Archer Summit 2025: Your Blueprint for GRC Success

There’s something about Chicago. The sweeping skyline, the iconic architecture, the energy of a city that’s constantly reinventing itself. It’s the perfect backdrop for Archer Summit 2025 and this year’s gathering of GRC professionals has officially kicked off. It’s more than just another industry conference. It’s a reunion, a look forward, and a chance to roll up our sleeves together to tackle the future of compliance and risk management. 

This year celebrates the 20^th Archer Summit, and this year feels different. Bigger. Faster. Bolder. Archer has been moving at an unprecedented pace, laser-focused on delivering innovative GRC solutions that help organizations to thrive in today’s uncertain environment. And the announcements we’re sharing this week prove it. 

A Future-Focused Archer Summit for GRC Professionals 

The conversations happening in Chicago this week are bigger than software releases or technical upgrades. They’re about building sustainable, impactful risk and compliance programs that can withstand the pressures of modern business.

Let’s face it: the risk and compliance landscape has never been more complex. Regulations aren’t slowing down - they’re multiplying and intersecting. Risks aren’t confined to neat categories anymore - they’re cascading across supply chains, geographies, and business units. And GRC isn’t just about checking boxes - it’s about ensuring resilience, protecting brand reputation, and creating confidence in every decision. 

That’s the spirit of Archer Summit 2025: taking on these challenges together, with the tools, insights, and community to move forward with confidence. 

Innovation on Display: What’s New at Archer Summit 2025 

This year, Archer is making some major announcements that reshape the way organizations think about compliance and  risk management. Highlights include: 

1. The Introduction of Archer Evolv™ Risk 

We’re ushering in the next evolution of enterprise risk management with Archer Evolv Risk - a solution built for organizations that need to manage uncertainty at scale. 

Risk management has always been about trade-offs: where to invest, what to prioritize, how to weigh compliance requirements against strategic goals. But too often, risk assessments are qualitative, disconnected, and outdated as soon as they’re complete. Archer Evolv Risk changes that. 

With Archer Evolv Risk, you can quantify risks, simulate scenarios, and evaluate the true economic impact of their decisions. Want to understand the ROI of a new control? Want to compare the cost of compliance against the cost of risk exposure? Want to give your board a clear, quantified view of top risks? That’s exactly what Evolv Risk is designed to do.  

2. The Introduction of Archer Evolv™ Intelligence 

Archer Evolv Intelligence is our next-generation analytics approach, designed to unlock the full power of operational GRC data.  

With Archer Evolv Intelligence, we’re bridging the gap between data and action. Imagine being able to surface hidden trends, spot emerging risks, and make decisions with confidence because your analytics engine is continuously learning from your operational data. This isn’t about static dashboards. It’s about an intelligent layer of insight that adapts as your business and the regulatory landscape changes. 

In a world where risk management must be proactive, Archer Evolv Intelligence puts GRC teams a step ahead.  

Why This Matters for GRC 

These announcements are part of a bigger story: the evolution of how organizations approach GRC. 

• From reactive to proactive: Traditional compliance programs were built to react. New regulation, new process; new risk, new mitigation. But today, organizations that excel are those that stay ahead of change. Our strategy is simple: help clients shift from reactive reporting to proactive insight. 

  
  

• From qualitative to quantitative: Risk management can’t rely solely on heat maps and color codes anymore. Boards, regulators, and investors expect hard numbers—expected loss, value at risk, ROI for controls. Archer Evolv Risk makes those numbers possible without requiring a PhD in statistics. 

  
  

• From siloed to integrated: Risk and compliance don’t live in one department, and neither should your GRC program. Archer’s continued adaptation across the portfolio ensures that whether you’re in compliance, audit, resilience, or third-party management, you’re working with connected data and shared insights. 

  
  

• From compliance-centric to business-centric: At its core, compliance management is about more than avoiding fines. It’s about protecting your organization’s reputation, building resilience, and creating the confidence to innovate. GRC is no longer a back-office function. It’s central to business strategy.  

Final Thoughts 

If you’re a GRC professional, whether you’re leading risk management at a global enterprise, managing compliance in a highly regulated industry, or just getting your program off the ground, this year’s Archer Summit is driving home several key trends: 

• Analytics is redefining GRC. 

• There is a new standard for risk management. 

• GRC programs are adapting to meet emerging challenges. 

  
  

The skyline of Chicago at Archer Summit 2025 is a metaphor for what we’re building together—strong foundations, bold structures, and a future that can withstand the test of time. 

Here’s to another great Archer Summit. And here’s to the future of compliance and risk management.