GRC

GRC may refer to any of the following:

1. GRC (Governance, Risk, and Compliance) is a business approach to understanding overall management, prioritizing risks, and conforming to the requirements that allow it to achieve objectives. GRC activities may focus on an individual area or department (e.g., IT (information technology)) or be a complete enterprise framework. A company may use GRC to meet reliability goals, remove uncertainty, and meet compliance requirements.

2. Short for Gibson Research Corporation, GRC is operated by Steve Gibson and offers information about network security and tools to help test for vulnerabilities in your computer or network.

GRC programs, tools, and services

Below is a listing of GRC programs, tools, and online services in alphabetical order.

• Certificate Revocation - Service to verify your browser does not open websites that had their security certificate revoked.
• ClicKey - Small utility to make a sound (26 built-in sounds) for each key you press on the keyboard. This utility is for those who miss the sounds a mechanical keyboard makes.
• DCOMbobulator - Verify and disable DCOM (Distributed Component Object Model) on Windows computers.
• DNS Benchmark - Run speed tests on multiple DNS (domain name system) providers to find which offers you the best performance.
• DNS Spoofability Test - Test if DNS can be spoofed on your router.
• Free & Clear - Demo of sub-pixel font rendering, similar to Microsoft's ClearType.
• HTTPS fingerprints - View the security certificates authentic fingerprint and verify if the certificate you have is valid.
• IDentity - Utility to help identify ASPI (advanced SCSI programming interface) devices.
• ID Serve - Small utility to help view the security and software a web server utilizes.
• InControl - Utility to keep Windows 10 and Windows 11 from doing unwanted automatic updates and upgrading.
• InitDisk - USB (universal serial bus) drive formatter to clear a USB drive with an MBR (master boot record) and FAT (file allocation table) 12, 16, or 32 partition up to 2.2 terabytes.
• InSpectre - Easily scan any Microsoft Windows computer to see if it's protected from Meltdown and Spectre attacks.
• LeakTest - Small utility to test if information can be leaked past your firewall.
• MouseTrap - Utility to test for MICE (Metafile Image Code Execution) vulnerability.
• Never10 - Utility to help control unwanted upgrades to Windows 10 on Windows 7 and 8.1 computers.
• Password Haystacks - Determine how many attempts it would take to brute force attack.
• Perfect Paper Passwords - Generate a high-security printable paper passcard.
• Perfect Passwords - Generate high-quality random passwords.
• ReadSpeed - Benchmark for PCI (peripheral component interconnect), IDE (integrated drive electronics), and AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface) controllers and drives.
• SecurAble - Quickly display what security features are offered with your computer processor.
• Security Now - Computer-related security podcast hosted by Leo Laporte and Steve Gibson.
• Shields UP! - Internet vulnerability scanner that looks at ports on your network router.
• Shoot the messenger - Small utility to enable and disable the Windows Messenger Service.
• SpinRite - Finds defects in hard drive sectors and mark those areas as bad, and performs surface maintenance.
• UnPlug n' Pray - Utility to quickly enable and disable UPnP (Universal Plug and Play).
• Wizmo - A "Windows Gizmo" to help perform several miscellaneous Windows functions not available in any other utility online.

In addition to the utilities listed above, GRC also has the following obsolete utilities and services. Most of these are still available for download, but are not necessarily something most people would want or need today.

• FIX-CIH - Utility to help those suffering from the CIH virus.
• PatchWork - Windows NT anti-intrusion patch verification and scanner.
• TIP (Trouble In Paradise) - Utility to help detect if an Iomega Zip drive or Jaz drive is suffering from the COD (click of death).
• OptOut - One of the first adware programs that helped users opt out of known adware.
• XPdite - Windows XP path to replace dangerous files used maliciously.