In this episode of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the GRC Technology Galaxy, Michael Rasmussen sits down with Jason Sechrist of AuditBoard to explore how the company has transformed from an audit tool into one of the most intelligent platforms in the GRC cosmos. They discuss what makes AuditBoard distinctly improbable—a platform that’s as beautiful as it is powerful, blending a clean, intuitive UX with the analytical depth needed to quantify, automate, and orchestrate assurance at scale.

Jason dives into how AuditBoard unites Monte Carlo and bow-tie analysis for next-generation risk quantification, delivers a no-code environment built for flexibility, and uses AI not as a shortcut but as an amplifier, powering smarter assurance and accelerating insight across the enterprise.

The conversation also explores who AuditBoard is built for, where it’s growing next, and how its people and culture fuel the platform’s evolution. Three years from now, AuditBoard envisions a connected GRC universe where usability, intelligence, and human ingenuity work together, proving that even in an improbable galaxy, assurance can be both art and science.

In this episode of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the GRC Technology Galaxy, Michael Rasmussen connects with the Riskonnect CEO, Jim Wetekamp, to explore how the company is helping organizations see through the code of risk, from insurable exposures and geopolitical volatility to AI-driven analysis and quantified decision-making.

The discussion dives into what Riskonnect delivers across the GRC universe today, what it’s building for tomorrow, and how agentic AI is accelerating the maturity of the entire field. From risk quantification and scenario analysis to integrated insights across enterprise, compliance, and continuity, Riskonnect’s approach helps organizations understand not just individual risks, but how they interconnect and evolve in real time.

The team also shares a glimpse into Konnect 2025, Riskonnect’s annual conference, and its Matrix-inspired theme: learning to see beyond the surface and decode what’s really happening in the world of risk. In an era defined by complexity and uncertainty, this episode shows why clarity may be the most improbable superpower of all.

In this episode of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the GRC Technology Galaxy, Michael Rasmussen sits down with Alex Hollis of SureCloud to discuss how the company is rewriting the rules of digital risk and resilience. SureCloud’s event-sourced architecture captures everything that ever happens in the system (every change, every control, every decision) allowing organizations to recreate their compliance universe at any point in time.

The conversation explores what SureCloud does best, what problems it solves most effectively, and where it fits across enterprise risk, IT, compliance, and legal functions. Alex shares how this architecture enables true evidence-based compliance, what’s next for the platform, and how SureCloud is leveraging AI to enhance intelligence and automation without losing the human partnership that defines its culture.

As most GRC platforms orbit predictably around static frameworks, SureCloud’s event-driven approach represents something rarer—a living, evolving system built for resilience, context, and confidence in an improbable universe.