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The Encircle Platform

Everything you need.
All in one place.

Capture your evidence once. Encircle tests it against every framework that needs it, scores you live, and shows you exactly what to fix — privacy, AI and ethics, built for South Africa.

Governance Assessment
Score your organisation across 12 domains and 493 controls. Your live governance wheel updates in real time as you work through your assessment.
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Remediation Tasks
Every gap auto-generates a task assigned to the right role — Company Secretary, CFO, Information Officer. Nothing falls through.
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Evidence Register
Upload a document once and it satisfies every framework that needs it. 151 canonical evidence categories, captured once and reused across frameworks.
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Board Reporting
A board-ready governance report generated directly from your live score. No formatting, no manual compilation — ready to table.
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Industry Intelligence
Industry-specific overlays loaded automatically at onboarding, so your assessment reflects the obligations that actually apply to you.
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Encircle AI ✦ AI
Your always-on governance advisor — validating evidence, identifying gaps, answering compliance questions, and connecting you to the Encircle Network when you're ready.
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The Encircle Framework

Good governance has
four dimensions.

Encircle organises every governance obligation into 4 pillars and 12 scoring domains. Every legal requirement, industry mandate, and best-practice standard maps into a domain. Each domain receives a live score from 0–100. Red domains show you exactly where your gaps are.

4 Pillars
12 Scoring domains
0–100 Score range
Live Scored in real time
PILLAR 01
Ethics & Culture
Who We Are
D05Ethics & Integrity
85%
D07Stakeholder Relationships
76%
D10People & Human Capital
80%
PILLAR 02
Direction
How We Direct
D01Strategy & Value Creation
82%
D02Leadership & Oversight
78%
D12Remuneration & Incentives
88%
PILLAR 03
Risk & Assurance
How We Prove
D03Risk Governance
70%
D04Compliance & Legal
75%
D11Assurance & Reporting
72%
PILLAR 04
Performance & Innovation
How We Deliver Future Value
D06Environment & Climate
52%
D08Technology & Information
68%
D09AI & Algorithmic Systems
45%
Green — 75% or above. On track. Controls are evidenced and effective.
Amber — 50–74%. Gaps are present. Remediation tasks generated.
Red — below 50%. Urgent. Material exposure requiring immediate action.
Your 12 domain scores combine to form your overall governance percentage.

How Encircle Works

From onboarding to
board-ready in minutes.

01
Onboard your organisation

Answer a short profile questionnaire. Encircle identifies your industry, size, and applicable regulatory obligations — and loads exactly the frameworks that apply to you.

  • Organisation size & industry detection
  • Automatic framework loading
  • Multi-entity & group support
  • Business unit separation
02
Assess. Score. Evidence.

Work through your governance assessment at your own pace. Link evidence once — it satisfies multiple frameworks simultaneously. Your wheel updates in real time.

  • 1,669 proportional questions
  • 151 canonical evidence categories
  • Real-time RAG scoring wheel
  • Confidence score indicator
03
Act on what matters

Encircle generates prioritised remediation tasks — assigned by role, with deadlines — directly from your gaps. Critical gaps trigger urgent alerts. Nothing falls through the cracks.

  • 3,040 auto-generated tasks
  • Role-based task assignment
  • Red-line trigger alerts
  • Board-ready reporting

Encircle AI

Your always-on
governance advisor.

Encircle AI is built into the platform — not a separate tool. It knows your score, your gaps, your evidence, and your industry. Ask it anything. It answers with precision.

Instant, expert answers
Knows your programme inside out — ready with accurate, framework-cited responses to any governance question.
Readiness assessment on demand
Ask "Am I ready for ISO 27001?" and get a precise gap analysis — specific missing evidence, with templates available where needed.
Document validation
Reads your uploaded documents and confirms they satisfy the specific legislative requirements — not just that a file exists.
Connects you to the Encircle Network
When you're audit-ready, Encircle AI identifies it and connects you to a certified auditor or consultant from our network.
Encircle AI
Online — always on
Good morning. Your governance score is 73% Amber. You have 3 critical gaps that need attention.
Am I ready for ISO 27001 certification?
Based on your evidence, here's your ISO 27001 readiness:

✓ Ready — Risk, Leadership, Ethics, People, Assurance
⚠ Gaps remain — Technology (68%), AI & Data (45%)

Board Reporting

A governance report your board
will actually use.

Encircle generates a structured, board-ready governance report directly from your live score — formatted to table at your next board meeting.

Governance Score Snapshot
Overall RAG score with period-on-period trend, pillar breakdown, and a plain-language executive summary.
Domain-level RAG Breakdown
All 12 governance domains scored and colour-coded. Red domains flagged with urgency and specific obligations.
Priority Remediation Register
Top gaps ranked by risk severity with the applicable framework, responsible role, and recommended action.
Framework Compliance Summary
Status of every applicable framework — POPIA, FICA, King V, ISO standards, industry legislation — in one page.
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Financial Services Group (Pty) Ltd
Governance Report · Q2 2026
73%
Amber
Domain Breakdown
Strategy
82%
Leadership
78%
Risk
70%
Compliance
75%
Ethics
85%
Environment
52%
Stakeholders
76%
Technology
68%
AI & Data
45%
People
80%
Assurance
72%
Remuneration
88%
Framework Compliance Status
King V
Amber
POPIA
Gaps
FICA
Compliant
Companies Act
Compliant
ISO 27001
Amber
B-BBEE
Compliant
Generated by Encircle · ConfidentialBoard Ready

Live Demo

Watch your score change
as frameworks layer on.

One organisation. Toggle between governance lenses to see how each regulatory layer reveals new gaps.

StrategyLeadershipRiskComplianceEthicsEnvironmentStakeholdersTechnologyAI & DataPeopleAssuranceRemuneration62%GOV SCORE
FSG
Financial Services Group (Pty) Ltd
Financial services · 350 employees · JSE-listed
62%
Overall

Select a framework

All four frameworks applied. AI & Data is red — no AI governance policy evidenced — with Compliance and Risk close behind. Fixing three documents moves the overall score 9 points.

Domain Breakdown
Strategy
76%
Leadership
74%
Risk
52%
Compliance
48%
Ethics
68%
Environment
50%
Stakeholders
70%
Technology
55%
AI & Data
32%
People
78%
Assurance
62%
Remuneration
80%

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Early sign-on offer
Early access clients receive 25% off Implementation Support — our guided onboarding service. Offer applies to all requests submitted before platform launch.
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Always on — your governance advisor
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