Apologies! I have barely had time to pick up my keyboard in between expense reports, documenting meetings, action items, and dealing with a backlog of to-do’s from being away from the office. In mid-May, I embarked upon a 4 week European excursion that found me in London, Paris, Monaco, and [...]

The previous four blogs in this series touched on some important concepts companies need to understand and manage in order ensure growth and success: Safeguarding Compliance, Seamless Collaboration, Avoiding Perfect Storms and Data Breach Remediation and Prevention. Audit is our fifth topic in this series. Any definition of GRC is [...]

[ Note: In this four part series, I highlight each of four new white papers that were published in conjunction with the April 5 product launch of the powerful new SAS Enterprise GRC 4.3 solution.] Authored by my friend and colleague, Manoj Kulwal, Safeguarding Compliance — Transcending operational silos through [...]

[ Note: In this four part series, I highlight each of four new white papers that were published in conjunction with the April 5 product launch of the powerful new SAS Enterprise GRC 4.3 solution.] Data Breech Remediation and Prevention — The GRC imperative to protect customer data is the [...]

[ Note: In this four part series, I highlight each of four new white papers that were published in conjunction with the April 5 product launch of the powerful new SAS Enterprise GRC 4.3 solution.] Avoiding Perfect Storms — Creating a holistic GRC view for early warning reinforces the collaboration [...]

[ Note: In this four part series, I highlight each of four new white papers that were published in conjunction with the April 5 product launch of the powerful new SAS Enterprise GRC 4.3 solution.] GRC encompasses just about every aspect of running an enterprise. Hence, there are many areas [...]

Today marks the announcement of the latest release of the SAS® Enterprise GRC solution at SAS Global Forum in Las Vegas. Nevada, which opened yesterday to a crowd of over 2,500 attendees. A core premise of GRC is the notion that: How companies achieve their goals is just as important [...]

As noted in my last post, Corporate Boards have come under increasing scrutiny and are being held accountable relative to their oversight responsibilities. The design and implementation of policy and practice within the corporation is part of management’s mandate. The assurance that these activities are being done and being done [...]

As promised in my last post on corporate cultural considerations for an Enterprise GRC Program, we now consider some key policy and compliance aspects that are relevant for organizations in all industry verticals, who are seeking to better integrate and strategically align their governance, risk management, and compliance practices. Key [...]

In my January post, I promised to share my thoughts on what is needed, and what can be done, to comprehensively addresses how companies can better “Know what they don’t know,” while improving their internal control strength to minimize unwelcome surprises that can damage employee morale, alienate customers, alarm regulators, [...]