Lucid

making complex systems understandable

Context-First Risk Management

Understand Systems
Before You Secure Them

Lucid helps teams understand systems before they secure them. Build shared context about your systems before selecting security controls.

Context Before Controls

Most cybersecurity risk tooling starts with controls instead of system understanding. This leads to poorly scoped risks, misaligned controls, and ineffective approvals. Lucid solves this by enforcing context-first risk thinking.

Built on NIST RMF Principles

Lucid implements the Contextualize phase of the NIST Risk Management Framework as a structured, interactive workflow.

Use Case Driven

Ground risk in real operational scenarios. Capture how systems are actually used, including failure and abuse scenarios.

Visual Topology

Interactive architecture diagrams make trust boundaries and dependencies explicit. Build shared understanding across teams.

Stakeholder Clarity

Define people, roles, and responsibilities early. Eliminate ambiguity before incidents occur with RACI matrices.

Reusable Objects

Systems, stakeholders, and assets are stored as reusable entities. Refine incrementally across assessments.

Engineering Native

Structured workflows without bureaucracy. Accessible to non-security stakeholders while maintaining rigor.

Auditable Output

Generate comprehensive system context that feeds formal RMF steps. Lightweight approval workflows included.

The Lucid Approach

A guided 7-step workflow that builds comprehensive system context

1

System Description

Establish scope, intent, and constraints with foundational metadata

2

Use Cases

Document how the system is used, including failure scenarios

3

System Topology

Visual architecture with interactive diagrams and connectors

4

Stakeholders

Define people and roles associated with the system

5

Asset Register

Structured catalog of critical assets and resources

6

RACI Matrix

Clear responsibility mapping for security activities

7

Purdue Model

Industrial control system layering for OT environments

Ready to Build System Context?

Start with the Contextualize phase and create a reusable, auditable foundation for your security program.