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Policies

Policies are the written commitments behind your controls. Keel gives you a full policy management workflow — from a first draft to an approved, versioned, framework-mapped document you can export and share.

Start from the template library

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Keel ships a library of 50+ framework-mapped policy templates covering the documents auditors expect — information security, access control, incident response, data retention, business continuity, and more. Pick a template, fill in its templated fields (like your legal company name), tailor the content to how you actually operate, and you have a real policy in minutes.

Draft with AI

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Rather start from a description? Name a policy — for example Access Control or Incident Response — and Keel’s AI writes a clean, framework-mapped first draft right in the editor, ready for you to tailor. It’s a starting point you own and edit, never boilerplate you ship blindly. See AI tools & credits for how this is metered.

Import an existing document

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Already have policies in Word? Import a .docx and Keel’s AI rewrites it into clean, framework-mapped Markdown you can review, approve, and export — no re-typing or reformatting.

Versioning and revision history

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Every policy keeps a revision history, so you can see how a document changed over time and who changed it. Versioning matters at audit time: it demonstrates that policies are living documents that get reviewed and updated, not written once and forgotten.

Approvals and review cadence

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Route a policy through approval to record that the right owner signed off, then set a review cadence so it comes back around on schedule. A policy register tracks owners, review dates, and coverage gaps across your whole set, so you can spot a missing or overdue policy before an auditor does.

Export to PDF

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When a policy is ready, export it as a branded, auditor-ready PDF straight from Keel. Share it with auditors, customers, or your team, or surface approved policies on your Trust Center.

Next steps

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