01 / Why It Matters
You shouldn't have to watch all of it.
Keeping up with management-system standards is harder than it should be. Changes are scattered across standards bodies, guidance, interpretations, transition requirements, and related sources.
Missing something important can create unnecessary risk. Treating every update like an emergency creates unnecessary noise.
Foundry Intelligence puts the useful part in front of you: what changed, why it matters, what deserves review, and what to do next.
What Changed
We identify and monitor developments across the standards and guidance you rely on.
Why It Matters
We separate meaningful impact from noise, speculation, and technical clutter.
What to Review
We point to the policies, processes, controls, records, or evidence that may be affected.
What to Do Next
We recommend practical action—or tell you when no action is warranted yet.
02 / What We Cover
Focused coverage. Useful context.
Version 1.0 focuses on four areas where changing requirements, guidance, and expectations can have practical consequences for the organizations that rely on them.
More to come. Request an update.
CMMC
Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification
Program updates, implementation guidance, assessment expectations, and related developments affecting organizations in the Defense Industrial Base.
ISO/IEC 27001
Information Security Management
Changes, guidance, and developments that may affect your Information Security Management System.
ISO/IEC 20000-1
Service Management
Updates relevant to the design, operation, and continual improvement of your service management system.
ISO 9001
Quality Management
Changes and guidance that may affect your Quality Management System and its supporting practices.
03 / The Subscription
Useful intelligence without another inbox full of noise.
- Timely notice of relevant changes
- Plain-English explanation of what changed
- Context for why the change matters
- Guidance on what parts of your system deserve review
- Practical next actions—or an explicit recommendation to take no action yet
- A growing historical library of Foundry Intelligence updates
Foundry Intelligence is intended to be a practical annual subscription: inexpensive enough to keep, useful enough to notice when it's gone.
What Changed
A relevant standards or guidance development has been published that may affect an existing management-system practice.
Why It Matters
We explain the practical implication and distinguish a meaningful change from something that simply deserves awareness.
What to Review
We identify the policies, controls, processes, records, or evidence most likely to deserve another look.
What to Do Next
We give you a practical next action—including, when appropriate, the recommendation to do nothing yet.
04 / Signal, Not Alarm
Not every change is an emergency.
We don't amplify noise. More information is not automatically better information.
We don't manufacture urgency. A standards update does not become a crisis because it arrived in your inbox.
We tell you when nothing needs to happen. “No action recommended” is a useful conclusion.
We keep the system in view. The point is not to follow a standard obsessively. The point is to keep your management system effective.
05 / Built for Continuity
A Readiness Kit helps you build for today's requirements.
Foundry Intelligence helps you understand what changes tomorrow.
If you started with a 9th Story Foundry Readiness Kit, Intelligence provides a natural way to stay aware of developments that may affect the system you've built.
06 / Foundry Intelligence
Stay current without living in the standards.
Annual subscription details and launch pricing are coming soon. If you want to know when Foundry Intelligence becomes available, start a conversation.
