In recent years, Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives have become a lightning rod in political discourse. Critics have reduced ESG to ideological talking points—especially on issues such as climate… Continue reading Rethinking ESG: Rediscovering the Meaning of Stewardship

In today’s rapidly evolving world, the risk landscape is changing faster than ever. We’ve witnessed firsthand the mounting challenges organizations face with an increasingly complex web of regulatory requirements, cyber… Continue reading Regulatory Complexity, Operational Resilience, Cyber Risk, and AI: Key GRC Imperatives for 2025

The global business landscape today is a complex web of interconnected organizations—the extended enterprise. This interconnectedness delivers unprecedented opportunities for growth, efficiency, and innovation. However, it simultaneously amplifies risk exposure,… Continue reading Navigating the Storm: Strengthening Third-Party Governance and Risk Management in Your Extended Enterprise

In the past several months, my family has faced a deeply personal challenge — my wife’s battle with breast cancer. Observing her journey through six rounds of chemotherapy, with upcoming… Continue reading Navigating Uncertainty: What My Wife’s Cancer Revealed About Strategic, Environmental, and Operational Resilience

A small, obscure, and misguided segment of the analyst community promotes Integrated Risk Management (IRM) as a replacement for Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance (GRC). This group incorrectly portrays GRC… Continue reading Putting IRM in its Proper GRC Context

No organization is an isolated entity. It is part of an extended enterprise of suppliers,vendors, service providers and other third parties. This complex web of relationships drives efficiency and innovation,… Continue reading Proactive third-party risk management: A governance-based strategy

In today’s rapidly evolving regulatory landscape, organizations face an increasingly complex and dynamic environment where managing compliance obligations demands agility, efficiency, effectiveness, resilience, and innovation. At the intersection of technology… Continue reading Navigating the RegTech Universe: Charting a Path Through a Maze of Offerings

In my previous post, The Death of the CISO: A Eulogy & Reincarnation, I argued that the traditional role of the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) is evolving—or rather, undergoing a… Continue reading Rise of the Digital Trust & Resilience Officer: Death of the CISO, Part 2

Regulatory frameworks define how businesses operate, innovate, and ensure compliance in different jurisdictions. When comparing the regulatory landscapes of the European Union (EU) and the United States (US), a stark… Continue reading The Regulatory Divide: How EU and US Approaches Shape Business Strategy

Too many Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance (GRC) programs are fundamentally backward. Instead of starting with objectives, they focus on compliance checklists or risk registers, often relegating objectives to an… Continue reading GRC Starts with Objectives, Not Risk and Compliance

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) is a growing challenge for organizations to manage and report on. It has become a core part of corporate strategy, driven by values, stakeholder expectations,… Continue reading ES-G-RC: How GRC is the Foundation for ESG and EU CSRD Reporting

While the USA is going in different directions, and the EU considers streamlining and integrating requirements later this month, the global landscape of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) reporting has… Continue reading The Challenges of ESG Reporting: Navigating the Complexity of EU CSRD