What are Tasks?

This guide explains how tasks function within the OneClickComply platform, how they are created, and their specific properties.

Tasks are work items within the OneClickComply platform that represent actions to be completed. They serve as the primary way to track and manage the work involved in resolving security issues and meeting compliance requirements.

Overview

The OneClickComply platform identifies security issues through Detections - misconfigurations or vulnerabilities found by scanning connected environments. A Detection represents what is wrong. A Task represents what needs to be done about it.

Tasks act as the work management layer that sits between identifying an issue and resolving it. They ensure that every finding, recommendation, or compliance requirement can be assigned to a specific person, given a deadline, and tracked through to completion.

How Tasks Are Created

Tasks can be created in two ways:

Automatically: The platform generates Tasks from several sources, including Detections, questionnaires, audit findings, and AI-generated suggestions. For example, when a scan produces a Detection flagging that device encryption is not enforced, the platform can automatically create a corresponding Task to address it.

Manually: Users can create Tasks directly for any work that falls outside automated generation, such as internal process improvements or actions identified by an external audit.

Task Properties

Each Task carries the following attributes:

*Tag*	*Description*
Priority	Ranked P1 through P4, where P1 is the most urgent.
Assignee	The team member assigned responsibility for completing the Task.
Due date	The deadline by which the Task should be resolved.
Status	The current state of the Task within its workflow.
Recurrence	Tasks can be set to repeat on a defined schedule: daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, or annually.
Linked Detection	Where applicable, the Detection that prompted the Task. This link allows users to trace from an identified issue directly to the work item responsible for resolving it.

Recurring Tasks

Some compliance obligations are not one-off activities. For ongoing requirements (such as periodic access reviews, regular policy updates, or quarterly risk assessments), Tasks can be set to recur automatically at daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, or annual intervals.