GRC
Abbreviation · Security & Infosec
Definitions
Short for governance, risk, and compliance, the organizational framework used to manage policies, control requirements, audits, and risk decisions in a consistent way. GRC programs help tie technical security work to business ownership and regulatory obligations.
In plain English: A shorthand for the work of managing security policies, risks, and compliance.
Example: "The GRC team tracked evidence collection while engineering implemented the missing controls."
Related Terms
- Compliance Automation
- Cyber Insurance
- Data Classification
- Data Retention Policy
- Information Security
- Operational Security
- Regulatory Risk
- Compliance Framework
- CVSS Score
- Cyber Threat
- Federal Compliance
- Governance Risk Compliance
- Hack Value
- Human Factor
- Information Assurance
- Multi-Cloud Security
- Patch Gap
- Policy Compliance
- Policy Violation
- Regulation
- Remediation Priority
- Risk Quantification
- Role Separation
- AI Audit
- AI Compliance
- Dark Data