A public-health department frames GRC only as passing the next exte…

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A public-health department frames GRC only as passing the next external audit. How should the IRM lead expand that positioning?

Accepted Answer

Position IRM as continuous governance, risk, and compliance operations—including policy lifecycle and ongoing risk posture—not annual audit theater alone. — Audits are checkpoints, not the whole highway. IRM keeps policies alive, risks scored, and controls tested year-round so the audit week is a snapshot of ongoing work—not a scramble to invent evidence.

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Confirm that IRM is used once a year to assemble a binder and then shut down.

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Limit the program to security incident closure metrics for the audit week.

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Treat GRC as a SAM true-up exercise timed to the auditor’s visit.

A public-health department frames GRC only as passing the next external audit. How should the IRM lead expand that positioning?

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