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  • EMC/RSA Acquisition of Archer: 1 + 1 = 3

    For the past two years Archer Technologies has been a disruptive force in the GRC market. They have been going strong in the IT/information security segment of GRC for several… Continue reading EMC/RSA Acquisition of Archer: 1 + 1 = 3

  • Enhancing Business Performance through Risk Management

      The following is an abstract from my latest research piece “Enhancing Business Performance through Risk Management“ While the market seems eager to grasp onto the phrase “risk intelligence,” it… Continue reading Enhancing Business Performance through Risk Management

  • GRC Reference Architecture: Role/Process Specific Applications

      Over the past few weeks we have looked at both theinformation model and the enterprise application core of Corporate Integrity’s GRC Reference Architecture. The GRC Reference Architecture provides the… Continue reading GRC Reference Architecture: Role/Process Specific Applications

  • Good Risk Management Guidance – Here At Last in ISO 31000

    We interrupt this broadcast . . . yes, I know many of you have been waiting in eager participation for my next installment of the GRC Reference Architecture which is… Continue reading Good Risk Management Guidance – Here At Last in ISO 31000

  • GRC Reference Architecture: the GRC Enterprise Application Core

      Friend, Last week we began our presentation of the GRC Reference Architecture, which is part of my broader GRC EcoSystem (which includes over 1300 technology, professional service, and information… Continue reading GRC Reference Architecture: the GRC Enterprise Application Core

  • GRC Reference Architecture: Enterprise Data Architecture & Framework

      GRC – Governance, Risk, & Compliance. Whether you use this specific acronym or not the fact is your organization does GRC. There is not a single executive that will… Continue reading GRC Reference Architecture: Enterprise Data Architecture & Framework

  • Pfizer's Corporate Integrity Agreement & Compliance Officer Positioning Survey

      From the SCCE: In the recent Corporate Integrity Agreement between Pfizer and the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services, Pfizer agreed that… Continue reading Pfizer's Corporate Integrity Agreement & Compliance Officer Positioning Survey

  • Establishing an Enterprise View of Risk & Compliance

      Success in today’s dynamic business environment requires the organization to integrate, build, and support business process with an enterprise view of risk and compliance.Without a new approach to risk… Continue reading Establishing an Enterprise View of Risk & Compliance

  • Where is performance & strategy in GRC?

    Most GRC software as well as GRC implementations are more like RC (without the G). Or just R or just C. Or perhaps Rc or rC. . . My position… Continue reading Where is performance & strategy in GRC?

  • We do not need a Chief GRC Officer!

    For one thing – that would be too much of an acronym CGRCO. The subject actually came up in a corporate governance discussion group I belong to. Michael Corcoran posted… Continue reading We do not need a Chief GRC Officer!

  • The GRC Technology EcoSystem – Revised

      While GRC is ultimately about collaboration and communication between the business roles and processes responsible for varying risk and compliance functions, there is no doubt that technology has an… Continue reading The GRC Technology EcoSystem – Revised

  • Chief Punishment Officer

    During my latest OCEG GRC Strategy & Red Book 2 Bootcamp, one attendee stated they had seen the job title of Chief Punishment Officer in China. Any takers? On a… Continue reading Chief Punishment Officer