User Guide Overview

Contents

Overview

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The purpose of this guide is to empower you as a user of the IT Audit Machine (ITAM) Portal provided by Continuum GRC. This guide will walk you through the various features of the ITAM Portal, explain their use, and highlight some ways it can save you time and effort as you enter data within the forms provided.

First, let us examine the ITAM Portal interface.

ITAM User Interface

 

Navigating the ITAM Interface

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The ITAM Portal interface consists of five main sections.

1. User Profile and Supplementary Navigation

This button displays the name associated with your account and, when pressed, provides a secondary navigation option for most of the buttons on the screen as well as access to your user profile.

2. Main Navigation

The Main Navigation provides access to the main features of the ITAM Portal. See the Functional Areas section below for more information.

3. Logout Button

Provides a quick way to log out when you finish working in the ITAM User Portal.

4. Help Button

Provides access to information on how to use the ITAM User Portal.

5. Content Area

The Content Area provides the main working area for interacting with the capabilities of the ITAM Portal.


Functional Areas

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Now that we have looked at the basic layout of the ITAM Portal, let us look at how you will typically be interacting with it to accomplish your work.

When using the ITAM Portal, you will do most of your work via one or more Functional Areas. The ITAM Portal consists of six (6) main functional areas, each accessible from the main menu.

My Dashboard

Allows you to quickly view the status of form entries and any Action ITAMs assigned to you.

My Forms

Allows you to interact with the forms assigned to your organization.

File Manager

Allows you to easily view and work with uploaded files and evidence.

My Documents

Allows you to view documents associated with your organization

My Reports

Allows you to view Reports made available to Portal Users within your organization.

My Profile

Allows you to view and update information about you contained in your profile.

 

The rest of this guide with walk you through the use of each area, its main purpose, and how you can use it to achieve your goals in ITAM.

 

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