There is a familiar scene that plays out in boardrooms every quarter. The CISO or Security Director stands up to present their report. They display a slide with impressive, large numbers: The security team feels proud of this work. But the Board of Directors looks confused, or worse, bored. Why? Because these are Vanity Metrics.…
If you work in Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC), you are likely familiar with the dreaded cycle of “Audit Fatigue.” It usually looks something like this: You spend Q1 scrambling to gather evidence for your ISO 27001 surveillance audit. Barely a month later, you are doing the exact same work—interviewing the same engineers and taking…