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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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Monitoring Social Media for Risk, Control Issues, Opportunities
I recently met with a software company that specializes in monitoring social media. Their customers are interested in spotting "chatter" and discussions about their organization, its products and services, and the extended enterprise (e.g., vendors and channel partners).
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PwC on the State of the Internal Audit Profession - Their Opinion
I added the phrase ‘their opinion’ to the end of the title, because while PwC always reports what respondents say, it is understandably difficult to do so with bias.
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Risk Appetite: Contributions to Thought Leadership from COSO
A recent thought paper on risk appetite by COSO prompts guest writer Norman Marks to explore the place risk appetite and its management have in the day-to-day strategic plans of organizations. My congratulations go to Professor Larry Rittenberg and Frank Martens of PwC on the Thought Leadership Paper "Understanding and Communicating Risk Appetite,"
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Corporate Governance Guidance from Australia
The ASX Corporate Governance Council, chaired by the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), has released a second edition of Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations (see here for the ASX announcement and related resources, or here if you want to go directly to the document ).
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How Governance and Risk Management Failures Contributed to Fall of Major UK Bank
The UK’s Financial Services Authority (FSA) has published its report on the causes of the failure of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS). RBS was a massive bank and its failure was significant to the UK and global economy.
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Mobile Risks and Opportunities: Is Your Company's Strategy Optimized?
The year 2011 saw an explosion of mobile use in work settings. With the coming year promising even greater integration of mobile devices in the enterprise, it is time for companies to sit down and think about their mobile device strategy.
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Information Security Study Shows Increased Risk, Insufficient Spending
The latest report from PwC, conducted with CIO and CSO Magazines, points to some interesting trends in international information security. The global study drew its respondents from 138 countries, indicating the common threats, improvements and concerns facing industries worldwide. Interesting Facts and Observations Highlights from the PwC report: 70 percent of executives across industries and markets worldwide are confident in the effectiveness of their organization’s information security practices. They
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