Learn from the experience of others and share your experience! blog
Have you ever asked your peers or professional colleagues what risk management or compliance tools they use? We value the ground well tread because we know that learning comes from making mistakes. How would you like to know what 1000's of your peers are saying about GRC ven
From Corporate Board Member: Real Scenarios for Real Performance in Risk Oversight blog
Technology change, competitor action, cyber attacks, supply chain disruption, regulatory change, product blunders and executive departures–the risks to business performance are unceasing in a dynamic environment. Yet, in the need for performance lies the seed of improved risk management.
SAS Enterprise GRC
SAS Enterprise GRC strengthens governance and trust with systematic management of risk. It detects and helps prevent violations, allowing you to align strategy with risk appetite. The solution builds a reliable view of risk compliance, facilitates collaboration between GRC teams and reduces the cost of risk management through automation. Benefits Demonstrates an effective implementation of the GRC framework. Enhances the quality of decision making across the organization. Reduces the likelihood of unpleasant surprises for all stakeholders. Enhances the efficiency and effectiveness of GRC processes. Reduces risk-related losses. Reduces the risk of regulatory compliance violations. Provides more reliable assurance to stakeholders. How SAS® Is Different Creates a common and integrated repository of all critical GRC components (e.g., risks, controls, policies, audits, etc.). Facilitates collaboration between various GRC teams, which will be difficult when the GRC components are in multiple systems. Reduces cost of risk management and compliance by reducing duplication of data and processes. Links all critical GRC elements, enabling you to easily visualize and assess the impact of a business decision in one part of the organization over other parts of the organization.
- IT.01 - Audit and Assurance Management
- IT.03 - Brand and Reputation Management
- IT.04 - Business Continuity Management
- IT.05 - Compliance Management
- IT.07 - Control Activity, Monitoring, and Assurance
- IT.16 - Information/IT Risk & Security
- IT.22 - Policy Mgmt, Communication & Training
- IT.26 - Risk Management
- IT.26 - Regulatory Intelligence and Monitoring
- IT.27 - Strategy, Performance, and Business Intelligence
- IT.28 - 3rd Party/Vendor Risk & Compliance
- A1. Identification
- D1. Detective Actions & Controls
- I1. Info Management
- M1. Context Monitoring
- O1. Commitment
- P1. Proactive Actions & Controls
- R1. Responsive Actions & Controls
- A2. Analysis
- M2. Performance Monitoring
- O2. Roles
- P2. Codes Of Conduct
- R2. Internal Investigation
- A3. Planning
- D3. Inquiry
- I3. Technology
- M3. Systemic Improvement
- O3. Accountability
- P3. Policies
- C4. Objectives
- M4. Assurance
- R5. Remediation
- P7. Risk Financing
Organizational Transformation: A Framework for Assessing and Improving Enterprise Architecture Management (Version 2.0) (GAO, 2010) resource Standards and Guidelines OCEG Reviewed
Summary: Effective use of an enterprise architecture (EA) is a hallmark of successful organizations and an essential means to achieving a desired end: having operations and technology environments that maximize institutional mission performance and outcomes.
New ISO standard for effective management of risk (November 2009) resource Standards and Guidelines
Introduction: A new International Standard, ISO 31000:2009, Risk management – Principles and guidelines, will help organizations of all types and sizes to manage risk effectively.
ISO 31000 provides principles, framework and a process for managing any form of risk in a transparent, systematic and credible manner within any scope or context.
Why is GRC important? blog
I have been blogging about what GRC is, advocating the definition developed by the Open Compliance and Ethics Group, OCEG (see this and subsequent posts). But, I haven’t really talked about why the concept of GRC has value.
Burgundy Book (GRC Assessment Tools) v2.1.1 resource Tools / Templates (Enterprise) OCEG Reviewed
The GRC Assessment Tools guide, also known as the OCEG "Burgundy Book," is a set of tools that help organizations evaluate the design and operation of governance, risk management and compliance processes.

