The Oil and Pipelines Agency Joins Symbiant’s Growing Network of Government Bodies Choosing Symbiant GRC and Audit Management Software

The Oil and Pipelines Agency (OPA) has joined a growing network of UK government bodies modernising their Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) and Audit Management with Symbiant’s proven modular GRC, Risk Management and Audit software.

Operating within a highly regulated environment, the OPA oversees critical national fuel infrastructure on behalf of the Ministry of Defence. In such an essential public role, the organisation requires transparency, accountability, and full compliance with HM Treasury’s Orange Book: Management of Risk – Principles and Concepts.

By selecting Symbiant’s award-winning GRC & Audit solution, the Agency is strengthening its governance, risk, and audit frameworks with a single connected solution that delivers visibility, consistency, and control across departments, while remaining cost-effective and easy to embed and use. This follows the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) renewing its Symbiant contract for a third consecutive year, a strong signal of the public sector’s continued trust in Symbiant’s ability to deliver secure, compliant, and Orange Book-aligned GRC, Risk Management and Audit solutions built specifically for the needs of government bodies.

A Smarter, More Affordable Way to Modernise GRC in Government

Government departments and public bodies face a constant balancing act, upholding the highest standards of governance and accountability while working within increasingly constrained budgets. Implementing and maintaining effective GRC and audit frameworks can be challenging when traditional enterprise solutions come with inflated costs, complex configurations, and heavy reliance on external consultants.

Symbiant removes those barriers.

Our modular, seat-based licensing model makes modern risk, audit, and compliance management attainable for organisations of all sizes. Each module is priced at £100 per month, with unlimited access for all active users under the licensed seats — a transparent, scalable approach that eliminates the per-user fees and hidden costs often associated with legacy systems.

Embedding Orange Book Principles in Practice

The Orange Book provides a framework for managing risk within the public sector, focusing on proportionality, accountability, and integration into decision-making.

Symbiant’s software supports these principles in action by:

• Creating a Single Source of Truth (SSOT) for risk, control, and audit data, ensuring all information is consistent, current, and traceable.

• Providing structured workflows that align with risk identification, assessment, response, and monitoring stages.

• Encouraging participation across all levels, from operational teams to senior management, through collaborative Risk Workshops and role-based dashboards.

• Facilitating accountability with full audit trails, action tracking, and ownership of every control, incident, or audit item.

• Enabling evidence-based decisions, thanks to dynamic risk scoring, custom reporting, and live dashboards designed for oversight committees and assurance functions.

By adopting Symbiant, the OPA is embedding these Orange Book principles within a robust, modern, and connected GRC environment that encourages proactive management rather than reactive correction.

From Risk Registers to Audit Working Papers: A Connected GRC Ecosystem

Symbiant’s integrated modular design allows each organisation to tailor its system to its specific governance structure and maturity level. For the OPA, this means seamlessly linking key areas of assurance to ensure complete oversight across operations.

Some of the most relevant modules for public bodies include:

• Risk Registers: Visual, dynamic overviews of organisational risks, complete with scoring, aggregation, and automated review cycles.

• Controls and Policies: Central management of all key controls, linked directly to risks and incidents to ensure continuous compliance with ISO 27001 and Orange Book standards.

• Audit Working Papers: A full electronic audit folder that brings together tests, evidence, and documentation, with one-click export to reports for audit committees.

• Incident Reporter: Streamlined capture and categorisation of operational events or near misses, with the ability to link incidents to risks or create new ones.

• Questionnaires, Surveys and Assessments: Dynamic, logic-based assessments to evaluate compliance, risk exposure, or control performance.

• Risk Action Tracker: Comprehensive monitoring of all remedial actions with automatic alerts and ownership tracking.

Together, these modules create a connected GRC ecosystem, eliminating silos and improving communication between departments. For public bodies such as the OPA, this translates into faster reporting, better decision-making, and improved assurance oversight.

Empowering Government Bodies to Do More with Less

For many public organisations, digital transformation can feel out of reach. Budgets are tight, resources limited, and legacy systems entrenched. Symbiant GRC, Risk Management and Audit solution offers a different approach, one that empowers teams to manage complex processes through intuitive design, modular scalability, and genuine affordability.

Government departments using Symbiant consistently highlight how the system improves collaboration, transparency, and assurance while keeping operating costs predictable. With its pay-as-you-go model, Symbiant ensures every pound delivers measurable value, making it an ideal partner for government modernisation initiatives.