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  • GPRC for Operational Resilience: Delivering on DORA

    GPRC for Operational Resilience: Delivering on DORA

    The Enterprise Bridge for Digital Trust in the European Union On the bridge of a starship, everything is connected. Navigation depends on sensors, sensors depend on power, power depends on… Continue reading GPRC for Operational Resilience: Delivering on DORA

  • Not Your Father’s Information Security Program: Digital Risk & Resilience by Design

    Not Your Father’s Information Security Program: Digital Risk & Resilience by Design

    This week I’m back in the United Kingdom—wall-to-wall engagements, packed rooms, and board-level urgency. Two themes are dominating every corridor conversation and every executive session: They’re not separate stories. They’re… Continue reading Not Your Father’s Information Security Program: Digital Risk & Resilience by Design

  • Policy Management and RegTech: Orchestrating Governance in an Age of Regulatory Uncertainty

    Policy Management and RegTech: Orchestrating Governance in an Age of Regulatory Uncertainty

    The week began with two very different conversations that echoed the same theme. One was with a major U.S. healthcare organization grappling with how to stay ahead of regulatory change.… Continue reading Policy Management and RegTech: Orchestrating Governance in an Age of Regulatory Uncertainty

  • Policy Management by Design: From Chaos to Culture

    Policy Management by Design: From Chaos to Culture

    Policies are more than documents on a shelf. They are the DNA of organizational integrity, the framework that defines culture, directs behavior, and provides accountability in times of scrutiny. When… Continue reading Policy Management by Design: From Chaos to Culture

  • Digital Risk and Resilience: Orchestrating for Digital Trust

    Digital Risk and Resilience: Orchestrating for Digital Trust

    Inevitability of Failure: the Digital EcoSystem of Business Every organization today is defined by the digital fabric and architecture in which its operations relies upon. This fabric is sprawling, complex,… Continue reading Digital Risk and Resilience: Orchestrating for Digital Trust

  • Why GRC is NOW or Never For Aspirational Organizations

    Why GRC is NOW or Never For Aspirational Organizations

    There comes a point in every organization’s journey when it must choose whether it is going to lead or follow — whether it will proactively shape its future or continually… Continue reading Why GRC is NOW or Never For Aspirational Organizations

  • GPRC for Third-Party and Supply Chain Risk Management

    GPRC for Third-Party and Supply Chain Risk Management

    Command and Control on the Bridge of the Enterprise with GRC 7.0 – GRC Orchestrate “Captain, sensors are detecting increased fluctuations in the warp field. I recommend we adjust our… Continue reading GPRC for Third-Party and Supply Chain Risk Management

  • GRC Engineering: From After-the-Fact Verification to Engineered Assurance

    GRC Engineering: From After-the-Fact Verification to Engineered Assurance

    Featuring my collected insights combined with thoughts from the most recent Risk Is Our Business Podcast with Ayoub Fandi, Security Assurance Automation Team Lead at GitLab and founder of the… Continue reading GRC Engineering: From After-the-Fact Verification to Engineered Assurance

  • Operational Resilience as a Strategic Imperative: Navigating DORA, UK, CPS 230, and Beyond

    Operational Resilience as a Strategic Imperative: Navigating DORA, UK, CPS 230, and Beyond

    In today’s interconnected and fast-moving environment, organizations face an array of disruptions that threaten their ability to deliver critical products and services. Cyberattacks, technology failures, supply chain breakdowns, and geopolitical… Continue reading Operational Resilience as a Strategic Imperative: Navigating DORA, UK, CPS 230, and Beyond

  • Don’t Panic: Specialized GRC Domains in the GRC Galaxy

    Don’t Panic: Specialized GRC Domains in the GRC Galaxy

    In the ever-expanding GRC Technology Galaxy, organizations are not cruising through empty space. They are dodging regulatory meteors, navigating gravitational pulls of risk, and occasionally sucked into black holes of failed… Continue reading Don’t Panic: Specialized GRC Domains in the GRC Galaxy

  • Third-Party GRC (Risk) Management Illustrated: Governing the Extended Enterprise with Clarity and Control

    Third-Party GRC (Risk) Management Illustrated: Governing the Extended Enterprise with Clarity and Control

    The OCEG GRC Illustrations are visual, educational resources designed to clearly communicate complex governance, risk management, and compliance concepts in an accessible and engaging way. Within this library, the GRC Technology Illustrated Series focuses… Continue reading Third-Party GRC (Risk) Management Illustrated: Governing the Extended Enterprise with Clarity and Control

  • CAPTAIN’s LOG: Risk Management Failure, Correcting Course

    CAPTAIN’s LOG: Risk Management Failure, Correcting Course

    Lessons in Risk Management from the First 20 Episodes of Risk Is Our Business “Risk isn’t the enemy. It’s the mission.”— Risk Is Our Business Podcast Over the course of its first… Continue reading CAPTAIN’s LOG: Risk Management Failure, Correcting Course