Pillar 01 · Governance, Risk & Compliance

Govern with evidence.
Operate with confidence.

Practical governance, risk, and compliance for organizations that can't afford a 40-person GRC department — but can't afford to wing it either. We assess what's real, rate what matters, and build controls your team will actually follow.

What we do

GRC services

Risk Assessments

A structured look at what can hurt the business — operational, technology, vendor, and compliance risk — rated on a likelihood-by-impact matrix and tracked in a living risk register you keep.

Compliance Reviews

Gap assessments against the frameworks your customers and contracts demand: NIST CSF 2.0, SOC 2, ISO 27001, CIS v8. You get a control-by-control verdict and a readiness picture you can hand to any auditor.

Governance Frameworks

Decision rights, policy structure, and accountability that fit your size. Governance that lives in a binder nobody opens isn't governance — we build the version your team runs.

Policy Development

Security, acceptable use, data handling, vendor management, incident response — written in plain language, mapped to controls, and matched to what you actually do.

Internal Controls

Design and testing of the controls that protect money, data, and access: separation of duties, access reviews, change discipline, and the evidence trail to prove they operate.

AI Governance

Usage policies, approval gates, data-handling rules, and audit trails for AI — so your team gets the leverage without gambling client data or contractual obligations.

Deliverables

What you walk away with

Risk registerCompliance reportsGap assessmentsRemediation roadmapsPolicy libraryControl test results
Under the hood

The JCS Audit & Assurance Program

GRC engagements run on our proprietary 123-control program — every control carries a defined test, required evidence, and a crosswalk to NIST CSF 2.0, SOC 2, ISO 27001:2022, and CIS v8. Readiness assessments, not certifications — and we'll say so plainly.

Know your risk before someone else finds it.

A GRC readiness audit gives you the gap list, the priorities, and the plan — before the customer questionnaire or the incident does.

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