Risk

Right now, somewhere in your organization, an engineer is connecting a production workflow to an LLM they spun up last Tuesday. No security review. No risk assessment. No procurement process. Just an API key, a use case, and a deadline. Your GRC team will find out eventually. Probably not today. This is not a technology problem. It is not even a people problem. It is a governance problem, and the uncomfortable truth is that the GRC profession has seen this exact movie before. ...

PCI Scoping in Hybrid Cloud Environments PCI DSS version 4.0 puts fresh attention on scoping through Requirement 12.5.2. You now need a formal scoping exercise at least once a year and after major changes, and you have to be able to explain and defend it. That is hard enough in a simple on premises setup. In a hybrid world with cloud services, shared tools, and legacy systems, it can feel messy and unclear. ...

The Future Isn’t Coming — It’s Already Here Several leading AI and research companies are actively exploring the deployment of AI-powered “employees” within enterprise environments. These aren’t your typical chatbots — they’re fully autonomous agents with persistent memory, role-based access, credentials, and the ability to perform tasks independently, often with system-level permissions. Now ask yourself: Is your risk program ready to onboard a non-human employee? Why This Matters for GRC Let’s cut through the hype and get real about what this means for Governance, Risk, and Compliance. ...