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.

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.