GRC Chain
Obligation ownership, evidence status, and S³ sign-off by phase
Customer Authentication Modernization · PRJ-0041 ·
Yellow CRI: 87 / 100  ·  2 obligations outstanding

What is a GRC Chain?

A GRC Chain is a framework for tracking governance, risk, and compliance obligations across project phases, linking ownership, evidence, and risk scoring into a single decision governance layer.

S³ Phase Progress
Phase 1
Initiation
Business · Product · Architecture
Phase 2
Build
Dev · Security · Networking · DBA
Phase 3
Readiness
QA · Operations · Service Desk · DR
Phase 4
Sign-Off
Exec Governance Review
Obligation Register — Phase 3 Active
Obligation
Status
Manager
Risk
QA
Test Environment Readiness
QA Engineering
Complete
C. Owusu
Low
UAT Sign-Off
QA Engineering
Complete
C. Owusu
Low
Operations
Runbook Delivery
Operations
Complete
R. Nkemdirim
Medium
Monitoring & Alerting Validation
Operations
Complete
R. Nkemdirim
Low
Service Desk
Service Desk Readiness Review
Service Desk
Pending
T. Brannigan
High
Disaster Recovery
DR Procedure Update
Infrastructure
Missing
S. Marchetti
High
Obligation Detail
Service Desk Readiness Review
Service Desk · T. Brannigan
StatusPending
RiskHigh
DueJun 7, 2026
BlocksPhase 4 Sign-Off
Required Evidence
Assignment Group Validation
Escalation Path Review
Knowledge Article — draft submitted
Support Model Approval — not started
Project CRI
87
2 obligations blocking Phase 4

FAQs

What is a GRC Chain?

A GRC Chain is a system that tracks governance, risk, and compliance obligations across project phases.

How is this different from traditional GRC tools?

Traditional GRC tools focus on static compliance, while a GRC Chain connects real-time obligations, evidence, and readiness scoring.

Why is this important?

It ensures projects and AI systems meet governance requirements before deployment, reducing operational and regulatory risk.