SAN FRANCISCO – December 16, 2020 – Reciprocity, the company behind ZenGRC, the industry-leading information security risk and compliance solution, today announced ZenGRC has earned two badges on the G2 Winter 2020 Grid Report. This marks the 15th consecutive quarter ZenGRC has been recognized by G2 in its quarterly report. G2 is a peer-to-peer business solutions review website, leveraging customer feedback to rank the best business software and services.

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