Copla — the platform formerly marketed as Cyber Upgrade — is a governance, risk and compliance (GRC) system built specifically for companies under heavy financial and information-security regulation. Rather than juggling spreadsheets, shared drives and reminder emails, teams run their registers, controls, evidence, vendor assessments and policy documents through one system of record. Automation handles the repetitive evidence gathering and cross-mapping between frameworks, so the same work satisfies DORA, NIS2, ISO 27001 or SOC 2 instead of being rebuilt for each one.
The AI layer is applied where documentation volume is the real bottleneck. The AI Compliance Assistant turns structured answers about how your organisation actually operates into draft policies and register entries, while a human CISO team reviews the evidence that will be seen by auditors. That combination is the product's main differentiator: it is not a chatbot bolted onto a compliance checklist, and it is not a purely advisory consultancy either. It sits between the two, with the software tracking status, ownership and change history, and specialists interpreting what each framework means for your specific business.
Copla is especially visible in European financial services, where DORA and related requirements dominate the roadmap. Its support for the DORA Register of Information — with an EBA-aligned structure, full change history and XBRL-CSV export — is one of the clearest examples of a capability built for a specific regulatory deadline rather than generic compliance marketing. The company claims 50+ frameworks and covers DORA, NIS2, ISO 27001, SOC 2, PS26/2, PCI DSS, Cyber Essentials and CRA, among others.
