CoreStream GRC, the GRC platform that truly works for you, is pleased to be attending the Gartner Enterprise Risk, Audit & Compliance Conference 2026 in Grapevine, Texas, bringing together risk, audit, compliance, and governance leaders to explore the future of enterprise risk management, AI, regulatory intelligence, and business resilience.
Traditional risk programs are often too rigid and retrospective to keep pace with today’s rapidly changing business environment. Organizations need more than historical reporting. They need timely insight that supports better decision-making.
As former Deloitte Partner Emma Price explained on the Risk Is Our Business podcast,
“retrospective data can’t inform business decisions.”
Emma Price, Partner, Brave
The conversation is no longer just about managing risk.
It’s about enabling better decisions, turning insight into action and connecting risk with resilience.
The shift from risk management to value creation
Key themes that stands out from this year’s Gartner agenda is:
- the growing focus on demonstrating business impact,
- operationalizing AI,
- using analytics to drive smarter decisions
Risk and compliance leaders are increasingly expected to provide strategic insight, not simply oversight.
The Godfather of GRC, Michael Rasmussen, who coined the term “GRC”, talks to this, stating:
“What we are facing is a structural shift: the end of an era where annual assessments, static registers, and siloed taxonomies could plausibly represent reality.
Today, risk does not sit within departments. It flows through the organization like weather patterns across a landscape, forming storms where heat, pressure, and volatility intersect. Few organizations appreciate the magnitude of this shift, and fewer still are truly preparing for it. The question is no longer whether we can manage the risks we know, but whether we can adapt quickly enough to understand the ones we cannot yet see.”
Michael Rasmussen, GRC Analyst & Pundit, GRC 2020
At CoreStream GRC, we’ve long believed that technology should be an enabler, not a barrier, and so our risk and compliance management platform is designed to adapt around your business changes, enabling true risk interconnectedness and integrated GRC, rather than siloed rigid modules.
We help the world’s biggest and most complex organizations move beyond checkbox compliance and disconnected processes to create GRC programs that deliver measurable value across the business.
Because when risk, compliance, audit, and third-party oversight work together, organizations gain more than visibility. They gain the confidence to make faster, better-informed decisions.
“CoreStream GRC provided an adaptable and reliable solution that transformed our processes and reduced costs. They are a trusted partner for all technology initiatives.”
Simon Rose, Operations Manager, Interactive Compliance, BBC
Bringing AI-powered intelligence to modern GRC
Gartner has highlighted AI governance, AI-enabled assurance, and practical AI use cases as key topics for risk leaders in 2026.
At CoreStream GRC, we’re helping organizations unlock that potential through our integration with SANNOS AI.
By combining the flexibility of the CoreStream GRC platform with AI-powered intelligence, organizations can accelerate repetitive activities, surface meaningful insights faster, and spend less time searching for information and more time acting on it.
We’re particularly excited about the opportunity AI presents to:
- Improve risk identification and analysis
- Support regulatory intelligence and horizon scanning
- Enhance third-party risk assessment
- Accelerate policy and control reviews
- Deliver faster access to relevant GRC information and insights
- Help teams focus on strategic decision-making rather than administrative tasks
Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing how organizations identify, assess, and respond to risk. It’s critical you align with a secure and verified AI engine.
Results driven from the SANNOS x CoreStream GRC integration includes:
- Up to 70% lower compliance costs
- 10x faster audit readiness
- Up to 95% faster third-party risk assessments
- 30-70% shorter onboarding cycles
- 88% faster framework assessments with AI-powered automation
Challenging the status quo in GRC
CoreStream GRC was founded on a simple observation: traditional GRC platforms were often complex, inflexible, and difficult for teams to adopt.
Nearly two decades later, many organizations still face the same challenges.
Rigid systems. Disconnected processes. Slow implementations. Technology that forces businesses to change how they work.
We think there’s a better way.
CoreStream GRC is the intuitive, flexible, no-code platform that enables organizations to build GRC solutions around their unique requirements. Supported by a global community operating in more than 100 countries and trusted by organizations including the BBC, Deloitte, NHS, PwC Middle East, and Shell Energy, we help enterprises simplify complexity while delivering tangible business value.
Because effective GRC shouldn’t require compromise. It should work your way.
Meet the CoreStream GRC team at Gartner’s 2026 Risk and Compliance conference in Texas
With more than 1,900 risk, audit, compliance, and legal leaders expected to attend, Gartner Enterprise Risk, Audit & Compliance Conference 2026 provides an ideal environment to share ideas, challenge conventional thinking, and explore the future of GRC.
Date: September 15th-16th
Stand: #305
Whether you’re exploring AI for risk management, modernizing your GRC strategy, improving regulatory compliance, or looking for a more flexible approach to enterprise governance and risk management, our team would be delighted to discuss how CoreStream GRC can help.
“With value-based GRC, your organization can achieve more and have greater competitive advantage.”
Paul Cadwallader, GRC Strategy Director, CoreStream GRC
Let’s connect in Texas
CoreStream GRC. The GRC platform that truly works for you.
Frequently asked questions
GRC stands for governance, risk, and compliance. It brings together the processes, controls, data, and reporting organizations need to manage risk, meet regulatory obligations, and make better business decisions.
Many organizations are moving away from static risk registers, manual compliance tracking, and siloed systems because they limit visibility and slow decision-making. Modern GRC platforms help teams connect risk, audit, compliance, policy, third-party oversight, and regulatory intelligence in one more adaptable operating model.
AI can help GRC teams reduce repetitive work, accelerate evidence gathering, support regulatory horizon scanning, improve risk identification, and surface insights faster. The greatest value comes when AI is applied securely, with appropriate governance and human oversight.
CoreStream GRC is designed to be flexible, intuitive, and no-code, enabling organizations to shape GRC workflows around how their business actually operates. Instead of forcing teams into rigid modules, CoreStream helps connect processes and data across the full GRC lifecycle.
Leaders should look for a platform that is adaptable, easy to use, aligned to business outcomes, and capable of supporting integrated risk, compliance, audit, policy, and third-party risk management. Strong analytics, automation, AI readiness, and clear executive reporting are increasingly important selection criteria.
Yes. CoreStream GRC will be attending Gartner Enterprise Risk, Audit & Compliance Conference 2026 in Grapevine, Texas. If you are exploring AI for risk management, regulatory compliance, audit readiness, or a more flexible enterprise GRC platform, the CoreStream team would be happy to connect.
