Case Study: Large Australian University achieves ISO 27001 & NIST SP 800-53 compliance and stronger IT resilience with MetricStream's IT GRC solution

Large Australian University Strengthens Compliance with ISO 27001 and NIST SP 800-53; Improves Resilience Against Security Incidents

One of Australia’s largest public research universities needed to renew its ISO 27001 certification and demonstrate compliance with NIST SP 800-53, but found its legacy, fragmented tools and manual spreadsheet-based processes could not scale. With hundreds of faculties and 45+ IT risks to monitor, the university lacked timely visibility and coordination across stakeholders, slowing decision-making and weakening its ability to respond to security incidents.

The university implemented MetricStream’s integrated IT GRC platform—delivered into production in eight weeks—to automate compliance and risk workflows, map controls (via the UCF), and ingest vulnerability-scan data for consolidated asset and risk views. The solution streamlined assessments and reporting, improved real-time visibility and collaboration, increased efficiency and risk intelligence, and strengthened resilience and scalability across the institution.