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| 1 | +# The GRC Engineering Cheat Sheet |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +## Legacy GRC vs. GRC Engineering in practice |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | +<div class="cheat-sheet-table" markdown> |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | +<table> |
| 8 | + <thead> |
| 9 | + <tr> |
| 10 | + <th style="width: 120px; text-align: center;">Program</th> |
| 11 | + <th>Legacy GRC</th> |
| 12 | + <th>GRC Engineering</th> |
| 13 | + </tr> |
| 14 | + </thead> |
| 15 | + <tbody> |
| 16 | + <tr> |
| 17 | + <td style="text-align: center;"><em>All</em></td> |
| 18 | + <td> |
| 19 | + <ul> |
| 20 | + <li>Framework-first focus</li> |
| 21 | + </ul> |
| 22 | + </td> |
| 23 | + <td> |
| 24 | + <ul> |
| 25 | + <li>Threat-informed, systems thinking, design thinking</li> |
| 26 | + </ul> |
| 27 | + </td> |
| 28 | + </tr> |
| 29 | + <tr> |
| 30 | + <td style="text-align: center;">Governance</td> |
| 31 | + <td> |
| 32 | + <ul> |
| 33 | + <li>Policies, standards, procedures</li> |
| 34 | + <li>Docs =/= control reality</li> |
| 35 | + <li>Metric-less committees & decisions</li> |
| 36 | + <li>Annual/semi-annual training (boring)</li> |
| 37 | + </ul> |
| 38 | + </td> |
| 39 | + <td> |
| 40 | + <ul> |
| 41 | + <li>PaC enforces “risk tolerance” (pre-deploy/change)</li> |
| 42 | + <li>“Autocorrect/reconcile” docs ←→ controls</li> |
| 43 | + <li>Metrics-focused committees & decisions</li> |
| 44 | + <li>Real-time behavioral interventions & scientific pedagogy</li> |
| 45 | + </ul> |
| 46 | + </td> |
| 47 | + </tr> |
| 48 | + <tr> |
| 49 | + <td style="text-align: center;">Risk</td> |
| 50 | + <td> |
| 51 | + <ul> |
| 52 | + <li>Qualitative risk analysis (manual)</li> |
| 53 | + <li>Subjective data & heatmaps</li> |
| 54 | + <li>Fragmented weaknesses & issues</li> |
| 55 | + <li>Accountability police</li> |
| 56 | + <li>Fear, Uncertainty, & Doubt (FUD)</li> |
| 57 | + <li>TP<u>C</u>M, heavily third-party focused</li> |
| 58 | + </ul> |
| 59 | + </td> |
| 60 | + <td> |
| 61 | + <ul> |
| 62 | + <li>Quantitative risk analysis (automated)</li> |
| 63 | + <li>Objective data & histograms</li> |
| 64 | + <li>Holistic risk scenarios (threat + vector + asset + impact)</li> |
| 65 | + <li>Decision support partners</li> |
| 66 | + <li>Evidence, Logic, Math, Reason (ELMR >>> FUD)</li> |
| 67 | + <li>TP<u>R</u>M, balanced third + first-party focus</li> |
| 68 | + </ul> |
| 69 | + </td> |
| 70 | + </tr> |
| 71 | + <tr> |
| 72 | + <td style="text-align: center;">Compliance</td> |
| 73 | + <td> |
| 74 | + <ul> |
| 75 | + <li>Periodic, isolated control monitoring</li> |
| 76 | + <li>Evidence samples</li> |
| 77 | + </ul> |
| 78 | + </td> |
| 79 | + <td> |
| 80 | + <ul> |
| 81 | + <li>Automated, holistic control monitoring & active testing</li> |
| 82 | + <li>Evidence populations (full)</li> |
| 83 | + </ul> |
| 84 | + </td> |
| 85 | + </tr> |
| 86 | + <tr> |
| 87 | + <td style="text-align: center;">Trust &<br>Assurance</td> |
| 88 | + <td> |
| 89 | + <ul> |
| 90 | + <li>Opaque, abstracted annual artifacts</li> |
| 91 | + <li>RFIs handled via email</li> |
| 92 | + </ul> |
| 93 | + </td> |
| 94 | + <td> |
| 95 | + <ul> |
| 96 | + <li>Transparent, real-time, historical visibility into controls</li> |
| 97 | + <li>Self-service RFIs & questionnaire completion</li> |
| 98 | + </ul> |
| 99 | + </td> |
| 100 | + </tr> |
| 101 | + </tbody> |
| 102 | +</table> |
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