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Minor improvement for internal audit budgets
We've spoken a lot about the tough economy, tight IT budgets and the effect on compliance and GRC-oriented spending.
The GRC software restaurant menu
Norman Marks--the SAP evangelist for "better run business," risk management, internal audit and GRC issues and well known blogger--has an interesting item posted about "GRC software á la
Boards weak on info security
Does your board need a security overhaul? The extent to which boards are owning up to the risk management challenge at their companies has been an issue as of late, as more boards ponder whether they
Sarbox compliance still going strong
The recently-ended recession has taken a toll on a lot of companies. But many wisely stayed the course with their internal financial controls programs, and many continued to invest. Of more than 400
FCPA compliance sustainability--can financial controls help?
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) is a hot topic from an enforcement point of view, which means it should be a front-burner issue at any company that does international business. You do not
XBRL myths exploded
XBRL is a reporting reality for more companies with every passing year. Many companies are already reporting in the format, but soon it will be the norm. And not just in the United States, but around
Internal auditors should focus more on risk management
We've suggested that in the overall GRC equation, the R (risk management) and G (governance) are taking precedent over the C (compliance), which at many companies was the original impetus for more
Approva releases the 'Official Control Freak e-Handbook'
Internal audit and compliance folks tend to be control freaks. They pretty much have to be. Approva has decided that trait is one way to define its key audience. To get in touch with them, it has
Data visualization heats up
The GRC process at many companies, building on the Sarbanes-Oxley compliance process, has produced some side effects, notably the creating of lots and lots of data. The smartest companies understand
User-developed applications pose compliance challenges
We've noted before that the GRC movement, fairly or not, often relies on spreadsheets in their marketing. According to a lot of firms, the world is stuck on "siloed" processes that require "manual
