[Verse 1]
In NIST's labs they forged a tongue
XML, JSON, YAML sung
Not software running on your screen
But data speaking crisp and clean
A common voice for cyber guards
Machine-readable playing cards
[Chorus]
OSCAL's the language, not the app
Bridging every compliance gap
Standardized and structured true
Controls can talk from me to you
It's the format, not the tool
Data flowing by the rule
[Verse 2]
Open source and public bred
Community-driven, widely fed
June twenty-twenty-one arrived
Version one point oh went live
One point one point two today
Stable ground where vendors play
[Chorus]
OSCAL's the language, not the app
Bridging every compliance gap
Standardized and structured true
Controls can talk from me to you
It's the format, not the tool
Data flowing by the rule
[Bridge]
December twenty-twenty-five
Draft reveals what's coming alive
Digital twins and AI minds
Autonomous risk that reasons and finds
The future speaks in OSCAL code
Agentic thinking down this road
[Verse 3]
Don't confuse the messenger
With platforms that you configure
OSCAL lets them interchange
Security data, wide in range
Implementation, assessment flows
In structured forms that everyone knows
[Chorus]
OSCAL's the language, not the app
Bridging every compliance gap
Standardized and structured true
Controls can talk from me to you
It's the format, not the tool
Data flowing by the rule
[Outro]
When tools need common ground to meet
OSCAL makes their exchange complete