The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the GRC Technology Galaxy
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<p>Welcome, interstellar travelers, to the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the GRC Technology Galaxy, your improbable companion through the expanding universe of governance, risk, and compliance.</p> <p>In a cosmos where regulations multiply faster than Tribbles, cyber incidents drop like falling whales, and third parties sprout surprises with Vogon-level timing, this podcast is your towel, your Babel Fish, and your improbability drive rolled into one.</p> <p>Each episode, Michael Rasmussen and guests explore the constellation of GRC technology, from digital twins and AI copilots to compliance nebulae and audit wormholes. We chart the domains, decode the jargon, and help you survive vendor poetry that promises everything and delivers nothing.</p> <p>Whether you’re a compliance officer, risk manager, or just someone trying to make sense of improbable business realities, this guide offers clarity, humor, and a reminder of the most important rule of all, don’t panic.</p> <p>End of transmission. Prepare for the next hyperspace jump.</p>
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Recent Episodes
June 4, 2026
Beyond the AI Hype Cycle: Complyance in the GRC Galaxy
In this episode of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the GRC Technology Galaxy, Michael Rasmussen sits down with Richa Kaul, founder and CEO of Complyance, for a conversation about one of the most crowded buzzword fields in the modern GRC universe: AI. The discussion begins with the story of Complyance, how it emerged, and what has helped it stand out in an increasingly competitive market. From there, Michael and Richa dive headfirst into the growing gap between AI marketing and AI reality. Every platform seems to have an AI strategy. Every vendor claims to have agentic AI. But what does that actually mean, and more importantly, what is it actually doing? Together they explore the difference between AI as a feature, AI as a marketing term, and AI as a genuine system of action that performs work on behalf of GRC teams. The conversation focuses on practical outcomes rather than promises, including how Complyance applies AI to third-party risk management, internal controls, evidence collection, questionnaire responses, and continuous monitoring. Along the way, Richa shares the questions organizations should be asking when evaluating AI-powered GRC solutions, how to distinguish meaningful capabilities from demonstrations and prototypes, and why the future belongs to platforms that can combine intelligence with action. The discussion closes with a look toward 2030 and how both Complyance and the broader GRC market may evolve as AI becomes more deeply embedded in governance, risk, and compliance programs.
May 28, 2026
The Restaurant at the End of the GRC Universe
In this episode of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the GRC Technology Galaxy, field researcher and intergalactic GRC hitchhiker Michael Rasmussen is joined by Graeme Keith and Stefan Gershater for a conversation that is slightly unusual for the series because there is no technology vendor in sight. Instead, it’s two deeply experienced risk practitioners looking at the GRC technology market from the outside and asking a fairly uncomfortable question: Has the industry become so distracted by AI that it never properly solved the basics in the first place? The discussion explores a GRC landscape crowded with platforms, overlapping promises, and increasingly indistinguishable products. Graeme and Stefan argue that many vendors are still wrestling with foundational architectural problems while simultaneously racing to attach AI to everything in sight. Along the way, they compare the current AI wave to The Restaurant at the End of the Universe and ask whether AI will ultimately destroy the GRC technology galaxy or accelerate it. The consensus is more grounded than apocalyptic. AI is an amplifier. If your approach to risk and governance is fundamentally sound, AI may accelerate value. If your processes are broken, AI simply helps you fail faster. The conversation also dives into quantitative risk, uncertainty, machine learning, decision-making, and why so many organizations still struggle to distinguish useful technology from what Michael jokingly compares to the Wizard of Oz, where much of the magic disappears once someone pulls back the curtain. They close with practical advice for organizations trying to navigate an overcrowded and noisy market, including how to think critically about vendors, architecture, AI claims, and what truly differentiates good GRC technology from polished demos and marketing theater.
May 22, 2026
The Practical Improbability of Value: CoreStream in the GRC Galaxy
In this episode of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the GRC Technology Galaxy, Michael Rasmussen sits down with Richard Eddolls, co-founder and Platform Director of CoreStream, for a conversation about what happens when a GRC platform is built around one deceptively difficult idea—delivering real value. Richard shares the origins of CoreStream, how the company evolved from its early beginnings, and how its core DNA has stayed remarkably consistent over the years. Simplicity, flexibility, and measurable outcomes remain central to the way CoreStream approaches GRC, even as the market itself has become larger, noisier, and increasingly crowded with overlapping promises. The discussion explores why CoreStream focuses so heavily on outcomes rather than features, how configurability became one of the company’s defining strengths, and why organizations ranging from highly regulated enterprises to complex global manufacturers have gravitated toward the platform. Michael also shares a story about a major European manufacturer whose RFP process ultimately revealed something larger than a list of requirements. CoreStream stood out not just for meeting the brief, but for helping the organization think differently about where value could actually be created. Along the way, they unpack the breadth of use cases CoreStream supports, the philosophy behind its no-code approach, and how its partnership with Sannos fits into the company’s evolving AI strategy. Rather than chasing hype, the focus remains on practical applications that improve efficiency, decision-making, and organizational effectiveness. The episode closes with a look toward 2030 and what CoreStream may become as GRC continues to evolve from a compliance exercise into something more connected, adaptive, and operationally meaningful. In a galaxy full of dashboards, acronyms, and feature lists, this conversation keeps returning to a simpler question. Does the technology actually create value?
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- What is The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the GRC Technology Galaxy?
<p>Welcome, interstellar travelers, to the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the GRC Technology Galaxy, your improbable companion through the expanding universe of governance, risk, and compliance.</p> <p>In a cosmos where regulations multiply faster than Tribbles, cyber incidents drop like falling whales, and third parties sprout surprises with Vogon-level timing, this podcast is your towel, your Babel Fish, and your improbability drive rolled into one.</p> <p>Each episode, Michael Rasmussen and guests explore the constellation of GRC technology, from digital twins and AI copilots to compliance nebulae and audit wormholes. We chart the domains, decode the jargon, and help you survive vendor poetry that promises everything and delivers nothing.</p> <p>Whether you’re a compliance officer, risk manager, or just someone trying to make sense of improbable business realities, this guide offers clarity, humor, and a reminder of the most important rule of all, don’t panic.</p> <p>End of transmission. Prepare for the next hyperspace jump.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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