While briefed on the acquisition before the announcement, I took a few days before commenting on my blog.  The reason being two-fold – I came down with a seasonal cold,… Continue reading Perspectives on the Paisley Acquisition

Issues impacting corporate governance, risk management, and compliance are abundant. GRC 20/20 has identified 27 issue areas that organizations struggle with in risk and compliance – THOUGH the one that is keeping… Continue reading 3rd Party Risk & Compliance – A Significant Challenge for Large Organizations

Global markets are in turmoil, investigations into corporate and executive wrong doing, demands for increased oversight and regulation . . . while the economic climate in general is in question… Continue reading Top 27 Risk & Compliance Issues Organizations Struggle With

What are the questions the Board of Directors of any publicly traded company should be asking regarding the status of GRC enabling technology in their organization?   My experience is… Continue reading Focus of the Board on GRC

The writing is on the wall – we are entering a new era of corporate governance, risk management, and compliance. The shake up on Wall Street is just the current… Continue reading GRC 2.0 the GRC EcoSystem

News . . . the roller-coaster of information pouring into us about the tumultuous times we live in can be overwhelming.  The current focus on the economy in the wake of an… Continue reading Ethics & Integrity In Volatile Times

Summer is over.  Schedules change, kids are in school, fall is arriving.   As many of you noticed – I took a break from blogging this summer. However, this was… Continue reading Reflecting on summer . . .

It is the end of the week – but still a good chance for that final reminder that it is Corporate Compliance and Ethics Week – which happens the last… Continue reading Corporate Compliance & Ethics Week 2008

Does the business intelligence (BI) issue fall under the governance, risk and compliance (GRC) domain? Business intelligence (BI) is an essential component to a successful governance, risk and compliance (GRC)… Continue reading Business Intelligence & GRC

I recently published my”2008 GRC Drivers, Trends, & Market Directions”research illustrating the dynamic and growing nature of GRC adoption within organizations and the direction and size of the overall GRC… Continue reading 2008 GRC Drivers, Trends, & Market Directions

My two cents – if you are relying on spreadsheets (or for that matter word processing documents) to survey and gather risk and compliance information you have a problem. This… Continue reading Spreadsheets are inadequate for risk and compliance assessment questionaires

Last week was an exciting week – three events converged in an action packed week in Orlando: I did a live webcast on Measuring the Ethical Organization with the Institute… Continue reading SAP Delivers on GRC Vision