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  • How Moving from Spreadsheets to a GRC Solution Provides Better Reporting

    How Moving from Spreadsheets to a GRC Solution Provides Better Reporting

    Spreadsheets are the most prevalent GRC tool used by organizations. Their use, particularly in reporting, leads to the inevitability of failure.  Consider one organization that was spending 200 hours building… Continue reading How Moving from Spreadsheets to a GRC Solution Provides Better Reporting

  • 2023 Governance, Risk Management & Compliance Trends

    2023 Governance, Risk Management & Compliance Trends

    Below is Michael Rasmussen’s article in The IRM Global Risk Trends 2023 report , published by the Institute of Risk Management (The IRM). The complexity of business combined with the intricacy and interconnectedness of risk and objectives necessitates that the organization implements a strategic approach to business… Continue reading 2023 Governance, Risk Management & Compliance Trends

  • Enabling 360° Intelligence of Third-Party Relationships

    Enabling 360° Intelligence of Third-Party Relationships

    The Organization: an Interconnected Web of Relationships No man is an island, entire of itself; Every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. English Poet… Continue reading Enabling 360° Intelligence of Third-Party Relationships

  • Enabling Closed-Loop Regulatory Compliance

    Enabling Closed-Loop Regulatory Compliance

    Tsunami of Change Overwhelms Compliance Managing and keeping up with change is one of the greatest challenges for financial services organizations in the context of compliance management. The dynamic and interconnected… Continue reading Enabling Closed-Loop Regulatory Compliance

  • Preparing for Tax Compliance in 2023

    Preparing for Tax Compliance in 2023

    The modern organization is a complex array of transactions, processes, and relationships. This is challenging to manage within a single jurisdiction, but becomes even more complex, bridging on the word… Continue reading Preparing for Tax Compliance in 2023

  • Ensuring Engagement Throughout the Policy Lifecycle

    Ensuring Engagement Throughout the Policy Lifecycle

    GRC 20/20’s Michael Rasmussen will be speaking on the blog below in an ESG context on the webinar: Policy & Training Management: A Foundation of a Successful ESG Program From… Continue reading Ensuring Engagement Throughout the Policy Lifecycle

  • The What, Why & How of an Ethical Compliance Culture

    The What, Why & How of an Ethical Compliance Culture

    GRC 20/20’s Michael Rasmussen will be speaking on the blog below in an ESG context on the webinar: Policy & Training Management: A Foundation of a Successful ESG Program The… Continue reading The What, Why & How of an Ethical Compliance Culture

  • GRC in a United Kingdom Context

    GRC in a United Kingdom Context

    Last week I had an amazing week of GRC interactions, or G[P]RC with the P being performance), in the Middle East. I was the keynote at the G[P]RC Summit in… Continue reading GRC in a United Kingdom Context

  • Measuring the Cost of Non-Compliance

    Measuring the Cost of Non-Compliance

    Integrity is everything to an organization. If I could rebrand the Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer (CECO) I would call it the Chief Integrity Officer, but we already have a… Continue reading Measuring the Cost of Non-Compliance

  • How Mortgage Lenders Can Leverage Automation to Strengthen Compliance in a Turbulent Economy

    How Mortgage Lenders Can Leverage Automation to Strengthen Compliance in a Turbulent Economy

    In today’s ever-changing economy, mortgage lenders and service providers face a growing number of regulations and risks in compliance. This opens up an opportunity for organizations to rearchitect their compliance… Continue reading How Mortgage Lenders Can Leverage Automation to Strengthen Compliance in a Turbulent Economy

  • 2022 GRC Research Year in Review

    2022 GRC Research Year in Review

    Wow! 2022, what a rollercoaster of a year for GRC – governance, risk management, and compliance. Top discussions this past year have been around ESG, risk agility, resilience, third-party risk… Continue reading 2022 GRC Research Year in Review

  • Where Policy Management Fails

    Where Policy Management Fails

    After exploring Where Third-Party Risk Management Fails and Where Risk Management Fails, I now turn my attention to my biggest soapbox, Where Policy Management Fails . . . First it… Continue reading Where Policy Management Fails