KnowBe4 KCM (KnowBe4 Compliance Manager), also marketed as the KCM GRC Platform, was a SaaS-based Governance, Risk, and Compliance platform developed by KnowBe4. It helped organizations manage compliance, policies, risk, and third-party vendor relationships through compliance management, policy management, risk management, and vendor risk management.
KCM was positioned for SMBs and mid-market organizations that need structured GRC without enterprise-level complexity. The platform reached full end of life in 2024.
What the KCM End of Life Means for Your Compliance Program
Running a compliance program on an end-of-life platform creates real risk, not just inconvenience:
Frozen framework templates
Compliance frameworks like NIST CSF, CMMC 2.0, and SOC 2 have all been updated since KCM was sunset. An EOL platform does not receive those updates. If an auditor or customer asks you to map controls to a current framework version, your tooling cannot keep pace.
No security patches
Your GRC platform holds your control evidence, risk register, vendor questionnaire responses, and policy documentation. Running that data on unpatched software is precisely the kind of risk a GRC program is supposed to help you manage.
Integrations break over time
As the tools in your security stack push API updates, KCM will not keep up. Disconnected workflows create gaps in your evidence trail.
Audit exposure
Auditors for SOC 2, HIPAA, and ISO 27001 increasingly ask about the integrity and support status of the tools used to manage compliance evidence. Being on a discontinued platform with no active vendor support is not a comfortable position in an audit.
Migrating from KCM GRC to Apptega: What You Are Gaining
Apptega was built as a dedicated GRC operating system, not an add-on to a security awareness training platform. Here is how the two compare across the capabilities that KCM customers relied on most:
The most significant structural difference: KCM required managing each compliance framework independently. Apptega's cross-walking feature maps controls across frameworks, so a single piece of evidence can satisfy requirements in SOC 2, NIST CSF, and HIPAA simultaneously. Organizations managing two or more frameworks typically reduce their compliance management time by 40 to 75 percent.
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