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# Policy and Compliance Management release notes

# Policy and Compliance Management release notes {#ariaid-title1}

* Freigeben Version: Australia
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* Aktualisiert 12. März 2026
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* ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 2 Minuten Lesedauer

The ServiceNow®
Policy and Compliance Management application provides a centralized process for creating and managing policies, standards, and internal control procedures that are cross-mapped to external regulations and benchmarks. Policy and Compliance Management was enhanced and updated in the Australia release.

## Policy and Compliance Management highlights for the Australia release {#grc-policy-rn__grc-policy-rn-highlights}

* Manage control objective changes through a structured workflow without affecting the active published record.
* Rationalize UCF and non-UCF control objectives together in a single rationalization process.
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See [Policy and Compliance Management](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=r_PolicyComplianceMgmt&version=australia&pubname=australia-governance-risk-compliance&ft:locale=en-US) for more information.{#grc-policy-rn__grc-policy-rn-highlights-2}
Wichtig:  
Policy and Compliance Management is available in the ServiceNow Store. For details, see the "Activation information" section of these release notes.

## New in the Australia release {#grc-policy-rn__grc-policy-rn-new-features}

[Control objective workflow](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=concept_cob_workflow&version=australia&pubname=australia-governance-risk-compliance&ft:locale=en-US)
:   Aftr upgrading Policy and Compliance Management to 22.0.1, the new Control objective workflow feature introduces a structured lifecycle for managing control objective records. This feature is controlled by the Enable Control Objective
    Workflow property under Policy and Compliance \> Properties and is disabled by default.
:   Key highlights:

    * When disabled, only the State field is added to control objective records. Active records show Published, inactive records show Retired, and new records default to Draft.
    * When enabled, control objectives move through: Draft, Review, Approved, Current version, and Retired. The following new fields are also introduced: State, Effective date, Revision type, and Record nature.
    * Editing a published control objective creates a working draft, keeping the published record active until approved changes are published.
    * Users must select a revision type: Major or Minor. A Major revision moves associated controls back to Draft. A Minor revision applies updates without moving controls back to Draft.
    * The Owner and Owning Group fields control who can edit the control objective and perform workflow actions.
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[Rationalizing Unified Compliance Framework (UCF) control objectives](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/access?context=take-actions-on-the-recommendations-for-similar-control-objectives&version=australia&pubname=australia-governance-risk-compliance&ft:locale=en-US)
:   After upgrading Policy and Compliance Management to 22.0.1, both Unified Compliance Framework (UCF) control objectives and non-UCF control objectives can be rationalized together. Key highlights include:

    * Recommendation cards show a Source field to indicate whether it originates from UCF or a non-UCF source.
    * As UCF control objectives cannot be deactivated, the Identify Duplicates and Finalize sub-states guide the users to retain the UCF control objective. Any UCF recommendations that are not retained are automatically dismissed when the user requests review.
    * Only one UCF control objective can be retained at a time. If you retain a different UCF control objective, the previously retained one is automatically dismissed.
    * When rationalization is complete, the retained UCF control objective stays active, accepted non-UCF recommendations are deactivated, and any dismissed UCF control objectives remain active and unchanged.
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## Activation information {#grc-policy-rn__grc-policy-rn-activation}

Install Policy and Compliance Management by requesting it from the ServiceNow Store. Visit the [ServiceNow Store](https://store.servicenow.com/sn_appstore_store.do#!/store/home) to view all the available apps, and for information about submitting requests to the store. For cumulative release notes information for all released apps, see the [ServiceNow Store version history release notes](https://docs.servicenow.com/bundle/store-release-notes/page/release-notes/store/sn-store-release-notes.html).{#grc-policy-rn__grc-policy-rn-activation-1}

## Browser requirements {#grc-policy-rn__grc-policy-rn-browser}

Policy and Compliance Management supports the latest public release and the two preceding versions of the following web browsers:

* Google Chrome
* Firefox and Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR)
* Microsoft Edge Chromium
* Safari 12.0 and later versions
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