State of GRC in the GCC — 2026 benchmark
Survey of 312 GRC, security and privacy leaders across the GCC: maturity scores, hiring gaps, tool spend and the controls that drove the biggest audit improvements.
Survey of 312 GRC, security and privacy leaders across the GCC: maturity scores, hiring gaps, tool spend and the controls that drove the biggest audit improvements.
Written by MAST Research and pressure-tested on live industry research engagements before publication, this report is designed to move a programme forward the same week you open it.
Every section is annotated with the decision it should unblock, the owner it should sit with, and the evidence it should leave behind — so the artefact still holds up under audit twelve months later.
- Field-tested against real Stage 1 and Stage 2 audit findings
- Mapped to the controls and cadences the Industry Research faculty deploy in cohort work
- Editable, credit-line optional — use it inside your organisation without attribution
- Includes evidence pointers, owner fields and a first-90-days cadence
- Heads of GRC, CISOs, DPOs and internal audit leads
- Lead Implementers and Lead Auditors preparing for cert cycles
- Consulting teams standing up client programmes
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Book a walkthrough of the findings with a MAST research lead — we'll benchmark your maturity against the cohort and outline the moves that closed the biggest gaps.