Ontology is the foundation of Paramify’s approach to AI

Paramify's ontology-driven generative AI delivers precise, hallucination-free compliance and risk management solutions with unmatched accuracy and speed while prioritizing data privacy and client ownership.

Adam Johnson
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AI buzz dominates, but what makes Paramify’s approach more effective?

Paramify's generative AI leverages a foundation of precise, interconnected data. The result? Unmatched accuracy and speed creating your deliverables.

Our unique Risk Management-first approach enables you to focus on building your risk management strategy, map your people, processes, and technologies to their corresponding security capabilities (Risk Solutions) in just minutes, and easily iterate with our ontology-driven platform, keeping your compliance agile and audit-ready as your organization evolves.

You'll get reliable, accurate outputs and significantly shorter time to value compared to traditional methods.

Major AI Organization Believes in the Paramify Approach

A top AI company finds Paramify's compliance platform to be a "no brainer" solution for their project. 

After seeing Paramify’s Risk management-first approach, powered by accurate ontology, they saw it as the best solution to power accurate AI results

Our Commitment to Your Privacy

Our internal AI offerings for generating custom control responses are hosted by us and always optional. Your data is not sent to any third party and is not used for training.

Existing AI Features

Generate Tailored Risk Solutions

From an SSP Appendix A import, leverage Paramify’s standard library and many-to-many control mapping to generate accurate, audit-ready responses.

Generate Elements from Existing SSP

Import existing SSP and leverage AI to identify elements that need to be created and mentioned in your control responses.

MCP Server

Connect the LLM and agents of your choice to power issue management and manage your control responses, risk solutions, evidence (the entire Paramify ontology) – all in one place to improve operational efficiency. 

AI Features Coming Soon

Custom Reports

Access issues, control responses, or component data to have your LLM or agent build custom reports and documents sponsors or company leadership may require (e.g., number of new vs. closed POA&Ms per month).

Remediation Workflows

Automatically assign remediation tasks to team members when a POA&M is created, with configurable mappings for issue severity and deadlines.

Control Response Improvement

Auto-map Risk Solutions to control profiles, receive instant feedback with guidance for improvement, and ensure audit-ready accuracy.

Evidence Management

Query a centralized evidence repository, integrate with AWS S3/Google Drive, and control access with role-based permissions.

Evidence Scoring

Receive evidence quality scores, flagging issues like incomplete data or outdated files.

Security Questionnaires

Auto generate accurate, vetted responses for security questionnaires by pulling from your tailored Risk Solutions, existing SSP control responses, or other questionnaires. Specify the target framework (e.g., NIST 800-53, ISO 27001) to ensure context-specific answers. Seamlessly include associated evidence, as needed.

Change Management Documentation

Turn routine system updates into ready-to-send Significant Change and Deviation Request documents.

Control Mapping

Auto generate Risk Solution mappings to new or custom profile controls; Auto generate control mappings from one catalog to another.

AI and Data Use with Paramify (FAQ)

Q: What AI model does Paramify use and how is it trained?

A: Paramify uses an off-the-shelf Llama model trained on public, non-client data like FedRAMP documentation.

Q: Is client data used to train the AI?

A: No. Client data is never used to train or fine-tune the model.

Q: Who owns the content generated by the AI?

A: Clients retain full ownership of all content generated within their workspace by Paramify tools including AI. 

Get Started with Paramify

Paramify's ontology-driven AI transforms compliance and risk management by delivering precise, hallucination-free results that prioritize accuracy, privacy, and efficiency. Your organization can stay agile, audit-ready, and ahead of evolving threats with Paramify’s built-in AI tools. 

Reach out with any questions, watch our video demo, or request a live demo of Paramify below to see for yourself how we’re making excellent security and risk management accessible to organizations of all sizes. 

Adam Johnson
A 15 year veteran in software development, product marketing and product management. He's now specializing in Cybersecurity and Compliance.‍ A family man at heart, Adam enjoys biking, soccer, and traveling with his wife and three kids.
Jul 2025
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What documentation is required for FedRAMP?

Major deliverables include a System Security Plan (SSP), Security Assessment Plan (SAP), Security Assessment Report (SAR), Plan of Actions and Milestones (POA&M), Continuous Monitoring (ConMon) documentation, policies/procedures, and more.

How long will it take to generate my SSP?

If you’re new to FedRAMP: The time required depends on how long it takes to implement your security controls. With Paramify’s living gap assessment dashboard, you can build your compliance roadmap and generate documents instantly with one click.

If you’re already FedRAMP authorized: It can take as little as 3.5 hours or up to a week.

Can you help me transition from NIST 800-53 Rev 4 to Rev 5?

Yes! No one will help you transition to FedRAMP Rev 5 as affordably and painlessly as Paramify. Learn how you can make a seamless, inexpensive transition to Rev 5.

Can I really generate my SSP in hours?

Are your security controls in place and do you have the certifications and authorizations you need? Then yes, hours it is.  

Here’s how one company got their SSP in 3.5 hours

If you’re in an earlier stage, you may have some security controls in place, but aren’t quite sure which controls need to be satisfied to meet your compliance goals. 

Paramify will help you find the gaps in your security program and help you coordinate with your team to address them. 

After our intake, you can print your documents at any point. How quickly you can implement your security goals is the only factor in how long it will take you to have a fully accurate and complete SSP. 

Do Paramify ATO packages pass audits?

A well-known 3PAO has told us that our customers “are better prepared than other CSPs.” 

Our customers have received positive feedback on the accuracy and consistency of their ATO Packages. The Risk Solutions methodology has also been successful at increasing the efficiency and ease of the auditing process. 

So yes, the audits are going well. 

Can I use my existing SSP?

Yes, we offer this service and have provided it for many clients. Most of our customers, including those for whom we’ve ingested their SSP, have found that starting from scratch and adopting the full power of Risk Solutions was the better option.