Cerpent is the GRC platform for banks and regulated institutions. Risk, controls, assets and compliance in one place, running entirely inside your own infrastructure, with Ophidia AI doing the analysis.
Enterprise GRC for the AI era
Risk, controls, assets, evidence, reporting — connected. Built for the second-line analyst running 400 controls.
Unified GRC Dashboard
Every open risk, failed control and overdue review on one screen, updated in real time, so your team sees what needs action first.
- Real-time risk indicators and alerts
- Customizable executive dashboards
- Interactive data visualizations
AI-Enhanced Risk Evaluation
Ophidia AI helps your team evaluate potential risk factors faster and more consistently by analyzing structured data across your compliance and governance workflows.
- Accelerated risk assessments using AI-guided insights
- Consistent evaluation frameworks across teams and audits
- Adaptive models that evolve as your organization scales
Intelligent Control Management
Cut control-management workload with smart orchestration that automatically organizes, schedules and tracks every control across your assets and risks.
- Centralized control library
- Automated evidence consolidation
- Risk-based control prioritization
Dynamic Asset Hub
Turn your existing asset inventory into a living map: every asset structured, owned and traceable to the controls and risks around it.
- Centralized registry with customizable metadata fields and clear ownership tags
- Smart grouping and hierarchical views that mirror your organization's structure
- Instant linkage of assets to their controls and risk profiles for end-to-end traceability
Enterprise Integration
Connect the tools you already run, so security and compliance data stops living in separate silos.
- Integrations built around your stack
- Pre-built enterprise connectors
- Automatic data sync, all inside your network
Board-Ready Reporting
Demonstrate risk management ROI with compelling visualizations and metrics that translate technical data into business language for executive stakeholders.
- Strategic risk insights
- Audit-ready evidence packages
- Trend analysis with benchmarking
How Cerpent Scores Risk
A semi-quantitative model your auditors can follow line by line. Owners rate likelihood and impact; every control earns its reduction through assurance, not assumption.
- 1Inherent exposureLikelihood × impact, rated by the risk owner on 1–5 scales.
- 2Appetite and targetHow much exposure the organization accepts, and where it wants to be. Both sit below inherent.
- 3Reduction budgetThe gap from inherent down to target: what the controls have to remove.
- 4Control weightEach control carries a share of the budget: the most it can take off the score. A budget of 10 at 50% weight is a designed reduction of 5.
- 5Assurance ratingImplementation and testing rate how well each control actually works. A control at 50% removes half its designed reduction.
- 6Residual exposureWhat is left after realized reductions, checked against appetite and target.
Unauthorized access to the core banking system
- Inherent
- 4 × 5 = 20
- Appetite
- 8
- Target
- 6
- Budget
- 14
| Control | Weight | Designed | Assurance | Realized |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MFA on privileged accounts | 50% | −7 | −7 | |
| Quarterly privileged-access review | 30% | −4.2 | −2.1 | |
| SIEM alerting on admin sessions | 20% | −2.8 | −2.1 |
Drag an assurance rating to see how tested effectiveness moves the residual.
Live in weeks,
not quarters.
Most GRC deployments take 6–12 months. Cerpent is designed to go from contract to production in under 6 weeks, without displacing what already works.
- 01
Connect your data sources.
Point Cerpent at your existing stack — ITSM, IAM, cloud infrastructure. Pre-built connectors and a REST API handle the rest. Your data stays where it is.
- 02
Map risks to controls to assets.
Import your asset inventory, define your control taxonomy, and establish risk relationships. Ophidia AI surfaces patterns immediately — you don't start from zero.
- 03
Let evidence collection run itself.
Controls test on schedule. Anomalies trigger alerts. Evidence is collected, timestamped, and attached automatically. Your team reviews; the platform does the legwork.
- 04
Report. Close findings. Repeat.
Audit-ready packages export directly to your frameworks. Board dashboards update in real time. Each cycle gets faster as Ophidia learns your environment.
AI That Learns Your
Risk Patterns
Ophidia AI does not replace your team’s judgment — it accelerates it. By analyzing structured data across your GRC workflows, it helps your organization evaluate risks faster, spot control gaps, and adapt frameworks as you scale.
Risk Pattern Recognition
Identifies emerging risk trends across assets and controls before they escalate.
AI-Guided Assessment
Suggests risk ratings and control mappings based on your historical data and industry benchmarks.
Continuous Learning
Adapts to your organization's unique risk profile with every assessment and audit cycle.
On-Premise Deployment
Your data never leaves your environment. Ophidia runs entirely within your infrastructure.
The Same Team Builds
AI for Your Business
Beyond the platform, our data science team delivers AI agents and machine learning models for banks and growing businesses. Built by risk experts, explainable to regulators and ready for production.
Explore AI & ML Services- AI Conversational AgentsSpecialized AI assistants that work like members of your team, including fraud investigation.
- Income EstimationKnow your customer's true income, even without payslips.
- Credit ScoringAccurate, explainable credit decisions at scale.
- IFRS 9 PD ModelsCompliant, defensible expected credit loss modeling.
- Fraud DetectionStop fraud in real time without blocking good customers.
- Graph Neural NetworksSee the connections that single-customer models miss.
- Churn & PropensityKeep your customers and grow what they buy.
- AI & ML Model ValidationIndependent assurance that your models work and comply.
Selected for the AWS/CTIB
Cybersecurity Startup Accelerator
A rigorous program partnering with the leaders below to validate and scale cutting‑edge security solutions. Close to the people shaping modern security, we bring what we learn straight to your GRC program.
In partnership with CYBERE71 & the UAE Cybersecurity Council
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about Cerpent’s platform, deployment, and support.
Cerpent installs entirely within your infrastructure — whether on-prem data centers, private cloud, or hybrid environments. Your data never leaves your network, and you maintain full control over access, encryption, and compliance.
Cerpent runs inside your network, so integrations work there too: through a REST API and scheduled or agent-based data collection, with no cloud callbacks. We scope integrations with you during implementation, for example your asset inventory, monitoring tools and identity provider.
Most organizations are live within 6 weeks. We provide dedicated onboarding support and training for your team to ensure a smooth transition from legacy tools or spreadsheets.
Absolutely. Ophidia learns from your risk data and assessment history, and scoring, control taxonomies and reports match your own framework.
Standard support and product updates are included with every Cerpent subscription. Extended support options are available. Coverage hours and response times are agreed with each customer.
Cerpent is designed for banks, fintechs, critical infrastructure organizations, and any regulated entity that requires enterprise-grade GRC with strict data sovereignty. It is built for organizations with 100+ employees and complex compliance requirements.
Ready to Transform
Your GRC Program?
See Cerpent in action. Our team will walk you through the platform, answer your questions, and show you how we can adapt to your specific risk and compliance needs.
- 30-minute personalized demo
- Custom deployment roadmap
- ROI analysis for your organization
- No commitment required