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GRC Pundit Podcast: ING GRC Orchestrate Project
In this podcast The GRC Pundit interviews Ian Hollowbread and Mukund Umalkar of ING to discuss the future of GRC technology and their GRC Orchestrate Project. I have a dream.… Continue reading GRC Pundit Podcast: ING GRC Orchestrate Project
Next Generation Corporate Compliance & Ethics Architecture
Compliance and ethics have become a critical challenge in organizations around the world. Faced with growing regulatory change increased enforcement actions, and a greater focused on the social responsibility and… Continue reading Next Generation Corporate Compliance & Ethics Architecture
At the Cross-roads: A Tale of Four Third Party GRC/Risk Management Roads to Travel
The naturalist John Muir stated, “When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.” This not only applies to nature… Continue reading At the Cross-roads: A Tale of Four Third Party GRC/Risk Management Roads to Travel
Driving Efficiency into Compliance & Ethics Processes: Time Saved = Money Saved
Managing compliance and ethics has become a complex web of processes and information. The modern organization is constantly changing: new employees, shifting employees and responsibilities, evolving business processes, new and… Continue reading Driving Efficiency into Compliance & Ethics Processes: Time Saved = Money Saved
Compliance & Ethics is Rapidly Evolving
Evolution and change happen: sometimes slowly, sometimes rapidly. In the context of compliance and ethics programs, we are seeing a significant and rapid evolution of what is expected of organizations.… Continue reading Compliance & Ethics is Rapidly Evolving
Managing Risk Creatively & Structurally
I think best in the abstract and imaginative. My mind is wired to be more intuitive and see relationships and images. I am more like my mother. My brother, he… Continue reading Managing Risk Creatively & Structurally
Privacy, Pandemics, and Business Change…OH MY!!!
The world is in turbulence all around us. What started as a health and safety issue in Asia has had a cascading impact around the world. Economic uncertainty, health and… Continue reading Privacy, Pandemics, and Business Change…OH MY!!!
The Pandemic & the Dominos of Risk Interconnectedness
Risk, according to ISO 31000, is “the effect of uncertainty on objectives.” Uncertainty is all around us in 2020. Organizations go through a lot of effort to try to put… Continue reading The Pandemic & the Dominos of Risk Interconnectedness
Effective Risk Management in Context of the Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has caught a lot of organizations by surprise. But, should it have? We have had pandemics in the past—history teaches us this over and over. The World… Continue reading Effective Risk Management in Context of the Pandemic
GRC Supper Club: Operational Resiliency and the Interconnectedness of Risk
The past two months have been a crazy whirlwind of webinars, phone calls, and video meetings. Organizations the world over have been asking for calls on how to respond to… Continue reading GRC Supper Club: Operational Resiliency and the Interconnectedness of Risk
Delivering 360° Contextual Awareness of Your GRC Program
Governance, risk management, and compliance — what we refer to collectively as GRC — is the capability to reliably achieve objectives [GOVERNANCE], address uncertainty [RISK MANAGEMENT], and act with integrity… Continue reading Delivering 360° Contextual Awareness of Your GRC Program
Why Third-Party 360° Situational Risk Awareness is Needed Now More Than Ever
I am a James Bond fan and eagerly anticipate the next James Bond film, “No Time to Die.” Unfortunately, because of the global crisis we all now face, we have to wait until November… Continue reading Why Third-Party 360° Situational Risk Awareness is Needed Now More Than Ever