Oscal Visualizer

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Create visual diagrams and representations of OSCAL documents including control hierarchies, component relationships, implementation flows, and SSP overviews. Inspired by oscal-diagrams and community visualization tools.

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name: oscal-visualizer description: Create visual diagrams and representations of OSCAL documents including control hierarchies, component relationships, implementation flows, and SSP overviews. Inspired by oscal-diagrams and community visualization tools.

OSCAL Visualizer Skill

Create visual representations of OSCAL documents to help understand control structures, relationships, and compliance status.

When to Use This Skill

Use this skill when you need to:

  • Visualize control hierarchies and families
  • Show component relationships
  • Display implementation coverage
  • Create SSP overview diagrams
  • Generate assessment flow charts
  • Produce compliance dashboards

✅ Data Source Principle

This skill creates visualizations from documents you provide. All diagram content reflects your OSCAL data — no compliance information is generated from training knowledge.


Diagram Types

Type Purpose Best For
Control Hierarchy Show control families and relationships Catalogs, profiles
Component Relationships Map components to controls Component definitions
Implementation Flow Show how controls are implemented SSPs
Profile Inheritance Display profile layering Profiles
SSP Overview System security summary SSPs
Assessment Flow Assessment process visualization SAP, SAR

Visualization Color Schemes

Control Families

Family Color Hex
AC (Access Control) Red #FF6B6B
AU (Audit) Teal #4ECDC4
CM (Config Mgmt) Green #96CEB4
IA (Auth) Purple #DDA0DD
SC (Sys/Comm) Med Purple #9370DB
SI (Integrity) Turquoise #00CED1

Implementation Status

Status Color Symbol
Implemented Green
Partial Yellow ⚠️
Planned Blue 🔵
Not Applicable Gray
Missing Red

How to Create Visualizations

Control Hierarchy Diagram

For catalogs and profiles:

NIST 800-53 Rev 5
├── Access Control (AC) [20 controls]
│   ├── AC-1: Policy and Procedures
│   ├── AC-2: Account Management
│   │   ├── AC-2(1): Automated Management
│   │   ├── AC-2(2): Automated Temporary Accounts
│   │   └── AC-2(3): Disable Accounts
│   └── AC-3: Access Enforcement
│       └── AC-3(1): Restricted Access
├── Audit and Accountability (AU) [16 controls]
│   ├── AU-1: Policy and Procedures
│   └── AU-2: Event Logging
...

Component Relationship Diagram

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                   SYSTEM                         │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│                                                  │
│  ┌──────────┐    ┌──────────┐    ┌──────────┐  │
│  │ Azure AD │────│ App Svc  │────│ Azure DB │  │
│  └────┬─────┘    └────┬─────┘    └────┬─────┘  │
│       │               │               │         │
│  ┌────┴─────┐    ┌────┴─────┐    ┌────┴─────┐  │
│  │ AC-2,IA-2│    │ SC-7,CM-6│    │ SC-28,AU-2│  │
│  │ IA-5,AU-2│    │ SI-3,SI-4│    │ AC-3,SC-8 │  │
│  └──────────┘    └──────────┘    └──────────┘  │
│                                                  │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Implementation Status Heatmap

CONTROL IMPLEMENTATION STATUS
=============================

     AC  AT  AU  CA  CM  CP  IA  IR  MA  MP  PE  PL  PM  PS  RA  SA  SC  SI
    ┌───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┬───┐
Imp │███│███│███│███│███│░░░│███│███│███│███│░░░│███│███│███│███│███│███│███│
Par │░░░│░░░│░░░│░░░│░░░│███│░░░│░░░│░░░│░░░│███│░░░│░░░│░░░│░░░│░░░│░░░│░░░│
Pln │░░░│░░░│░░░│░░░│░░░│░░░│░░░│░░░│░░░│░░░│░░░│░░░│░░░│░░░│░░░│░░░│░░░│░░░│
N/A │░░░│░░░│░░░│░░░│░░░│░░░│░░░│░░░│░░░│░░░│░░░│░░░│░░░│░░░│░░░│░░░│░░░│░░░│
    └───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┴───┘

Legend: ███ = Present  ░░░ = None

SSP Overview Diagram

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                    SYSTEM SECURITY PLAN                      │
│                   [System Name v1.0.0]                       │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│                                                              │
│  ┌─────────────┐      ┌─────────────┐      ┌─────────────┐  │
│  │  METADATA   │      │   PROFILE   │      │   SYSTEM    │  │
│  │             │      │   IMPORT    │      │   CHARS     │  │
│  │ FedRAMP Mod │──────│ NIST 800-53 │──────│ Cloud SaaS  │  │
│  │ v2024.01    │      │ Moderate    │      │ Boundary    │  │
│  └─────────────┘      └─────────────┘      └─────────────┘  │
│                              │                               │
│                              ▼                               │
│  ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐  │
│  │            CONTROL IMPLEMENTATION                      │  │
│  │                                                        │  │
│  │  Controls: 325     Implemented: 287 (88%)             │  │
│  │  Partial: 25       Planned: 10      N/A: 3            │  │
│  │                                                        │  │
│  │  ┌────────┐ ┌────────┐ ┌────────┐ ┌────────┐         │  │
│  │  │AC: 100%│ │AU: 95% │ │CM: 90% │ │SC: 85% │         │  │
│  │  └────────┘ └────────┘ └────────┘ └────────┘         │  │
│  └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘  │
│                                                              │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Profile Inheritance Diagram

                    ┌──────────────────┐
                    │   NIST 800-53    │
                    │   (Catalog)      │
                    │   1189 controls  │
                    └────────┬─────────┘
                             │
              ┌──────────────┼──────────────┐
              ▼              ▼              ▼
      ┌───────────┐  ┌───────────┐  ┌───────────┐
      │   LOW     │  │ MODERATE  │  │   HIGH    │
      │ Baseline  │  │ Baseline  │  │ Baseline  │
      │ 200 ctrls │  │ 325 ctrls │  │ 421 ctrls │
      └─────┬─────┘  └─────┬─────┘  └─────┬─────┘
            │              │              │
            ▼              ▼              ▼
      ┌───────────┐  ┌───────────┐  ┌───────────┐
      │ FedRAMP   │  │ FedRAMP   │  │ FedRAMP   │
      │ LOW       │  │ MODERATE  │  │ HIGH      │
      │ +tailored │  │ +tailored │  │ +tailored │
      └───────────┘  └───────────┘  └───────────┘

Compliance Dashboard View

╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║              COMPLIANCE DASHBOARD                          ║
╠═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣
║                                                            ║
║  OVERALL COMPLIANCE          RISK LEVEL                   ║
║  ┌────────────────┐          ┌────────────────┐           ║
║  │      88%       │          │    MODERATE    │           ║
║  │   ████████░░   │          │    ▲▲▲░░       │           ║
║  └────────────────┘          └────────────────┘           ║
║                                                            ║
║  CONTROL STATUS                POA&M STATUS               ║
║  ┌──────────────────┐         ┌──────────────────┐        ║
║  │ ✅ Impl:    287  │         │ Open:        15  │        ║
║  │ ⚠️  Partial:  25  │         │ In Progress:  8  │        ║
║  │ 🔵 Planned:  10  │         │ Overdue:      3  │        ║
║  │ ➖ N/A:       3  │         │ Closed (30d): 12 │        ║
║  └──────────────────┘         └──────────────────┘        ║
║                                                            ║
║  FAMILY COVERAGE                                          ║
║  AC ████████████████████ 100%                             ║
║  AU ██████████████████░░  95%                             ║
║  CM ████████████████░░░░  90%                             ║
║  IA ██████████████████░░  95%                             ║
║  SC █████████████████░░░  85%                             ║
║                                                            ║
╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝

Output Formats

Format Use Case
ASCII Terminal display, text reports
Mermaid Documentation, GitHub
DOT/Graphviz Complex relationships
SVG Web display
Markdown tables Documentation

Example Usage

When asked "Visualize the control coverage in this SSP":

  1. Parse the SSP document
  2. Extract control implementations
  3. Group by family
  4. Calculate percentages by status
  5. Generate appropriate visualization
  6. Include legend and summary statistics

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Last Updated:1/1/2026