Financial governance, risk, and compliance (FGRC) have moved beyond the back-office. Today's CFOs are accountable for compounding regulatory obligations, rising audit demands, and financial risk exposure across the enterprise, yet most organizations are still managing it all through fragmented, under-automated tools.

IDC evaluated 11 vendors across nine FGRC capability domains to identify which platforms are truly ready to meet these demands. IBM was named a Leader. IBM OpenPages, part of the watsonx AI suite, was recognized by IDC as “the most advanced for embedded AI and emerging technology delivered as a generally available capability today, and it is also the most capable across audit, policy, internal controls, enterprise risk management, records, reporting, integration, and architecture.