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  • Thoughts from Compliance Week '09 Day 1

    Compliance Week remains the highlight of GRC events throughout the year. As one Tweet states at the beginning of the conference: “dougcorneliusStarting the “Davos” of compliance.” Sure there are many… Continue reading Thoughts from Compliance Week '09 Day 1

  • Thoughts from the OCEG Leadership Council

    A Proverb states: “Where there is no guidance, a people falls, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.”  Much of the GRC world – with its various professional stovepipes… Continue reading Thoughts from the OCEG Leadership Council

  • 'Lean' GRC – Good Concept, Poor Choice of Word

      A recent discussion on the Corporate Integrity LinkedIN Group was started by Norman Marks when he stated: “How would you go about applying Lean principles to making sure your… Continue reading 'Lean' GRC – Good Concept, Poor Choice of Word

  • Developing a GRC Strategic Plan

    Governance, Risk, and Compliance can be confusing to understand in their individual capacities – bring them together as GRC and it can be even more confounding. GRC is more than… Continue reading Developing a GRC Strategic Plan

  • Streamlining Compliance

    Organizational exposure to compliance risk is rising while the cost of compliance soars. Additionally, the ad hoc, reactive approach to compliance brings complexity, forcing business to be less agile. Organizations… Continue reading Streamlining Compliance

  • Response to Lumigent's "GRC Starts With C"

    John Capobianco, CEO of Lumigent, recently published “GRC Starts with ‘C’” commentary. While there is much to be admired about Lumigent’s messaging and awareness campaign of application GRC – I… Continue reading Response to Lumigent's "GRC Starts With C"

  • Mutli-Perspective Risk Analysis

      Unfortunately, organizations get locked into a static view of risk analysis and management.They are overly focused on heat maps generated from fairly static risk assessment processes. The era of… Continue reading Mutli-Perspective Risk Analysis

  • Risk & Regulatory Intelligence (or should it be Wisdom)?

    Intelligence and wisdom . . . we have seen these words bantered around quite a bit. While the market seems to be eager to grasp onto the phrase ‘risk intelligence’… Continue reading Risk & Regulatory Intelligence (or should it be Wisdom)?

  • Thoughts from the Archer National Summit

    As a risk and compliance (GRC) pundit one gets invited to a lot of conferences. Some, like Compliance Week, are particularly interesting as the format, content, and high-level audience remains… Continue reading Thoughts from the Archer National Summit

  • Ultimate Legal Management Platform

    Legal – the last (OK, perhaps I should state latest) technology frontier – to boldly go where no one has embraced technology before. So it would appear to an observer… Continue reading Ultimate Legal Management Platform

  • Who is the largest GRC vendor?

    There certainly is a lot of activity in the GRC – governance, risk, and compliance – software market. This is due to companies coming out of budget freezes imposed on… Continue reading Who is the largest GRC vendor?

  • Thoughts from SAP GRC Insider

      SAP continues to show thought leadership and growth in the GRC space as revealed in the GRC Insider conference last week. The conference itself is a combination of GRC,… Continue reading Thoughts from SAP GRC Insider