IDC PlanScape: Cybersecurity Governance, Risk, and Compliance Services

This IDC PlanScape discusses the relevance of cybersecurity GRC services for organizations."A well-defined cybersecurity GRC program is critical in today's ever-changing and growing threat landscape," says Phil Harris, research director, IDC's Cybersecurity GRC Services. Attackers are in their business for the long game, where they can extract as much valuable data or intelligence over a long period of time undetected to reap as much money as possible. A key way to combat this is having a consistent, methodical approach for inspecting the depth and breadth of cybersecurity controls and the maturity of the cybersecurity program. The outcome is to cull out those new or not-so-apparent vulnerabilities and exposures and noncompliance to requirements that attackers exploit. This is an ongoing race, and organizations with strong cybersecurity GRC programs will be better prepared to withstand ongoing attacks."