Archer Blogs

For too long, GRC teams have been buried under their own data. It’s time to work smarter, not harder. GRC functions face a crisis of volume rather than visibility. While digitization has successfully created a "System of Record," it has simultaneously overwhelmed risk professionals with data. The next era of governance requires shifting focus from collecting information to synthesizing it. 

Looking back on 2025, one thing is clear: our clients' success comes from more than just the Archer platform. It's built on the dedication and expertise of our partner ecosystem.

The rise of Agentic AI, autonomous systems capable of making thousands of critical decisions daily, demands that GRC leaders abandon reactive, human-speed compliance models. Governance must evolve from after-the-fact auditing into a rigorous, automated onboarding process that defines an AI agent's authority, ethics, and continuous oversight before deployment.

A typical compliance-first approach, relying on point-in-time assessments, blinds the business to fast-moving risks. For example, it’s estimated that at least 30% of data breaches can be traced back to a third party. Recent estimates suggest that incidents like cyberattacks can now occur in as little as 51 seconds.

For insurers and corporates alike, 2025 has been a year of data friction, shifting capacity, and the first true test of how AI and automation are reshaping risk management. As this year's renewal cycle concludes, the lessons are clear: those who prepared early thrived - and those who didn't, paid for it.

For decades, risk and insurance professionals have lived inside dashboards. They've clicked through tiles, chosen filters, refreshed charts, exported data, and waited for reports. Dashboards were once the visual promise of digital transformation - but over time, they also became a trap. In 2026, that era begins to end.

The Middle East and Africa (MEA) region is no longer a "follow-the-leader" regulatory landscape. The region is actively innovating, transforming compliance from a cost center into a strategic growth engine.

This week marked an important milestone in Archer’s decade-long journey in Egypt and our growing partnership with the country’s technology and innovation ecosystem. Archer CEO Bill Diaz visited Cairo to meet with His Excellency President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, alongside Prime Minister Dr. Mostafa Madbouly and Minister of Communications and Information Technology Dr. Amr Talaat, to discuss Archer’s continued investment and strategic expansion in Egypt.    As part of the visit,

Imagine an AI agent authorized to optimize supply chain procurement. Operating autonomously, it could renegotiate 50 vendor contracts in an hour, analyze market conditions in real-time, and automatically redirect shipments based on emerging risks. But without proper guardrails, it might violate data privacy regulations, create unauthorized financial commitments, or inadvertently discriminate against certain suppliers.