GRC Strategy & Operating Model

Mid-size and large enterprises in regulated sectors typically face 6–15 simultaneous obligations — ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI DSS, NIST CSF, plus CBUAE, SAMA, NCA, ADHICS, DESC, RBI, SEBI, GDPR and others.

• Run as separate projects, these create duplicate controls, conflicting evidence formats, audit fatigue and unclear board reporting.
• Integrated GRC consolidates the obligation set into a single control framework with one risk register and one evidence engine, dramatically reducing cost and confusion.

Coverage includes obligation inventory and harmonisation, common control framework design (mapping to Secure Controls Framework, NIST CSF 2.0, ISO 27001 Annex A, COBIT 2019), enterprise risk taxonomy and appetite statements, three-lines model design, GRC platform selection and implementation (Archer, ServiceNow IRM/GRC, MetricStream, OneTrust, AuditBoard, Vanta, Drata), policy harmonisation, KRI/KPI library, and board and audit committee reporting design.

We start with a 4–6 week discovery — interviewing process owners, mapping controls, inventorying evidence and tooling — then design a unified framework that satisfies every in-scope obligation with the smallest possible control set.

• Tooling is selected on objective criteria (TCO, integrations, regulator-fit, scalability) and rolled out alongside revised RACI, attestation cycles and reporting cadence.
• Quarterly steering keeps the framework current as new regulations emerge.

Typical outcomes: 30–40 percent reduction in audit effort, 50–70 percent fewer duplicated controls, a single board-level GRC dashboard, and a measurable improvement in audit findings closure rates.

• Strategically, the executive team gains one defensible view of regulatory, technology, operational and third-party risk — replacing inconsistent spreadsheet returns with live data.