I am a professional engineer who studied electrical / computer engineering back in the 80’s. As it turns out, compliance is not so different from engineering at least the way it is now. Compliance added a new benchmark – a new design objective for engineering. This requires thinking in engineering terms such as: Design Thinking, Systems Engineering, Model Based Engineering, Digital Twins and Threads, Risk-based Thinking, and so on.

fundamentally flawed—and this definitional confusion is creating dangerous blind spots in how we regulate, engineer Toward Engineering-Based Solutions How do we apply rigorous engineering principles to build reliable, The engineering method is fundamentally an integrative and synthesis process that considers the whole Unlike reductionist approaches that focus solely on components, engineering emphasizes understanding

After three decades in engineering and compliance, I took a leap of faith to address a critical gap I After working as an engineer for another company for over 30 years—designing and building systems for Some call this GRC engineering, automation, or just IT development—something I had done, and many have

As an engineer, we view constraints as our friends. They present a challenge requiring creativity and innovation to come up with engineered solutions that

In contrast, operational compliance focuses on the engineering and mechanics of how compliance actually It avoids the trap of over-engineering either the framework or operations beyond what's needed for effective

In my first year of engineering I was given this advice. You can be the smartest engineer but if you cannot articulate your ideas and communicate them then it Many engineers tend towards introversion (myself included) which means that learning to communicate requires

For example, engineering has traditionally relied on algorithms, statistical analysis, models, and prediction

Template Types are part of the sensor and contain predefined fields for threat detection engineers to A Software Engineering Failure In high-risk sectors such as chemical processing, nuclear energy, and It's also why we have process, safety, industrial, and quality engineers to design safety into system What appears to be missing is this same level of concern for safety in software engineering and in particular

In my three decades as a compliance engineer, I've watched our profession's obsession with check-boxes challenge—and potentially transform—your compliance A Bayesian Approach to Compliance Assurance As a compliance engineer

Engineered and Ethical   Operational Compliance  involves leveraging knowledge and tools to make ethical It embodies the essence of engineering, where obligations are fulfilled through intentional design informed

The Record of Assurance is the "certificate" of verified assurance capabilities — assurance that is engineered

Doctors, lawyers, engineers, geologists, and other professionals operate within ethical frameworks that AI can analyze medical images, review legal documents, optimize engineering designs, or process geological