*By Yair Kuznitsov, Co-Founder & CEO, **Anecdotes*** Many enterprise GRC teams recognize the potential of agentic AI, understanding its ability to accelerate workflows and even replace them entirely. However, a reluctance to fully embrace this shift often remains. These hesitations often stem from concerns about identity and value. GRC practitioners, who have built their expertise around operational competence, question their role in a landscape where AI handles many of their traditional tasks. ## The Operational Expertise GRC professionals have traditionally excelled at operational tasks: gathering evidence, managing audits, and maintaining compliance programs under pressure. This competence, developed over years, is highly valued. However, agentic GRC challenges this model. AI agents can automate evidence gathering and manage audit cycles, raising the question of what GRC professionals should focus on instead. ## The Shift in Focus GRC was initially intended to help organizations understand and manage risk. However, operational burdens often consumed practitioners' time, hindering their ability to focus on strategic risk assessment. Agentic GRC offers a solution by automating routine tasks, freeing up professionals to focus on higher-level responsibilities. ## Capabilities of Agents Agentic GRC replaces workflows, not just speeding them up. Evidence is continuously pulled from integrated systems, controls are monitored in real-time, and remediation is managed automatically. However, agents require human guidance. Defining risk appetite, determining remediation strategies, and ensuring the quality of outputs requires human insight and data context. **Anecdotes**' agentic GRC model is built around this concept. Agents handle operations based on a robust data foundation and the logic defined by the GRC team. By automating evidence chains, control testing, and audit preparation, agentic GRC allows practitioners to focus on strategic activities. This shift can be challenging, but it represents an opportunity for GRC professionals to leverage their expertise and judgment. Practitioners can focus on setting risk appetite, evaluating controls, identifying real problems, and translating business context into compliance logic. Organizations that embrace this shift will gain a competitive advantage by empowering their GRC teams to focus on strategic risk management and leadership. ## Addressing Concerns The reluctance to adopt agentic GRC often stems from a fear of losing the operations that have become a professional identity. However, this shift allows practitioners to return to the core purpose of GRC: strategic risk management. This transition represents a return to the intended role of GRC, enabling professionals to focus on what truly matters. **Learn more about agentic GRC with Anecdotes at [anecdotes.ai](https://www.anecdotes.ai/?utm_source=bleeping-computer&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=agentic-grc&utm_content=article&utm_term=awareness)** *Sponsored and written by **Anecdotes**.*