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💬 Build vs. Buy: We Did Both. Here's What We Learned (RSAC 2026 Talk Summary)

💬 Build vs. Buy: We Did Both. Here's What We Learned (RSAC 2026 Talk Summary)

We cycled through four GRC tools in four years before we built our own. The exercises that made us better builders are the same ones that make you a better buyer.

Ayoub Fandi
Ayoub Fandi
GRC EngineeringGRC Engineering
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⚙️ Your Certification Covers 100%. Your Auditor Checked 0.07%.

⚙️ Your Certification Covers 100%. Your Auditor Checked 0.07%.

The math behind compliance assurance does not work the way you think it does. Why moving at agentic speed means rebuilding the primitives of what GRC Engineering has to cover.

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Ayoub Fandi
GRC ArchitectureGRC Architecture
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📝 State of GRC 2026 Report: Spreadsheets are still #1

📝 State of GRC 2026 Report: Spreadsheets are still #1

The data, the patterns, and the gaps nobody's talking about. Everything you need to understand where GRC stands today through the largest independent practitioner survey ever conducted.

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Ayoub Fandi
GRC ArchitectureGRC Architecture
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⚙️ How to Stop Making Risk Management a Compliance Control

⚙️ How to Stop Making Risk Management a Compliance Control

Most risk programs exist because an auditor asked for one. Here are five signs yours is a compliance control, not actual risk management, and the fix.

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⚙️ New to GRC Engineering? Start Here.

⚙️ New to GRC Engineering? Start Here.

The ideas, the pillars, and the resources to go further. Everything you need to understand why GRC can be better than it is today through the GRC Engineering revolution.

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CorsairCorsair
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🏴‍☠️ Building the GRC Engineering Trust Infrastructure: Introducing Corsair

🏴‍☠️ Building the GRC Engineering Trust Infrastructure: Introducing Corsair

A GRC Engineering-native answer to the trust and compliance exchange challenges. Open-source and free to sign. Assurance through cryptography instead of PDFs.

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Ayoub Fandi
GRC EngineeringGRC Engineering
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⚙️ GRC plays PvE when everyone else in Security plays PvP

⚙️ GRC plays PvE when everyone else in Security plays PvP

GRC has the budget, the executive access, and the cross-functional visibility. It uses all of it to farm faster instead of leading the team to victory.

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Ayoub Fandi
GRC ArchitectureGRC Architecture
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⚙️ Compliance-as-Cope: How GRC Engineering Automated the Wrong Thing

⚙️ Compliance-as-Cope: How GRC Engineering Automated the Wrong Thing

As a GRC industry, we leveraged APIs and scripting to spark what became a revolution. We followed the path of least resistance. Here's why GRC Engineering is risking becoming shelfware.

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Ayoub Fandi
GRC ArchitectureGRC Architecture
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⚙️ The Framework Mapping Trap: When Documentation Precedes Reality

⚙️ The Framework Mapping Trap: When Documentation Precedes Reality

Build controls that work, translate to framework language second. Not framework requirements hoping to work. Reality before compliance!

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Ayoub Fandi
GRC EngineeringGRC Engineering
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⚙️ The 3 Types of Automation in GRC Engineering (pick the right one)

⚙️ The 3 Types of Automation in GRC Engineering (pick the right one)

Think about your objective determines your automation type. Not what sounds cool or sounds more like GRC Engineering. Outcomes before tools!

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Ayoub Fandi
GRC ArchitectureGRC Architecture
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⚙️ Engineer Your GRC Process Before You Automate It

⚙️ Engineer Your GRC Process Before You Automate It

Most GRC teams automate broken workflows and wonder why outputs stay broken. GRC Engineering starts with process design, not tools.

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Ayoub Fandi
AI in GRCAI in GRC
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🤖 3 Basic Things Killing Your AI Usage for GRC

🤖 3 Basic Things Killing Your AI Usage for GRC

Your AI outputs are mediocre. You're making 3 basic mistakes. Fix your prompts, add context, use system instructions. Copy-paste templates included.

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