March 11, 2025, | Bengaluru: MetricStream, the global market leader in governance, risk, and compliance (GRC), in collaboration with GRC Report, today released the results of their 2025 GRC practitioner survey. More than 100 global risk leaders and practitioners shared their key GRC priorities for the year, with a strong focus on integrated programs to manage emerging risks, resilience requirements, regulatory changes, cyber risks, and the promise of AI to improve efficiency and drive innovation.
Key takeaways from the survey:
• More than half of respondents (51%) stated that navigating the complex regulatory landscape is among their top challenges this year, with new guidelines, evolving requirements, and unexpected policy shifts occurring almost weekly.
• About 48% of professionals said they struggle to keep up with increasingly sophisticated cybersecurity threats, making cyber risk a major concern. The need to ramp up investments in proactive cyber risk management solutions is more critical than ever.
• Approximately 47% of respondents recognize the value of AI, yet only 14% have integrated it into their GRC frameworks.
• 46% of respondents emphasized the importance…
