Governance, Risk, and Compliance

In this lesson, we’ll be outlining the basic course structure and discussing the prerequisites that you should possess before taking the course.

During this lesson, we will lay the groundwork for the rest of the course by developing a definition for Security GRC and briefly introducing how GRC roles function today.

This lesson focuses on the role of security governance. This is what puts the “G” in GRC.

In this lesson we’ll learn how risk management has evolved over time into today’s security risk management practice and explore some of the tools risk managers use.

Compliance deals with a relatively structured approach to ensuring organizations meet their obligations to security standards through their security controls and practices.

The lesson focuses on ensuring that audits go smoothly by developing an understanding of audit management fundamentals and how GRC professionals should plan for and remediate audit results.

Apply the skills you have acquired to analyze data provided about a fictional technology company and create fundamental components of the company’s GRC program.