CERRIX, a leading Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) platform, today announced the acquisition of Ruler, a platform that helps organizations monitor regulatory developments and translate them into actionable insights. Ruler is used by more than 150 financial institutions and over 1,000 compliance professionals in the Netherlands and Belgium, further strengthening CERRIX’s presence in the financial sector.

The next phase in building an intelligent operation system for enterprise risk

“Regulation is evolving faster and becoming increasingly complex for organizations,” said Niels van Weereld, CEO at CERRIX. “By connecting regulatory monitoring directly to our GRC platform, we enable organizations not only to track regulatory changes, but also to map them to risks, policies, and action plans. This allows organizations to move from reactive compliance, where regulatory changes are addressed after the fact, to a more proactive approach in which risks and controls are continuously updated. With the integration of Ruler, we are building an end-to-end regulatory-to-control chain, ensuring full traceability from regulatory interpretation through to risk updates and implemented controls.”

“Ruler adds a regulatory intelligence layer to our platform that has been missing from traditional GRC solutions. Where most tools stop at monitoring, we will use AI to automatically translate regulatory changes into suggested updates across an organization's risk and control framework. Our ambition is clear: compliance teams should spend their time on judgment and decision-making, not on manually tracing which regulation affects which process. That is the platform we are building.” said Joachim Jonkers, CPO at CERRIX.

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Piet Impens (CEO, Ruler): “The next step in the evolution of our platform”

"By becoming part of CERRIX, we are taking an important next step in connecting regulatory intelligence directly to the risk and compliance processes of our clients," says Piet Impens, CEO of Ruler.

"What makes this combination particularly strong is the connection between insight and execution. Ruler, originally developed within Projective Group, brings deep expertise in regulatory monitoring and the interpretation of laws and regulations through its specialised legal editorial team. CERRIX excels in managing risks, controls, and compliance processes. Together, this strengthens the translation of complex regulations into concrete actions and effective management measures.

By leveraging the AI capabilities of the CERRIX platform, we are building a future-proof solution that not only keeps pace with regulatory change but actively supports organisations in managing it.

Together, we are creating an integrated ecosystem that enables financial institutions to move from simply understanding regulation to truly being in control. In a way that is practical, scalable and future-proof.’’

About CERRIX

CERRIX is a modern SaaS platform that enables organizations to structure, manage and embed Governance, Risk and Compliance in a fully integrated way. The platform provides a single source of truth for risk management, internal controls, compliance frameworks and audit activities, helping organizations move away from fragmented tools and manual processes.

Founded in 2014 in the Netherlands, CERRIX was developed to support real operational risk management in regulated environments. Today, the platform is used by more than 100 organizations in over 20 countries. With the acquisition of Ruler, CERRIX now connects regulatory monitoring with integrated risk management, enabling organizations to manage the full lifecycle from regulatory change to risk, controls and audit in one environment.

About Ruler

Ruler is a regulatory intelligence platform that helps organizations stay on top of regulatory developments and understand their impact. The platform continuously monitors regulatory sources such as DNB, AFM, ESMA and other European authorities, translating complex legislation into structured insights for legal, compliance and risk teams.

By combining expert editorial analysis with AI-supported processing, Ruler enables organizations to track regulatory updates, assess relevance and manage regulatory change in a structured way. As part of CERRIX, Ruler extends the platform with regulatory monitoring and horizon scanning capabilities, connecting regulatory change directly to risk management and compliance processes.

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