Certified: The CRISC Audio Course

Key Performance Indicators help organizations measure the success of their processes, including risk and control functions. This episode dives into KPI design, interpretation, and alignment with stra…

Visual reporting tools turn data into decisions. This episode explains how heatmaps, scorecards, and dashboards are used to present risk and control information to stakeholders. You’ll learn the stre…

Effective risk professionals don’t just implement controls—they monitor and refine them continuously. This episode explores how organizations use control monitoring techniques like metrics tracking, …

Monitoring keeps risk management alive and responsive. This episode walks you through key techniques for tracking risk levels, validating changes in threat exposure, and detecting breakdowns in respo…

Effective risk reporting begins with the right data. In this episode, we explain how to collect, organize, and validate risk and control data from across the enterprise. You'll learn how strong data …

Once risk response decisions are made, treatment plans bring them to life. This episode shows you how to create actionable plans that assign ownership, define timelines, and align with strategy. We a…

Testing is how we know a control works. In this episode, you’ll learn the methodologies used to validate control effectiveness—from walkthroughs and testing procedures to control maturity assessments…

A well-designed control must be implemented carefully to succeed. This episode outlines how to roll out controls across people, processes, and technology with minimal disruption. You’ll explore real-…

A poorly chosen or badly designed control can create more risk than it mitigates. This episode focuses on selecting controls that align with business objectives and designing them to function effecti…

Understanding the full landscape of control types is critical for treatment planning. This episode introduces preventive, detective, corrective, and compensating controls, as well as major control fr…

CRISC candidates must be able to anticipate and respond to new threats as technologies and environments evolve. In this episode, we explore how to define and identify emerging risks, evaluate their p…

Every organization faces control gaps and compliance issues—what matters is how they’re addressed. This episode explains the difference between issues, findings, and exceptions, and outlines how to d…

Identifying third-party risks is only the first step—effective risk professionals must also manage and monitor them throughout the vendor lifecycle. In this episode, you’ll learn how to apply control…

Many IT risks arise from third-party relationships, and this episode explores how to evaluate them properly. You’ll learn how to assess vendors, cloud providers, and outsourced service risks—includin…

Risk management is a team effort, and assigning ownership ensures accountability. This episode dives into the process of identifying the right owners for risk and control responsibilities, clarifying…

Once a risk response has been selected, execution is key. This episode explains how to turn response strategies into action plans, how to document decisions for accountability, and how to measure imp…

Risk treatment is a core function of CRISC professionals. This episode covers the four primary risk response strategies and explains how to apply them in different scenarios. You’ll also learn about …

Domain 3 shifts the focus from identifying risk to acting on it. In this overview, we explain how CRISC candidates are expected to understand treatment planning, control evaluation, and reporting. Yo…

Wrap up Domain 2 with a focused review of the essential concepts, models, and vocabulary covered throughout your risk assessment study. This episode reinforces how all elements—events, threats, vulne…

A clear understanding of inherent and residual risk is critical for exam success. This episode explains how to define and compare these two key risk states, and why both are essential for making info…