Build Your First Interview-Ready GRC Work Sample in 5 Focused Hours
We help aspiring GRC professionals build their first interview-ready work sample using an ISO/IEC 27001-aligned risk assessment process, a realistic company case, guided templates, and optional structured feedback.
You will complete a risk register, treatment plan, and leadership summary you can add to your portfolio and explain with greater confidence during interviews.
Prefer to work alone? The $97 Self-Paced option is below.
The GRC Risk Register Sprint Offer
One focused program designed to help you move from learning GRC concepts to showing practical evidence of what you can do.
Aspiring GRC professionals
Career changers, recent graduates, and cybersecurity learners who need practical work to show.
Your first interview-ready work sample
Complete a risk register, treatment plan, and leadership summary you can add to your portfolio.
Five focused hours
Complete the work in one day or divide it across several shorter sessions.
Learn–Build–Review
Use the TechFlow case, guided templates, worked examples, and an ISO/IEC 27001-aligned process.
Choose your level of guidance
Work independently for $97 or choose the $197 option with one structured feedback pass.
What You Will Build
By the end of the Sprint, you will have:
A completed risk register
CoreA simple risk treatment plan
ActionA short leadership summary
ReportingA clear way to explain your work in an interview
InterviewThis is your first GRC portfolio piece.
You step into TechFlow Solutions as a new GRC analyst.
TechFlow is a fictional cloud company with no formal security program. You are the first analyst to look at it.
Because TechFlow is fictional, you can safely share the work you build.
Why should you believe this can help?
The Sprint is built around practical work, not another collection of lectures you cannot show.
A realistic business case
You work through TechFlow Solutions as if you were a new analyst identifying, scoring, and treating information security risks.
Professional work products
You leave with tangible documents that show how you think, organize risk information, and communicate recommendations.
Created by an experienced educator
Dr. Rose Shumba brings more than 20 years of experience preparing students and professionals for technology careers.
Why ISO/IEC 27001 comes into the Sprint
ISO/IEC 27001 gives the project a professional structure. You are not memorizing the standard or preparing for an exam. You are using an ISO-aligned way of thinking about information security risk.
Identify risk in context
Connect business operations, assets, threats, vulnerabilities, and impact rather than listing risks without explanation.
Assess and prioritize
Use a consistent approach to likelihood, impact, and risk level so leadership can see what needs attention first.
Plan treatment
Recommend practical responses and explain how the organization should reduce, avoid, transfer, or accept risk.
What happens if you get stuck?
You are not expected to figure out the project from a blank page.
Both options include the company case, templates, worked examples, and step-by-step instructions.
- The $97 option is designed for independent learners who are comfortable reviewing examples and completing the work on their own.
- The $197 option includes one structured feedback pass on the completed risk register.
- Feedback focuses on risk clarity, business impact, scoring, and the treatment plan.
- The Sprint does not include unlimited revisions, resume review, LinkedIn review, or interview coaching.
One portfolio piece. Two ways to build it.
Both options are self-paced. Start any time. Both prices are Founding launch prices and will increase.
Sprint with Feedback
- Self-paced lessons
- TechFlow company case
- Risk register spreadsheet template
- Worked examples
- Completed risk register built by you
- One structured feedback pass
Self-Paced Sprint
- Self-paced lessons
- TechFlow company case
- Risk register spreadsheet template
- Worked examples
- Completed risk register built by you
- No instructor feedback
Feedback included in the $197 option
Submit your completed register through the course folder. Completed registers are reviewed in one weekly feedback cycle, so you can submit any time and receive your structured feedback response within 7 days. Feedback covers risk clarity, business impact, scoring, and treatment plan.
Feedback does not include unlimited revisions, resume review, LinkedIn review, interview coaching, or feedback on other portfolio pieces.
How This Connects to the Full Studio
The Risk Register is the first portfolio piece in the full GRC Portfolio Studio.
The Sprint helps you build one portfolio piece. The full Studio helps you build the complete GRC portfolio.
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Frequently asked
How long does it take?
You can build your risk register in about 5 focused hours total.
You may complete it in one sitting or spread the work across a few days at your own pace.
When do I get access?
Immediately after purchase, and you keep access to the materials.
Do I need a technical background?
No. You need basic computer skills, basic spreadsheet comfort, and attention to detail.
Do I need a certification first?
No. This helps you build proof before adding more credentials.
Will you give me the answers?
You get worked examples and guidance. You build the rest yourself because the value of the portfolio is that you created it.
What is the difference between the $97 and $197 options?
Both are the same Sprint. The $97 option has no feedback. The $197 option includes one structured feedback pass on your completed Risk Register.
Will this program result in an interview or a job?
The Sprint helps you build a practical GRC work sample you can use to strengthen your portfolio and prepare to discuss your work. Hiring and interview decisions remain with employers.
Why is the work aligned with ISO/IEC 27001?
The ISO/IEC 27001 alignment gives the risk assessment process a professional structure. The Sprint is not an ISO certification or exam-preparation course.
What happens if I get stuck?
You receive guided instructions, templates, worked examples, and the TechFlow case. The $197 option also includes one structured feedback pass on the completed risk register.
Do these options include a digital badge?
No. The GRC Portfolio Studio digital badge is earned only in the $597 Guided Cohort after the required work and the final presentation are completed.
Build your first GRC work sample in 5 focused hours.
Start with the Sprint with Feedback if you want a review of your register.
Join the Sprint with Feedback · $197Prefer to build independently? Get the Self-Paced Sprint · $97
