GRC Framework

Governance, Risk & Compliance programs that give leadership real visibility, reduce regulatory exposure, and build a culture of accountability — backed by deep, hands-on GRC experience across regulated industries.

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What is GRC — and Why Does Your Business Need It?

Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) is a structured approach to aligning how your organization makes IT decisions, manages risk, and meets its regulatory obligations — all in one integrated program. Without GRC, organizations discover compliance gaps and security incidents only when it's too late: during an audit, after a breach, or when a regulator comes knocking.

With a mature GRC program, your leadership has live visibility into risk exposure. Your auditors find clean, organized evidence. Your regulators find documented controls and demonstrated accountability. And your IT team has clear policies, standards, and procedures — so they know what's expected without having to ask.

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Governance

How your organization makes IT decisions, sets policies, assigns roles, and ensures accountability. The foundation that makes everything else work.

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Risk

Systematic identification, assessment, and treatment of IT risks — with a risk register, appetite thresholds, and treatment plans that leadership actually acts on.

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Compliance

Mapping regulatory obligations to controls, managing evidence, and demonstrating compliance across multiple frameworks simultaneously — without duplicate work.

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Policy Framework Development

Governance Foundation

A complete policy suite is the backbone of any GRC program. Without documented, approved, and communicated policies, you have no baseline to measure against — and no defence in an audit or regulatory examination. We write policies that people actually understand and follow — not 80-page documents that sit in a shared drive unread.

  • Information Security Policy (ISP)
  • Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)
  • Access Control Policy
  • Password & Authentication Policy
  • Data Classification Policy
  • Encryption Policy
  • Incident Response Policy
  • Change Management Policy
  • Vendor & Third-Party Risk Policy
  • Business Continuity & DR Policy
  • Remote Work & BYOD Policy
  • Security Awareness Policy
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Enterprise Risk Assessment & Risk Register

Risk Management

What Regulators Expect

OSFI B-13, NIST, and ISO 27001 all require formal, documented risk assessments with treatment plans and evidence of management review. A risk register isn't just a compliance artifact — it's how your board understands what keeps your CISO up at night and why budget should be allocated to security.

Risk Identification & Cataloguing

Systematic identification of IT risks across people, processes, technology, and third parties — using threat modelling, asset inventories, and stakeholder interviews.

Risk Scoring & Prioritization

Qualitative and quantitative risk assessment — likelihood, impact, inherent risk, and residual risk after controls — producing a ranked register your leadership can act on.

Risk Treatment Planning

For each risk: accept, mitigate, transfer, or avoid — with documented treatment plans, control owners, timelines, and success criteria.

Board-Ready Risk Reporting

Executive risk dashboards, heat maps, trend analysis, and risk posture presentations — the same format we've used to present to boards of global enterprises.

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Controls Implementation & ITGC

IT General Controls

IT General Controls (ITGC) are the foundational controls that underpin all other IT systems — access management, change control, operations management, and computer operations. They are tested in virtually every SOC 2, PCI-DSS, and financial audit. Weak ITGCs mean weak audit outcomes, regardless of how well your application controls work.

  • Access provisioning & de-provisioning
  • Privileged access management
  • Periodic access recertification
  • Change management & CAB process
  • System development lifecycle controls
  • Backup & recovery testing
  • Patch management process
  • Job scheduling & monitoring
  • Segregation of duties
  • Logging & audit trail management
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GRC Platform Implementation

OneTrust · Secureframe · Vanta

A GRC platform automates compliance evidence collection, maps controls across multiple frameworks, tracks risk register items, and generates audit-ready reports — saving hundreds of hours per year. We implement and configure the right platform for your size, budget, and compliance footprint.

OneTrust GRC

Enterprise-grade GRC and privacy management platform. Best for organizations managing GDPR, PIPEDA, and multiple compliance frameworks simultaneously.

Secureframe

Automated compliance platform that connects to your cloud, HR, and identity systems to collect evidence continuously — ideal for SOC 2 and ISO 27001 journeys.

Vanta

Fast, developer-friendly compliance automation. Excellent for tech companies moving quickly toward SOC 2 Type II — continuous monitoring with minimal manual overhead.

ServiceNow GRC

For organizations already on ServiceNow, we extend the platform into risk and compliance management — integrated with your existing ITSM workflows.

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Canadian Regulatory Compliance

OSFI B-13 · PIPEDA · Canadian-Specific

Why Canadian Expertise Matters

Most IT consultants bring US frameworks and apply them to Canadian businesses. OSFI B-13, PIPEDA, and provincial privacy laws have specific requirements that differ from SOX, HIPAA, or GDPR — and regulators know when you've used a copy-paste approach. We've advised Canadian financial services organizations directly on OSFI B-13 compliance roadmaps.

  • OSFI B-13 (Technology & Cyber Risk) advisory
  • PIPEDA compliance program
  • Privacy impact assessments (PIAs)
  • Data residency obligations
  • Breach notification procedures
  • Third-party risk under OSFI guidance

Build a GRC Program That Holds Up to Scrutiny

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Industries We Serve
🏦 Financial Services 🏥 Healthcare & Life Sciences 💻 SaaS & Technology ⚖️ Professional Services 🏛️ Government & Public Sector 🏢 Insurance & Wealth Management

Building Your GRC Programme

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Discovery & Gap Assessment

Understand your business context, regulatory obligations, and current GRC maturity. Identify the highest-priority gaps.

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Framework Design

Build your governance structure, risk methodology, policy suite, and control framework — mapped to your obligations.

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Implement & Operationalise

Deploy controls, configure your GRC platform, train your team, and make compliance a continuous process — not a fire drill.

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Monitor & Report

Ongoing risk reviews, compliance dashboards, management reporting, and programme evolution as your business grows.