The AI Way to Building an Enterprise GRC Program that Works on the Ground - Kuala Lumpur

Malaysian GRC Leadership Roundtable

Malaysian enterprises are navigating one of the most demanding regulatory environments in Southeast Asia. Bank Negara Malaysia's Risk Management in Technology (RMiT) framework and its sharpening expectations on AI governance, the Securities Commission's evolving digital asset and capital markets oversight, the long-anticipated modernization of the PDPA, NACSA's National Cybersecurity Policy, and the accelerating pace of the Madani Economy's digital agenda are all in motion simultaneously. Manual GRC cannot keep pace—and organizations that treat this as a technology upgrade problem will keep falling behind.

Discussion Focus

This session is centered on shifting perception from GRC as a tool to a business enabler, while addressing front-line resistance and underutilization, and showcasing how AI can be layered in to enhance usability, adoption, and decision-making without adding complexity.

Why Attend

This collaborative roundtable provides opportunities to engage with peers facing similar regulatory complexity while exploring how leading Malaysian enterprises are transforming GRC from compliance burden into strategic business capability. Through peer discussion and practical insights, participants gain frameworks for building organizational adoption, reducing regulatory friction, and leveraging AI to enhance governance effectiveness.

Key Discussion Areas

• Manual GRC Under Pressure: Why manual GRC breaks under compounding pressure through the fragmentation trap—disconnected tools, siloed risk, compliance, audit, cyber data, and periodic point-in-time assessments that leave organizations exposed between cycles

• The Adoption Gap and Its Cost: Why most GRC programs are technically deployed but organizationally stranded—avoided by the business, invisible to the board, and unable to demonstrate value until something goes wrong

• Shifts in GRC Practice: From periodic to continuous sensing and assessments; from reactive to predictive intelligence; from assurance-speak to business decision language; and from bolted-on to embedded AI

• AI Governance as Business Imperative: How to operationalize responsible AI with clear ownership, explainability, third-party model oversight, policy controls, and compliance readiness as AI permeates every technology environment

• GRC as Competitive Advantage: How leading enterprises in the region are using AI-enabled GRC programs to accelerate business, reduce audit friction, lower regulatory capital requirements, and build board confidence

What to Expect

This Malaysia-focused roundtable brings together GRC, risk, compliance, and governance leaders facing the region's complex regulatory landscape for candid peer discussion on transforming GRC from manual processes into strategic enablers. Through exploration of adoption challenges, continuous monitoring approaches, AI governance implementation, and how leading organizations leverage GRC for competitive advantage, participants gain practical frameworks while building relationships with peers navigating similar regulatory pressures and organizational transformation challenges.

Note that the AI-Powered GRC Leadership Series is hosted by MetricStream and held in multiple locations, providing regional opportunities for GRC professionals to engage with peers.