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Policy Management Requires Attention
Policies: A Foundation in GRC Strategies Policies are critical to organizations as they establish boundaries of behavior for individuals, processes, relationships, and transactions. An organization must establish policy it is… Continue reading Policy Management Requires Attention
Why it Makes Sense to Manage Retention with Privacy and GDPR
There is increasing focus on the protection of personal identity information around the world. Over the past two decades, we have seen increasing regulations such as US HIPAA, US GLBA,… Continue reading Why it Makes Sense to Manage Retention with Privacy and GDPR
GDPR in Third Party Relationships Stretches Resources
As the years go by, there is increasing focus on the protection of personal identity information around the world. Over time we have seen new regulations such as US HIPAA, US GLBA,… Continue reading GDPR in Third Party Relationships Stretches Resources
Internal Control Management by Design
Business is complex. Exponential growth and change in regulations, globalization, distributed operations, changing processes, competitive velocity, business relationships, disruptive technology, and business data impedes organizations. Keeping complexity and change in… Continue reading Internal Control Management by Design
Critical Capabilities & Considerations for Evaluation of Policy & Training Management Platforms
I get a lot of inquiries from organizations looking for policy management platforms. Some for a department focused need (e.g., IT security, health and safety, Human Resources), others for a… Continue reading Critical Capabilities & Considerations for Evaluation of Policy & Training Management Platforms
How Technology Enables Enterprise Risk Management
Risk management fails when information is scattered, redundant, non-reliable, and managed as a system of parts that do not integrate and work as a collective whole. The risk management information… Continue reading How Technology Enables Enterprise Risk Management
How to Purchase Policy & Training Management Platforms
Organizations often lack a coordinated enterprise strategy for policy development, maintenance, communication, attestation, and training. An ad hoc approach to policy management exposes the organization to significant liability. This liability… Continue reading How to Purchase Policy & Training Management Platforms
GRC Critical Capabilities and Purchasing Considerations
There is a broad array of governance, risk management, and compliance (GRC) related solutions available in the market. In fact, GRC 20/20 has catalogued and mapped over 800 technology solutions and… Continue reading GRC Critical Capabilities and Purchasing Considerations
Components for Developing an ERM Strategy
The physicist, Fritjof Capra, made an insightful observation on living organisms and ecosystems that also rings true when applied to risk management: “The more we study the major problems of… Continue reading Components for Developing an ERM Strategy
Technology Priorities for Compliance & Ethics
Past compliance processes were bogged down in documents and technology silos, which led to laborious and costly processes to gather information and report on compliance risk. Compliance departments over-relied on… Continue reading Technology Priorities for Compliance & Ethics
What Effective Risk Management Looks Like
This is Part Two of a four-part blog series on ERM . . . To maintain the integrity of the organization and execute on strategy, the organization has to be… Continue reading What Effective Risk Management Looks Like
Why Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) is Critical to Modern Business
Organizations take risks all the time but fail to monitor and manage risk effectively for the enterprise. A cavalier approach to risk-taking results in disaster, providing case studies for future… Continue reading Why Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) is Critical to Modern Business
