1 The Problem Space

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[Verse 1]
Buried beneath a mountain of Word docs and Excel sheets
Security controls scattered like confetti in the breeze
FedRAMP assessments drain forty-two hundred hours away
While auditors hunt for answers that keep shifting every day
Manual transcription errors multiply like weeds
What worked for ten controls can't handle enterprise needs

[Chorus]
Legacy formats fragmenting fast
Documents drowning, compliance won't last
NIST and HIPAA, CMMC and more
Redundant paperwork piling floor to floor
Machine-readable rescue we desperately need
Break the documentation stampede

[Verse 2]
Organizations juggle frameworks like spinning plates on sticks
SOC 2 requirements clash with PCI DSS tricks
Same control implementation written seven different ways
Assessors speak in tongues across incompatible displays
Tools can't talk to other tools, data trapped in silos deep
While system complexity grows and manual methods weep

[Chorus]
Legacy formats fragmenting fast
Documents drowning, compliance won't last
NIST and HIPAA, CMMC and more
Redundant paperwork piling floor to floor
Machine-readable rescue we desperately need
Break the documentation stampede

[Bridge]
PDF prisons hold our policies tight
Excel exports crash in the middle of the night
No standard language for security exchange
Time to orchestrate a fundamental change

[Outro]
Forty-two hundred hours vanishing thin
Manual processes wearing audit teams thin
Interoperability calling from the void
OSCAL's the answer to problems we can't avoid

2 What OSCAL Is (and Isn't) →