iluminr has been awarded the 2025 GRC Innovation Award in the Risk & Resilience Management Solutions category by GRC 20/20 Research, LLC.
The award recognizes our Microsimulations platform and its approach to transforming how organizations build resilience capabilities and prepare teams for real-world disruption.
What Sets Microsimulations Apart
Traditional tabletop exercises often fall short. They’re expensive, time-consuming and difficult to scale. GRC 20/20 Research identified several key innovations that differentiate our approach:
Multimedia integration: Immersive video and audio feeds create realistic crisis scenarios that build decision-making capabilities under pressure.
Pre-built scenario library: Ready-to-deploy scenarios from a continuously growing library covering a wide variety of risks such as cyberattacks, regulatory disruption, supply chain failures and AI threats.
Flexible deployment: Single and multiplayer modes support individual learning and team exercises across remote, hybrid and in-person settings.
Enterprise scale: Platform handles unlimited participants, making it suitable for organization-wide deployment.
Analytics and learning: Real-time decision capture provides data for continuous improvement and audit compliance.
Internal facilitation: Organizations can deploy exercises using internal resources, reducing dependence on external consultants.
Market Impact
The platform serves organizations across all sectors including financial services, government, healthcare, and critical infrastructure. Users report measurable improvements in:
- Training efficiency and cost reduction compared to traditional tabletop exercises
- Team preparedness and response capabilities
- Strategic resilience planning through data-driven insights
- Regulatory compliance alignment, including DORA, CPS 230, Operational Resilience, FFIEC, NIST and ISO requirements
Platform Development
iluminr evolved during the pandemic when leadership identified a gap between available tools and organizational capability. The platform evolved from response software into a behavioral science-based system designed to make resilience training scalable and effective.
The Microsimulations approach bridges theoretical preparedness with practical execution, enabling organizations to build institutional muscle memory for crisis response.
Industry Context
The award comes as organizations face increasing regulatory requirements and digital threats. iluminr’s platform addresses the need for continuous resilience training that goes beyond compliance checkboxes to build genuine preparedness capabilities.
The platform supports hybrid work environments and global operations, making it practical for today’s distributed workforce requirements.
About the Award
GRC 20/20 Research, LLC is an independent analyst firm specializing in Governance, Risk, and Compliance solutions. Their Innovation Awards recognize solutions that demonstrate significant improvements in GRC programs and innovative approaches to industry challenges.
The 2025 GRC Innovation Awards were announced by GRC 20/20 Research, LLC. The original announcement and detailed analysis of iluminr’s platform can be found on the GRC 20/20 Research Linkedin page.
