Using the AI assistant

Totem’s AI assistant, Aurora, is accessible via the floating action button in the lower right-hand corner. All Totem users at all subscription tiers have access to Aurora. Please refer to our AI security features for a description of how we’ve responsibly implemented Aurora to keep your data and compliance posture safe.

Aurora is a cybersecurity compliance assistant, particularly skilled in CMMC and its accompanying regulations, standards, and frameworks. She can answer nuanced compliance questions, perform certain tasks, and identify gaps in your posture.

• To use Aurora, select the floating action button. This will open the chat window:

• Begin chatting! Refer to our helpful Aurora prompts for getting started. Aurora can help with many things, including but not limited to:
  • Providing a summary of your compliance status
  • Interpreting your compliance score (if applicable), e.g., why you remain deficient in certain areas
  • Identifying weaknesses, risks, or discrepancies in your existing documentation, and providing suggestions for improvement
  • Writing recommended policies given your organization’s context or scenario
  • Providing layperson interpretations of controls and assessment objectives
  • Providing suggestions for sources of evidence
  • Making bulk updates to controls and assessment objectives
  • Providing recommendations in accordance with official CMMC, NIST, DFARS, and relevant regulatory sources
  • Performing security impact analyses (SIA) for changes to your system