Overview#
Coordinated practices to align security with business objectives and obligations. Covers policy frameworks, risk assessments, control ownership, and audit readiness.
Core objectives#
- Establish shared definitions of Governance, Risk, and Compliance for security, engineering, and leadership teams.
- Connect Governance, Risk, and Compliance activities to measurable risk reduction and resilience goals.
- Provide onboarding notes so new team members can quickly understand how Governance, Risk, and Compliance works here.
Implementation notes#
- Identify the primary owner for Governance, Risk, and Compliance, the data sources involved, and the systems affected.
- Document the minimum viable process, tooling, and runbooks that keep Governance, Risk, and Compliance healthy.
- Map Governance, Risk, and Compliance practices to standards such as ISO/IEC 27001, NIST CSF, or CIS Controls.
Operational signals#
- Leading indicators: early warnings that Governance, Risk, and Compliance might degrade (e.g., backlog growth, noisy alerts, or missed SLAs).
- Lagging indicators: realized impact that shows Governance, Risk, and Compliance failed or needs investment (e.g., incidents, audit findings).
- Feedback loops: retrospectives and metrics reviews that tune Governance, Risk, and Compliance continuously.
Related practices#
- Align Governance, Risk, and Compliance with defense-in-depth planning, threat modeling, and disaster recovery tests.
- Communicate updates to stakeholders through concise briefs, dashboards, and internal FAQs.
- Pair Governance, Risk, and Compliance improvements with tabletop exercises to validate expectations.