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  • GRC Critical Capabilities and Purchasing Considerations

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

  • Compliance in Dynamic and Distributed Business

    Compliance in Dynamic and Distributed Business

    The hot topic for 2018 is certainly compliance. Compliance is more than adherence to laws and regulations, it is about the integrity of the organization to it’s ethics, values, social… Continue reading Compliance in Dynamic and Distributed Business

  • Addressing the Challenges of Third Party Management/GRC

    Addressing the Challenges of Third Party Management/GRC

    The governance, risk management, and compliance (GRC) across third party relationships (e.g., vendors, suppliers, contractors, agents) is a significant challenge for organizations. Organizations today are not defined by brick and… Continue reading Addressing the Challenges of Third Party Management/GRC

  • Case Management: Benefits of Case Management Software

    Case Management: Benefits of Case Management Software

    Over the past several weeks, I have been exploring the challenges and strategic approaches and processes for issue reporting and case management. Previous posts include: Challenges in Issue Reporting &… Continue reading Case Management: Benefits of Case Management Software

  • Governance, Risk Management and Compliance of Third Party Relationships

    Governance, Risk Management and Compliance of Third Party Relationships

    One of the greatest challenges upon organizations today is governing third party relationships, particularly the risk and compliance aspects of these relationships. Organizations today are dynamic, distributed, and face constant… Continue reading Governance, Risk Management and Compliance of Third Party Relationships

  • GRC Innovation, Simplicity & Directions

    GRC Innovation, Simplicity & Directions

    It has been stated that: Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex and more violent. It takes a touch of genius – and a lot of courage to… Continue reading GRC Innovation, Simplicity & Directions

  • GRC 4.0 – the Next Generation of Cognitive GRC Technology

    GRC 4.0 – the Next Generation of Cognitive GRC Technology

    For those that follow my research, governance, risk management, and compliance (GRC) is something every organization does though not every organization does well. Every organization has some approach to GRC… Continue reading GRC 4.0 – the Next Generation of Cognitive GRC Technology

  • Components of an Effective Incident/Case Management Process

    Components of an Effective Incident/Case Management Process

    Distributed and dynamic business requires the organization to take a strategic approach to issue reporting and case management. Organizations require complete situational and holistic awareness of issues, incidents, investigations, and… Continue reading Components of an Effective Incident/Case Management Process