2026 GRC Strategies and Trends to Accelerate Risk, Compliance, and Audit Programs

Building Strength, Simplifying Programs, and Amplifying Outcomes

Your risk and compliance environment changes constantly as AI, geopolitical, economic, operational, and security risks become top business priorities. The programs organizations have relied upon may prove insufficient for this newly dynamic risk and compliance landscape. This webinar focuses on new approaches to GRC that will improve programs in 2026 and beyond, providing informed perspectives to help professionals get ahead of emerging demands and opportunities.

Why Attend

As organizations navigate mounting pressures from multiple risk domains, traditional GRC approaches struggle to deliver the agility and insight needed for effective management. Understanding emerging trends and proven strategies for adapting programs becomes essential for maintaining effectiveness while meeting stakeholder expectations. This session examines how to leverage GRC capabilities for competitive advantage while responding to operational resilience requirements and exceeding cyber risk demands in digitally transforming environments.

Key Discussion Areas

The expert panel will address how to leverage GRC for critical organizational objectives:

• AI-Driven Enhancement: Building program strength, simplifying GRC processes, and amplifying outcomes through artificial intelligence applications

• Competitive Advantage: Delivering competitive advantage through effective GRC program positioning and execution in 2026

• Operational Resilience: Responding to operational resilience requirements and regulatory expectations

• Cyber Risk Management: Meeting and exceeding emerging cyber risk demands in increasingly digital business environments

• Program Adaptation: Understanding how to evolve GRC programs to match the pace of environmental change

• Trend Navigation: Identifying key market trends that will shape GRC practice in the coming year

What to Expect

Join GRC Pundit Michael Rasmussen of GRC 20/20 and MetricStream's Pat McParland for discussion on the latest trends in the GRC market as organizations head into another year full of new demands and opportunities. This expert conversation explores practical strategies for strengthening programs while simplifying processes and amplifying outcomes through emerging technologies and proven methodologies. Participants will gain forward-looking perspectives that enable proactive program development rather than reactive adjustment to changing requirements.

The webinar recording will be available for registered participants unable to attend the live session.