GIAC GRC Leader (GGRCL)
Demonstrate the knowledge and skills to evaluate and manage enterprise risk, including AI risk and guide a cybersecurity governance, risk, and compliance program.
The GIAC GRC Leader (GGRCL) certification validates a practitioner’s knowledge of evaluating and managing risk in an enterprise environment. GGRCL certification holders demonstrate the knowledge and skills to implement risk management frameworks and applicable industry standards, communicate risk to stakeholders, mitigate risk where appropriate, and monitor enterprise risk. They also have the knowledge and skills to establish and guide a cybersecurity governance, risk, and compliance program using AI-enabled tools where appropriate.
Areas Covered
- Cybersecurity Governance and Program Management
- Using Risk Management Models and Frameworks
- Assessing and Communicating Enterprise Risk
- Evaluating, Prioritizing, and Applying Safeguards
- Aligning processes and tools with program maturity
Who Is It For?
- Risk Management Professionals
- Governance, Risk, Compliance Professionals
- Directors of Security Compliance
- Information Assurance Management
- System Administrators / Engineers
- Chief Information Security Officers and Information Security Officers
CyberLive: Real labs. Real tools. Real skills.
CyberLive is a hands-on exam format that replaces traditional multiple-choice testing with performance-based challenges in realistic lab environments to validate real-world capability.
Virtual Machines:
Full-scale lab systems that behave like physical computers: install, attack, defend, and run services.
Real Security Tools:
Exact tools used by professionals every day including all the quirks and challenges
Authentic Code:
Real code, real exploits, real impacts
Exam Format
Details coming soon.
Certification Delivery
GIAC certification attempts will be activated in your GIAC account after your application has been approved and according to the terms of your purchase. Details on delivery will be provided along with your registration confirmation upon payment. You will receive an email notification when your certification attempt has been activated in your account. You will have 120 days from the date of activation to complete your certification attempt.
NOTE: All GIAC Certification exams are web-based and required to be proctored. There are two proctoring options: remote proctoring through ProctorU, and onsite proctoring through PearsonVUE. Click here for more information.
Exam Certification Objectives & Outcome Statements
- Addressing Third Party RiskThe candidate will demonstrate an understanding of the specific risks posed by third parties, cloud environments, and AI infrastructure. The candidate will be able to draft policy to address the specific risks posed by these environments.
- Building a GRC ProgramThe candidate will understand steps necessary to initiate a Governance, Risk Mangement, and Compliance (GRC) program, including building an effective inventory and selecting tools to manage GRC in an organization.
- Communicating and Managing RiskThe candidate will demonstrate an understanding of cybersecurity policy and documentation. The candidate will be able to ensure safeguards are addressed appropriately in policy language, evaluated documentation for gaps in coverage, and understand when to use AI to assist in documentation tasks.
- Conducting a Risk AssessmentThe candidate will understand steps involved with performing a risk assessment, they will be able to identify how to scope the assessment, establish a quality level for the assessment and select participants for the assessment.
- Continuous MonitoringThe candidate will demonstrate an understanding of how to employ continuous monitoring functions and they will understand how AI can effectively augment this function.
- Prioritizing SafeguardsThe candidate will use tools such as threat modeling and AI to understand the threat landscape to inform safeguard prioritization.
- Remediating RiskThe candidate will be familiar with the process of conducting a penetration test and can identify remediations to address risks identified through such validation measures.
- Selecting a Cybersecurity FrameworkThe candidate will be able to compare and contrast safeguards to decide which will best suit an organization based on the organization's needs.
- Selecting SafeguardsThe candidate will be able to identify safeguards that align with an organization's risk tolerance and address the threat landscape.
- Understanding Cybersecurity Governance, Risk and ComplianceThe candidate will demonstrate understanding of core cybersecurity risk, compliance, and governance concepts. Candidate will be familiar with widely recognized risk models, as well as be able to evaluate and apply appropriate risk.
- Validating Cybersecurity SafeguardsThe candidate will be able to evaluate cybersecurity documentation and safeguards for opportunities. They will be able to evaluate evidence to determine whether a safeguard addresses risk as intended.
Practice Tests
- Practice exams are a simulation of the real exam, allowing you to become familiar with the test engine and style of questions
- Practice exams can serve as a gauge to determine if your preparation methods are sufficient
- The bank of practice questions is limited, so you may encounter the same question on multiple practice tests
- Practice exams never include actual exam questions
Other Resources
- Training is available in a variety of modalities including live training and OnDemand
- Practical work experience can help ensure that you have mastered the skills necessary for certification
- College level courses or self-paced study through other programs or materials may meet the needs for mastery
- Understand the procedure to contest exam results