AI in GRC: Separating automation hype from assurance reality
Artificial intelligence has become one of the most overused and misunderstood terms in the governance, risk management, and compliance (GRC) technology market. Every platform claims AI. Every solution promises automation. Every vendor presentation seems to suggest that AI will remove friction, reduce manual effort, and transform GRC overnight… there is certainly value in automation, but much of what is being marketed as AI in GRC is still operating at the shallow end of the pool. It is focused on collecting evidence, routing tasks, summarizing documents, populating fields, and accelerating workflows.
The real question for GRC is not simply whether AI can collect evidence faster. The real question is whether AI can help determine if the evidence is correct, complete, reliable, current, relevant, and actually demonstrates control effectiveness, obligation fulfillment, risk treatment, and policy adherence. This is where the market needs to separate automation hype from assurance reality . . .
[The rest of this blog can be read on the Strike Graph blog, where GRC 20/20’s Michael Rasmussen is a Guest Blogger]