Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) + Integrated Risk Management (IRM)
Risk, compliance, audit, and policy on a single platform — drawing evidence from the systems already running, not from a quarterly scramble. GRC works when it stops being an interruption.
Why it matters
Most GRC programs live in spreadsheets and document repositories. Evidence collection is a quarterly fire drill. Findings track in one tool, controls in another, and exceptions in email. The result is a program that satisfies auditors and exhausts the team running it.
GRC and IRM on ServiceNow flip that pattern. Controls map to the operational systems generating evidence. Risks tie to actual business services. Compliance frameworks reuse a common control library instead of duplicating effort across SOX, SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI, and the rest.
Continuous monitoring becomes possible — because the evidence is already in the platform. Auditors get faster answers, the risk function gets useful signal, and the team stops spending Q1 reconstructing Q4.
The implementation is not trivial. Done well, it changes how the second line operates. We do not pretend otherwise.
How Amazon Consulting helps
GRC and IRM engagements work when they start with the operating model. We design the policy, control, and evidence framework before we configure modules.
Framework & control library
Define the unified control framework, map regulatory obligations, and rationalize duplicate controls across overlapping frameworks.
Risk & control on platform
Stand up Policy and Compliance Management, Risk Management, and Audit Management with realistic ownership and cadence.
Continuous monitoring
Connect operational evidence sources so control testing draws from running systems instead of from periodic snapshots.
Operate & report
Embed risk and compliance into business reviews, not just audit cycles. Reporting becomes a byproduct, not an event.
AI & automation in GRC/IRM
Policy summarization, control test narrative drafting, and obligation-to-control mapping are practical AI wins. We use them where they reduce drudgery without creating audit risk, and we keep human review on every output that matters to a regulator.
Recent engagements
Recent GRC work has centered on consolidating SOX, SOC 2, and ISO programs onto a unified control library, and on shifting compliance from quarterly evidence collection to continuous monitoring. Specifics under NDA.
Related services
Move from spreadsheet GRC to platform GRC.
A focused assessment usually identifies where consolidation pays back fastest — most often in evidence collection cycle time.