The key elements of an effective GRC architecture integrates good corporate governance, risk management, compliance, ethics and internal control.

Avanon GRC addresses the needs of GRC in a manner best described by OECG's Red Book and the GRC Capability Model™. Avanon shares the belief that this is the most suitable umbrella framework to bring a holistic enterprise view of GRC together that works from the board of directors down into the management and process of an organization.

The goals of a GRC program are not to replace the well-established risk and compliance frameworks and standards but to give them a common language and context to operate within and thus provide enterprise collaboration and communication across governance, risk and compliance.