As organizations scale cloud and digital platforms, traditional GRC models struggle to keep up. What’s drawn my interest is GRC Engineering — an approach that treats governance, risk, and compliance as engineering problems, not just reporting exercises. By embedding controls into systems, enabling continuous compliance, and automating evidence collection, GRC Engineering helps organizations reduce risk, streamline audits, and build trust at scale. This shift aligns closely with how consulting teams support clients today: translating regulatory requirements into practical, scalable, and technology-driven solutions. It’s an exciting evolution of GRC — and a space where real impact can be made. #GRCEngineering #RiskConsulting #CloudSecurity #ComplianceAutomation #SecurityEngineering #ConsultingCareers

🚨 DORA won’t catch firms out on deadlines in 2026 — it will catch them out on data. And the next deadline is closer than it looks — are you ready? Many firms treated the first DORA Register of Information (RoI) as a baseline exercise. The next one won’t be. Because DORA is shifting from theory to supervision — and that changes everything. In 2026, supervisory attention will move decisively from “did you submit?” to “does your data actually hold up?” What that means in practice: ✨ ICT contracts must be consistently scoped and classified ✨ Outsourcing, cloud, SaaS and intra-group services need clear logic and traceability ✨ Data gaps, workarounds and manual fixes will be far more visible At the same time, regulatory guidance continues to evolve. The technical interpretation isn’t fully settled yet, but expectations around structure, governance and ownership already are. 💡 The real differentiator won’t be speed. It will be how well your RoI is designed to evolve. Firms that invest early in: ✔️ a scalable RoI architecture ✔️ cross-functional ownership (Compliance, IT, Procurement, Risk) ✔️ tooling that supports validation — not just storage …will spend less time firefighting when scrutiny increases. DORA isn’t about surviving a deadline. It’s about proving operational resilience with evidence. Is your RoI a compliance file — or a resilience tool? #DORA #OperationalResilience #ICTRisk #RegulatoryCompliance #FinancialServices #Governance

“Productized” gets misunderstood in GRC. It doesn’t mean cookie-cutter. It doesn’t mean shallow. And it definitely doesn’t mean less judgment. A productized risk assessment means this The method is fixed Same intake structure. Same assessment logic. Same scoring and severity rules every time. The context is flexible Industry, size, risk tolerance, tech stack all shape the outcome without changing the method. 🔁 Findings roll up automatically Controls → gaps → risks → priorities → roadmap. No copy-paste. No rewriting from scratch. 📊 Outputs are decision-ready by default Executives see top risks and funding choices. Teams can drill into evidence when needed. This is how firms stop reinventing assessments without losing credibility. Platforms like Vectra View are built around this idea: productized delivery, not productized thinking. When your assessments are truly productized, scaling doesn’t dilute quality. It finally protects it. Which part of your assessment process still feels handcrafted every time? 🤔 #CyberRisk #GRCConsulting #vCISOServices #SecurityAdvisory #RiskAssessments #ComplianceAutomation #ConsultingOps #B2BSaaS

Stop positioning, start echoing the customer’s language. Most pipeline dies because your opener is interchangeable, if it works for any CIO, it lands with none. Here’s the test, can you open with a sentence that sounds like it came from their last steering committee? Examples of customer language that actually creates meetings: • We need recoverability we can evidence, not a plan we can’t prove. • We’re spending money on controls, but we can’t produce audit proof quickly. • Our data is everywhere, but we don’t know what’s sensitive until it’s too late. That’s mirroring, not parroting, Mirroring! You take their constraint, make it explicit, and tie it to a consequence they already fear; time, evidence, scrutiny, outage. Pipeline move (do this today): Pick your top 10 accounts. Write one opener for each using this template: Constraint , Consequence, Proof • Constraint, what they can’t do • Consequence, what it costs (risk, downtime, audit, board) • Proof, what you’ll deliver in a PoV or assessment If you can’t write that in 3 lines, your message isn’t aligned yet. #ANZ #GTM #Pipeline #EnterpriseSales #CIO #CISO #AWS

Excel is a liability. Operational friction quietly drains ~20% MoM. 📉 Most CFOs still manage dynamic spend with static spreadsheets. By the time anomalies appear, the quarter is already closed. That is why we built Audit Flow v4.2.0. A zero-install, browser-based spend analysis terminal designed for audit-sensitive teams. 🔹 What Audit Flow detects Duplicate and overlapping transactions Unused and forgotten SaaS subscriptions Abnormal spending spikes beyond defined thresholds 🔹 Why CFOs trust it Data processed locally in your browser No cloud uploads or external storage Built for compliance-first environments 🔹 How it helps Faster visibility into cost leakage Cleaner audit trails Better decisions without new infrastructure Stop managing modern spend with legacy tools. 👇 See the system architecture below. #CFO #FinanceOps #AuditTech #OperationalIntelligence #DataSecurity #React #MKNexus

✅ Cloudability Governance is live — great to discuss it with Soline Plichta & Hunter (R) Willis recently. Shift-left governance: Policy Evaluation, Recommendations, and Cost Estimation baked into engineering workflows for multi-cloud organisations. https://lnkd.in/djyd8sDD https://lnkd.in/dvBhkDQp #CloudabilityGovernance #IaC #FinOpsPractices #Cloudability #FinOps

BC Tech Member, StandardFusion has been acquired by Wolters Kluwer in a ~$50M deal - a big milestone for the Vancouver-based GRC leader. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gvWMtiqp

Working with customers on Security Data Lakes on #Snowflake has shown me that the true power of centralizing data isn't just for first-line teams; it can also be the secret weapon for modernizing GRC. During my time in the GRC space, I saw a massive shift: the desire to move away from manual, "point-in-time" and sample-based testing toward fully automated control testing. By leveraging Snowflake as a compliance engine, organizations can break down silos and transform security data into a resource for the entire business. In my latest article, I dive into: - The hurdles of modern GRC. - How to transition from AI-assisted to fully automated assessments. - Why Snowflake is the ideal foundation for this evolution.