Past event · 28 April 2026
Free Live GRC Crash Course
From Compliance to Real Risk Control
Most organisations can produce a compliance certificate. Far fewer can show that the risks behind it are actually under control. This free online crash course took the gap between the two as its starting point.
What happened
The gap between a certificate and control
This free online crash course worked through what real risk control looks like in practice — not what it looks like on paper.
The session drew a genuinely regional audience: risk, compliance, IT and audit professionals from across the UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Egypt and India.
By the numbers
80% of registrants actually turned up
75Registered
60Attended · 80%
50+Organisations
7Countries
Attendees stayed for an average of 45 minutes of an 80-minute session. For a free online event that is an exceptionally strong result — the industry norm is closer to 35 to 45% turnout.
The recording
Watch the full session
The complete 80-minute crash course, exactly as it was delivered live.
Who attended
Risk, compliance, IT and audit professionals
Including a Group IT Director, a CIO, an AI and Data Governance Manager, an IT Security Manager, an Enterprise Risk Management lead, and several compliance and GRC managers.
Organisations represented included:
- Emirates Airline
- Talabat
- Core42
- KAHRAMAA
- Saudi Arabia Railways
- Abu Dhabi Department of Municipalities and Transport
Next event · 20 August 2026
Taming the Beast: AI Governance Crash Course
Two hours, free and live online. The real scale of AI risk, and the controls that contain it.