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Are Organizations Too Complex to Govern Effectively?
When you look at many of the organizational disasters of recent years (such as the Deepwater Horizon explosion, fire and oil spill that embroiled BP, Halliburton and Transocean in billions of dollars in cost even before reputational damage and business disruption), people ask where top management and the board were.
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Should Internal Audit Be Responsible for Detecting Fraud?
Internal auditors love fraud: detecting it and investigating it. The majority of boards and top management expect internal auditors to dedicate a fair portion of their time to auditing for fraud and performing investigations as needed.
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Qualifying a Director as a Risk Expert
Boards have generally identified experience and insight into risk management as areas where they need to improve.
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The Path to Excellence for Internal Audit
If internal audit is to remain relevant, it needs to move beyond the services currently performed to provide assurance to the main stakeholders. Two Perspectives Earlier this year, I wrote about PwC’s 2013 State of the Internal Audit Profession. Protiviti has added insights through their 2013 Internal Audit Capabilities and Needs Survey, which identified these
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Why I Worry About Uncertainty First, Then About Risk
Uncertainty is inherent in any plan. But there are actions that can be taken to increase the likelihood of positive outcomes and to reduce risk.
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Board Oversight of IT and Technology
I admit to criticizing my “alma mater” PwC for much of their thought "leadership" over the last years. Today, I come to praise PwC, not to bury it.
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A Leap Forward for Risk and Compliance
Recent improvements in in-memory and big data analytics technology spell benefits for those working in risk and compliance. I recently had the honor of being the opening keynote speaker at the Compliance Week West conference in Palo Alto.
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OCEG Study Says Fragmented GRC Causes Problems for Many Organizations
A recent study by the Open Compliance and Ethics Group (OCEG) points to the high cost for the enterprise a fragmented GRC can have and indicates there is much room for improvement. The Open Compliance and Ethics Group global 2012 GRC Maturity Survey was sponsored by SAP.
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Mobile Business Intelligence: Putting Information in the Palm of Your Hand
Businesses are making it increasingly easy for their workers to access business intelligence on the go. While the benefits of this trend can be felt enterprise-wide, how will it help those working in risk management? This year, the Aberdeen Group has released two linked papers on mobile BI (business intelligence).
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Internal Audit Needs to Stop Assessing and Reporting on Controls #IIAGRC
Love him or hate him (few are undecided), Tim Leech is a man of passion. He is passionate on the topics of internal audit and risk management, to name just two. Now Tim and I often disagree, and we do that with passion as well.
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How Secure are Your Mobile Devices?
As more organizations allow the use of personal devices in the workplace, questions of risk and security remain. A recent study looks into the state of mobile security and it looks as if there is more work to be done. Information Week has published an interesting report, 2012 State of Mobility Security. Their study
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Ernst & Young 2012 Global Fraud Survey: An Overview
The latest Ernst & Young survey (their 12th) is an excellent and essential read for all concerned with the risk of fraud. I especially like the separate sections for different regions.
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Does the Future Hold a Bigger, Better Role for Risk Management?
A report from Accenture, "The Changing Face of Risk Management," talks about how risk management within financial services firms (with a focus on insurance) is changing -- and in my opinion, in a very positive way.
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Ponemon Institute Study Looks at Mobile Risks
The Ponemon Institute has released the results of a global study into the risks presented by the use of mobile devices, which they define as including “laptops, USB drives, smartphones, and tablets.” Personally, I wish they had limited their study to the latter two.
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