Best Practices

Does Anyone Really Care About Privacy? Take 1

I worked in the Financial Services industry in a "high risk" role, i.e. social media. I had special privileges, and was probably closely monitored as a risky individual working online. I was also part of the Public Relations team, and as a social...

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Are You a GRC Saboteur?

by Steve Schlarman – June 30, 2010 We all have our own little secret hobbies that we use to escape from the craziness of our everyday life. Spend any time with someone, and most likely you will learn about their pets, their thimble collection, their penchant...

Posted Jun 30 2010, 10:34 AM by Sarah Nord (Historical) with | with no comments

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Moving Up the Maturity Curve with a GRC Strategy Roadmap

by David Walter – May 10, 2010 If you attended any of our GRC Roadshows last fall or the Archer GRC Summit in April, you’re familiar with a predominant topic of discussion within the Archer Community: the need for a strategic roadmap to guide the implementation...

Posted May 10 2010, 01:15 PM by Sarah Nord (Historical) with | with 1 comment(s)

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Risk Management: Starting Your Ascent

by David Walter – February 8, 2010 The first alpine mountain I ever climbed was Mt. Hood in Oregon, which soars to the amazing height of 11,239 feet. My initial glimpse of the summit was from Timberline Lodge at the foot of the mountain, and I’ll be honest...

Posted Feb 08 2010, 01:42 PM by Sarah Nord (Historical) with | with 1 comment(s)

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2010: The Year of GRC

by David Walter – December 21, 2009 As 2009 winds to a close, I can’t help but look ahead to next year and what will come. Something that has stuck in my mind from a conversation I had in October with Paul Proctor, Gartner analyst, was his “unscientific...

Posted Dec 21 2009, 09:26 AM by Sarah Nord (Historical) with | with no comments

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ITIL + IT-GRC = Mass * Velocity

by Steve Schlarman – December 11, 2009 In the world of acronyms, information technologists seem to lag behind only government agencies in their ability to create jargon and abbreviations of cryptic concepts. IT-GRC is one member of the IT lingo club....

Posted Dec 11 2009, 11:10 AM by Sarah Nord (Historical) with | with 2 comment(s)

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A Broader Vision of Privacy

by Steve Schlarman, November 10, 2009 Archer recently established a client Working Group for the purpose of discussing regulatory and industry requirements related to data privacy and the need for a broad vision as it pertains to privacy and enterprise...

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Webcast: Global Privacy Program Management

Date: November 17, 2009
Presenters: Dr. Larry Poneman, founder of the Poneman Institute and Steve Suther, Senior Product Manager with Archer Technologies
Description: Join this webcast to hear a discussion a bout key challenges for privacy professionals, along with research on consumer loyalty related to privacy incidents.

Posted Nov 06 2009, 09:14 AM by Sarah Nord (Historical) with | with no comments

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Call to Action: Cloud Security Alliance Survey

November 4, 2009 Final call for participants in the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) Metrics Working Group Survey ! As posted on the Archer Blog last week, CSA has developed a short, anonymous survey allowing security professionals to identify the top three...

Posted Nov 04 2009, 03:25 PM by Sarah Nord (Historical) with | with 2 comment(s)

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Cost Cutting Remains Top of Mind

by Steve Schlarman – November 4, 2009 In May, I posted an article on the Archer Blog introducing my white paper on Enabling Cost-Cutting Initiatives with Governance, Risk and Compliance Management Technology . This paper offers suggestions on ways to...

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News from the GRC Roadshow in Chicago

by Jason Rohlf – November 3, 2009 “Hog Butcher for the World, Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat, Player with Railroads and the Nation's Freight Handler; Stormy, husky, brawling, City of the Big Shoulders” — from the poem Chicago by Carl Sandburg There...

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PCAOB Reports on First-Year AS-5 Implementation

by Jason Rohlf, October 7, 2009 On September 24, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) released a report on its inspection of registered audit firms’ first-year implementation of the Auditing Standard No. 5—An Audit of Internal Control...

Posted Oct 07 2009, 08:14 AM by Sarah Nord (Historical) with | with no comments

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Kansas City, Kansas City Here I Come...

by Steve Schlarman, September 10, 2009 During my high school and college years, I had the wonderful experience of playing bass for an honest to goodness big band―5 saxes, 4 trumpets, 4 'bones and a full rhythm section. For a seventeen year old kid...

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Risk Register: Separating Colds from Pandemics

by Steve Schlarman – August 24, 2009 What is the difference between individual findings from control assessments and a company’s Risk Register? In other words, a control gap identified as part of a risk or compliance assessment (a finding) represents...

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Managing Risks Across the Enterprise: A Process, Not a Project

by David Walter – August 19, 2009 Mitigating risks is a daunting task. Beyond Sarbanes-Oxley, organizations are weary of increased governance risk due to new regulatory actions, corporate litigation, demands of corporate social responsibility and stakeholder...

Posted Aug 19 2009, 08:32 AM by Sarah Nord (Historical) with | with no comments

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