Efficiency comes from focus and automation. Start with a risk register. Standardize templates for policies, vendor reviews, and marketing approvals. Automate evidence capture from systems of record. Bake checks into code reviews and CI/CD. Keep one source of truth for controls, owners, and cadence.

Speed, sprawl, and evidence gaps. Frequent releases and many tools create risk without proof. Fix it by continuously inventorying systems, embedding checks into CI/CD, centralizing policies, and automating logs, access reviews, and incident drills. Give teams guardrails, not gates.