About
GRC Center of Awesomeness (GRC COA)
The GRC COA is an educational resource for GRC professionals.
The GRC COA started out in 2020 as the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Center of Awesomeness (CMMC COA) to provide practical guidance for the US Defense Industrial Base (DIB) to comply with NIST SP 800-171 and prepare for a future CMMC assessment. The CMMC COA became a very popular resource for NIST 800-171 and CMMC-related guidance and references so practitioners could help companies along their compliance journey. CMMC has since matured and that required an evaluation of the future of the CMMC COA. Many of the same issues plaguing CMMC are common among other industries with broader Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) practices. Therefore, the GRC Center of Awesomness (GRC COA) was launched.
While the GRC COA's website is graciously hosted by ComplianceForge, the GRC COA is made up of contributions from many experts within the cybersecurity industry and organizations who share the goal of improving GRC practices across all industries, not just the DIB. The need for this is evident if you read discussion posts on LinkedIn, Reddit, Discord or other professional networking sites, where "GRC practitioners" come from a wide array of backgrounds and levels of professional competency.
The GRC COA is a place that relevant guidance can be presented to help normalize definitions and practices, based on leading "best practices" within the industry.
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