FCPA Anti-Bribery & Corruption White Paper
A recent whitepaper by Michael Rasmussen titled “Anti-Bribery & Corruption: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly” discusses how over the past 18 months the sentiment at the DOJ has shifted from...
View ArticleImportant Guidance from US Department of Justice and SEC about the Foreign...
The Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission have just released A Resource Guide to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (the link is to the Department of Justice’s web site,...
View ArticleA Leap Forward for Risk and Compliance
Last week, I had the honor of being the opening keynote speaker at the Compliance Week West conference in Palo Alto. As we gathered, I chatted with a couple of friends from a large technology company....
View ArticleDo not pass go without a risk analysis! Mission Possible?
We all have high expectations to reduce risks in our SAP environments. The objective which we chose to take was to get clean and stay clean. Management has further decided to track our every move...
View ArticleZero violations *is* possible!
We've been running Virsa/Compliance Callibrator/SAP GRC for quite a while now. When we first started the project and ran the first analysis it turned out that we were in much better shape than many...
View ArticleOn the Brink of a Revolution in Decision Making
I truly believe that amazing developments are arriving that will make future decision-making far more effective. I want to talk about two in this post; admittedly one is more a hope and the other more...
View ArticleBoard 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.They have published an excellent guide for boards...
View ArticleFighting Fraud with New Techniques such as Big Data and Predictive Analytics
The Aberdeen Group has a new research report out on Fighting Fraud with Big Data Visibility and Intelligence. The report includes a useful review of the risk and cost of fraud. (Note that it errs when...
View ArticleSome Questions Before Migrating to SAP® GRC 10.0
Hi, Since the announcement of SAP GRC 10.0, every organization wants to migrate from 5.3 to 10.0 Hence I would like to start this blog with some questions of Migration from 5.3 to 10.0. 1. Why do...
View ArticleSome Useful - Security Guide SAP Access Control™ 10.0 / Process Control™ 10.0...
Security GuideSAP Access Control™ 10.0 / Process Control™ 10.0 / Risk Management™ 10.0 Please find the the same in the below link : https://websmp210.sap-ag.de/~sapdownload/011000358700001377352010E
View ArticleBoards and CFOs Pay Attention to the CIO’s Key Role in Strategy
Recently, two of the Big Four accounting firms released reports that address the increasing importance of the CIO. PwC published their 5th Annual Digital IQ Survey and Deloitte issued an Audit...
View ArticleAdvice on scoping SOX work on segregation of duties (SOD) and restricted...
Many organizations do far too much work on these areas, primarily because they scope the work in isolation from their top-down approach to the identification of key controls. They base their scope on...
View ArticleGRC podcasts with Michael Rasmussen and James Roeske
In recent days, both noted GRC pundit and analyst Michael Rasmussen and consultant James Roeske sat down with Dave Hannon of SAPinsider to answer questions regarding GRC frameworks and SAP Access...
View ArticleCountdown to #GRC2013 – Getting the Most ‘Bang for Your Buck’
If you haven’t registered yet for GRC 2013, March 19-22 in Las Vegas, there’s still time! With more than 250 sessions to choose from, including workshops, case studies, demos, panel discussions, and...
View ArticleUsing BRF+ DB lookup to create complex msmp rules
1.) Some of the common attributes on which you will base your BRF msmp rule are alredy available in context( like priority,criticality etc.) but there are few other attributes which are not...
View ArticleGRC Archiving and Database Build Up
When data builds up it can affect SAP system performance. The best practice for this situation is data archiving. This moves the data out of the production system in order to manage database growth...
View Articlehow to change GRCAccess request mail subject
Hi, Please help me to understand, how to change GRC Access request mail subject. Subject: ARQ Notification
View ArticleA brief information about migration of rule sets.
Hi All,A brief information about migration of rule sets.The AC 5.3 rule set is perfect to use for the GRC 10 system. This is loaded using import rule set.No performance issues with this rule set from...
View ArticleGartner Points to Failures to Obtain Value from Technology
Gartner’s 2013 Global CIO Study points to issues I have previously aired: namely a failure to obtain full advantage from new and disruptive technology. This should be of concern to board, all...
View ArticleWhy it makes sense to consider GRC
I recently criticized organizations’ focus on GRC, suggesting instead that they ensure the individual building blocks of risk management, compliance, strategy, and performance management are brought up...
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