IT GRC tools: Control your environment

07.03.2011
As enterprises approach a high level of maturity in their IT governance, risk and compliance (GRC) programs, they face a conundrum: How can they effectively implement and manage policies and their supporting controls to maintain a strong risk posture? To add to the difficulty, the environments they manage are often widely distributed and subject to and internal audit requirements, and must adapt to changing business needs. GRC tools are designed to help.

"It's mostly about the maturity of the organization," says Paul Proctor, vice president of security and risk management at Gartner. "Are you ready for a more formalized and automated way of tracking controls? If you have your act together, you should be looking at this."

These products help automate GRC initiatives that are either largely manual or beyond the capabilities of most enterprises. They enable organizations to: