governance risk and compliance

IT Leaders See security as barrier to enabling employees. However with new Business assurance technology you are able to give Continuity, Agility, and Governance. With Blue Coat you can deliver business continuity by protecting against threats and data loss, extend protection and policy to users in any location on any device ,safely deploy and consume all types of applications, align IT infrastructure with business priorities to assure and accelerate user experience across the extended enterprise and make risk management tradeoffs and enforce compliance.

The survey conducted by Loudhouse Research of 1,010 executives with responsibility for governance, risk and compliance (GRC) in their organizations found increasing risk and regulation complexity is now the biggest pressure on organizations’ GRC functions.

Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance (GRC) organizations are always concerned with violations of Acceptable Use Policies, the scenario of the workforce using a network, website, or system to perform inappropriate actions. But insider threats can also result from legitimate work activities that are being done for illegitimate purposes. Read how a leading insurance company leveraged an End User Experience Monitoring solution to identify employees harvesting customer data before leaving the company.

VAT rules can be complex, HMRC – a gauntlet. In this eBook, we demystify some of the facts around compliance, tax and expense management. The British economy has gone from boom to bust. The recession followed by a long period of austerity and caution has altered spending behaviours while the government has increasingly cracked down on tax evasion and fraud. HMRC has become more focused on assisting businesses of all sizes to comply with their policies and implement good governance when it comes to finances. Nevertheless, the reality can sometimes be confusing and the penalties for getting it wrong – severe. Many businesses outsource their tax management to experts or muddle through, running the risk of non-compliance. There’s a real need for unambiguous, helpful advice about expenses, VAT and HMRC compliance. We’ve created this guide to help shine some light on the processes, practices and behaviours around tax and expenses based on some of the frequently asked questions we receive. Wh

See a visual representation of the GRC framework needed within an organization to meet today's governance, risk and compliance needs, as well as how an organization should view GRC, its guiding principles and final objectives.

RSA, the security division of EMC, was positioned by Gartner in the Leader’s quadrant of the 2013 Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Governance, Risk and Compliance Platforms based on completeness of vision and ability to execute.

In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis regulatory exams have become increasingly demanding for governance, risk, and compliance professionals. New rules brought about by the Dodd-Frank Act will continue to shape future examinations including safety and soundness, compliance, market conduct, and risk-based targeted exams. We can expect these changes will require examiners to spend more time onsite, request more documents, and extend the scope and/or depth of their examinations. This means it is more important than ever to avoid the classic mistake of sharing examination documents through ad-hoc, manual processes and delivering highly sensitive data through unsecured channels like mail, e-mail, thumb drives, and FTP. In response to these increasing burdens financial institutions are looking to take control with a more structured, collaborative process for collecting, refining, and submitting regulatory information. Download this white paper to learn more about Intralinks VIA.

"Industry experts predict that successful businesses will soon become 100% digital for all transactions. The key challenge is how to “go digital” in the right ways. For most companies, it will be an incremental journey. TodaysGeneralCounsel.com suggests that organisations should focus on a broad enterprise-wide information governance strategy developed by IT, legal, records and business stakeholders. Doing so improves governance, risk management and compliance programs. This best practices paper outlines seven important ways that legal teams can make meaningful progress in their digital transformations." .

IT and security execs share practical advice on what it takes to lead a successful IT implementation and lessons learned from from the trenches.

Global financial organizations are facing increasing demands from the business for more granularity, transparency, reporting and security. If you’re on the IT side, you know this adds a different set of ‘mores’ to the equation: More duplication, delays, and people. What’s the net-net? More cost and more risk. You can balance the scales to satisfy those demands. And it starts with thinking differently about data management. Our financial services technology experts will explore the implications of governance, risk and compliance (GRC) imperatives. You’ll learn: • Why data is at the heart of an effective and dynamic GRC strategy • Why technological capabilities used to enable standard GRC programs can reduce transparency and prevent you from gaining a holistic view of your data • A new approach to data can provide the business with complete transparency • Review a sample regulatory reporting architecture Stop burning time on tooling — and start building a dynamic GRC strategy that can

This white paper presents a low risk, high impact approach to gaining control of regulatory compliance. The procedures, tasks, and behaviors that bear upon compliance can be overwhelming.

As a finance leader, you must be wondering, where do I begin? In a survey conducted with Oxford Economics with 1,500 finance executives globally, we found 6 common traits shared by leading CFOs that boost business performance and efficiency as well as governance, risk and compliance effectiveness across the company. Discover the 6 ways finance leaders stay ahead of the pack and how you can start to incorporate these best practices into your current function.

Ensuring the security of confidential, sensitive information is an essential element of enterprise Security and Governance, Risk Management and Compliance programs. Regulations, such as the HIPAA, FDA, and SOX, place significant requirements on organizations for securely sharing sensitive data such as confidential personally identifiable information (PII) and personal health information (PHI).

A successful Data Leak Prevention system will address the issue of email by policy, in a way that integrates with the systems your business has in place to address governance, risk and compliance rather than through a series of standalone tools.

Continuity and archiving services may prove more cost effective for email than high availability clustering, especially when considered in the light of continued governance, risk mitigation and compliance.

Establishing an integrated GRC framework gives a company visibility and insight, plus the ability to reduce cost and exposure to violations, and increased control over remote operations and employees.

Effective records management has never been more crucial to meeting corporate governance, risk management and operational mandates. Yet half of enterprises lack a fully implemented records management program. Download this white paper to learn how strategic outsourcing can help you mitigate risks, apply best practices, meet compliance mandates and improve overall records management ROI.

A successful Data Leak Prevention system will address the issue of email by policy, in a way that integrates with the systems your business has in place to address governance, risk and compliance rather than through a series of standalone tools.

Streamline your compliance efforts by implementing these five tips that will help you better tie together security deployments and processes, business goals and compliance activities.

Some approaches to information security simply won’t deliver the results required for effective governance. Addressing head-on the primary issue—risk—is the key to a successful cybersecuritystrategy. In this session, Doug Landoll, CEO of information security compliance consulting firm Lantego, discusses how to take a risk-first approach to addressing information security. Specific topics include:- How to define cybersecurity success; - Common approaches that fall short; - Risk-based cybersecurity strategy planning. Find out how a proactive approach to information security now can help your organization avoid compliance issues later.

Infrastructures of potentially dozens of servers have built up around corporate email systems to provide better governance, reduced risk and improved legislative compliance - anti-virus, anti-spam, attachment handling, encryption, disclaimers, archiving and hot-standby mail servers to name a few.

Uncertain times and a volatile economic climate have contributed to an expanding focus on corporate governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) across all industries. As global mandates and compliance directives continue to snowball, organizations are faced with an imminent need to adopt a programmatic approach and tightly integrate risk management initiatives with ongoing business processes. Business intelligence and reporting also provide a powerful mechanism for gaining a deep understanding of key factors that impact corporate performance.

This paper explains SAP’s vision for a cross-enterprise governance, risk and compliance (GRC) solution and the benefits it can provide, defines key terms, and discusses what to look for when evaluating GRC software options.

Increased regulatory requirements, the need for transparency, and the desire to better manage and mitigate risks have combined to make Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) top of mind for both business and Information Technology (IT) executives. Business managers and IT security managers must work collaboratively and continuously to control access and authorization, guarding against fraud and mistakes, while providing the clear visibility that is prerequisite for sound corporate oversight to ensure profitability and compliance.

Learn the reasons why a holistic view of risk in your company is essential in times of financial turbulence - and how many companies are adding value through governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) initiatives. (Economist Intelligence Unit, 2009)