GRC News Roundup: Drata, Diligent, HICX, Ibex & More

GRC technology is one of the fastest-growing segments in enterprise software. Here’s the latest from brands across the industry.

New products & platforms

HICX launched Supplier Registration, a solution that centralizes how suppliers register with enterprises and was designed to simplify data capture, create real-time compliance validation and preconfigure workflows to embed governance.

Drata unveiled an agentic AI TPRM assessment tool meant to automate trust building by autonomously assessing third-party risk, servicing questionnaires and dynamically delivering trust information. Drata also announced the appointment of Bharat Guruprakash as chief product and technology officer. Guruprakash will lead the global product and engineering teams to advance the company’s agentic trust management platform.

Priori introduced an AI tool with its Priori RFP system to help in-house legal teams select outside counsel, designed to consider subject-matter expertise and cost among other factors.

Diligent released an AI agent, Third-Party Risk Intel, to automate parts of third-party reviews, promising to deliver 80% time savings for compliance, legal and procurement teams.

Bitdefender announced Internal Attack Surface Assessment, an evaluation tool that helps identify and reduce cyber risk caused by unnecessary access to applications, tools and operating system utilities.

Mitratech launched its Global GRC Platform designed to move beyond document-driven models and unify risk data into a single, centralized point of intelligence.

Secureframe unveiled User Access Reviews, a new capability within Secureframe Comply, which uses AI to conduct access reviews to fight cyber risks.

Other news

The Institute of Internal Auditors enhanced its Certified Internal Auditor Challenge Exam program, including the introduction of a new experienced-based pathway pilot and updates to the exam to reflect the new Global Internal Audit Standards.

Ibex, a provider of AI customer service products, announced it gained ISO/IEC 42001 certification, which accounts for the ethics, bias, security and transparency of AI products.