updating membership:** Dynamic groups automatically stay current. * **Smarter workflows:** Use groups for scoping, policy assignment, and training. **Why It Matters**\ Simplifies team management, eliminates repetitive setup, and makes large-scale compliance easier to organise.
*** ### **Microsoft Teams Integration** Sprinto task notifications are now available in **Microsoft Teams**, alongside Slack and Email. **What’s New** * Receive staff and admin task notifications directly in Teams. * Stay updated on pending tasks and compliance actions in real time. **Why It Matters**\ Stay on top of compliance tasks without switching tools, all within your daily collaboration workspace. **What’s Next**\ We’re expanding Teams notifications to include **policy acknowledgements** and **employee task alerts** in upcoming releases.
*** ### **People Section Sync & Custom Mapping** We’ve enhanced how Sprinto connects with your **IDP** and **HRMS** systems. **What’s New** * **Continuous sync:** Keep names, emails, and extra fields updated across Google Workspace, O365, Okta, OneLogin, and Zoho. * **Source priority:** Set a primary source of truth and pull deltas from others. * **Custom field mapping:** Map provider fields (for example, Role → Department) to Sprinto. **Why It Matters**\ Reduces manual edits, improves visibility, and ensures data consistency across systems.
*** ### **Bulk Map Criteria to Control** Map up to **200 compliance criteria** in under **2 minutes** with AI-powered bulk mapping. **What’s New**\ Sprinto auto-generates control mappings that you can review and finalise, turning hours of work into minutes. **Why It Matters**\ Saves teams significant time while ensuring audit readiness and mapping accuracy.
*** ### **Exception Management** You can now raise and manage exceptions directly in Sprinto. **What’s New** * Raise requests to deviate from a policy or control. * Admins can link to policies, map risks, and define mitigating controls. * Both sides can track requests via real-time dashboards. **Why It Matters**\ Provides a structured, auditable way to handle exceptions, improving visibility and reducing compliance risks.
*** ## **That’s a wrap for August–September!** We’re continuously improving Sprinto to make compliance smarter, faster, and more collaborative. Stay tuned for more updates next month.