Mission GRC Assembly
A practitioner-led community of government and industry security leaders modernizing federal GRC.
A year of building
Government GRC has stalled while commercial GRC has modernized. Mission GRC Assembly is for security leaders from both the public sector and industry, actively working to automate governance, risk, and compliance processes.
Membership is one year alongside peers, government leaders, and standards makers focused on improving GRC outcomes across policy, guidance, and implementation.
What to expect
Practitioner-led sessions
The people doing the work set and lead discussions, with no exhibit hall, sales booths, or product pitches.
Three gatherings, one arc
The year starts at the two-day Field Forum in Austin in February 2027, continues with a half-day virtual session in June, and closes at the one-day Fall Confab in October, leading into ShipSummit.
Real problems, live scenarios
Members bring active compliance challenges to the table and work through them together with government leaders, industry peers, and standards makers.
Published, shared work
What members build becomes the Mission GRC Review, an annual collection of field guides, model contract language, decision frameworks, and open-source prototypes. Built by government and industry practitioners together, the Review is for the federal leaders driving policy and modernization who need continuous compliance that serves the mission.
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Who should apply?
Industry Practitioners
Security and GRC leaders at commercial organizations and government contractors who have automated compliance in their own environments and are committed to improving Public Sector outcomes.
Government security and compliance leaders
Federal Agency Leadership, CIOs, CISOs, Directors, Program Leads, and Policy Makers seeking to solve the hardest GRC and authorization challenges.
Standards and policy makers
People who write, interpret, or advise on frameworks and policy who want direct input from the practitioners implementing them.
Frequently asked questions
The Mission GRC Assembly is a group of 50 security leaders from both the public sector and industry, actively working to automate governance, risk, and compliance processes.
Annual membership is $478 and covers Field Forum, Forum follow-up meeting, and Fall Confab.
The assembly begins with Mission GRC Field Forum in Austin in February 2027, continues with a virtual Field Forum post publication follow-up meeting in June, and closes with Mission GRC Fall Confab at ShipSummit in October. The events are connected by on-going working groups and iterative publishing, not isolated gatherings.
Day One sets the context for the year's questions and uses curated tables to connect members around those questions. Day Two is a working day: working groups form around the highest-value topics, develop an initial abstract or outline, and leave with a 90-day charter for a Mission GRC Review output.
Government security and compliance leaders, industry GRC practitioners, and standards and policy makers who are actively working to automate GRC and can commit to all three convenings over the year.
We review every application carefully and aim to respond within 48 hours. If you are accepted, we'll follow up with next steps for joining the Assembly.
No, though Rise8 will provide reduced group room rates at each event's host hotel.
