After 25 years in GRC, SmartSuite CEO Jon Darbyshire has never seen momentum like the Cyber Risk Institute’s CRI Profile is generating. In this article, he shares firsthand observations from the Austin conference, and why the CRI Profile marks a turning point in how financial institutions measure, manage, and communicate cyber risk.
Boards don’t want dashboards, they want answers. Jon Darbyshire explores how frameworks like CRI and SmartSuite’s GRC Solution Suite are redefining risk transparency and board-level trust.
This month’s updates make SmartSuite smoother across desktop and mobile, with Conditional Fields, faster linked record creation, enhanced mobile navigation, UI improvements for clarity and speed, and more.
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