The Digital Mirror
Reflecting Changes in GRC with Digital Twins
The authors explore the concept of digital twins in the context of governance, risk, compliance, and assurance (GRCA) activities. They discuss how digital twins can transform GRCA practices, enabling real-time compliance monitoring, predictive analytics, and prescriptive actions.
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- Pages 28
- Publication Date May 7, 2024
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Description
The authors explore the concept of digital twins in the context of governance, risk, compliance, and assurance (GRCA) activities. They discuss how digital twins can transform GRCA practices, enabling real-time compliance monitoring, predictive analytics, and prescriptive actions.
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Details
- Format PDF
- Pages 28
- Publication Date May 7, 2024
Features
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Practical Guidance
Combines practical guidance on using digital twins in GRCA activities.
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Deep Dive
Takes a deeper dive into the definitions of digital twins as they relate to GRCA activities.
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Expert Authors
Written by a team of experts in the field who have applied these principles in various industries.
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Change Agents
Change Agents can come from anywhere on the org chart. These papers directly address how to lead and implement change no matter your role or title.
About the Resource
The metaphorical lens of birth, life, and death provides a profound framework for understanding the life cycle approach essential to effective IT governance and assurance. The journey through this paper reveals that, much like the natural world, the digital ecosystem thrives on cycles of renewal and termination. This life cycle perspective is not merely an academic exercise but a pragmatic guide for organizations grappling with the escalating number of controls and the rapid pace of technological change.
The analogy of Earth’s population dynamics underscores a critical lesson for GRCA practices: without the periodic culling of outdated policies, controls, and assurance activities, organizations risk becoming overwhelmed by their own complexity. This paper demonstrates that embracing a life cycle approach—characterized by constant evaluation, renewal, and, when necessary, the retirement of elements within the GRCA framework—is beneficial and imperative for sustaining organizational agility and resilience.
Digital twins emerge as a tool in this context, offering a digital mirror to reflect the current state of processes and systems and the potential for future scenarios. By integrating digital twins into GRCA activities, organizations can unlock a dynamic and iterative feedback loop where data-driven insights inform the creation, adjustment, and discontinuation of policies and controls. This technology enables a more sophisticated and anticipatory approach to risk management and compliance and facilitates a nuanced understanding of the product life cycle.
However, the application of digital twins in GRCA has challenges. The paper illuminates the complexities of implementing such advanced technologies, emphasizing robust frameworks to accommodate the nuanced feedback loops and life cycle management strategies digital twins require. The potential for digital twins to positively affect GRCA practices is clear, but realizing this potential demands a concerted effort to align technological capabilities with strategic objectives.
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