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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 Filed under: Archer Experts, Archer News, Best Practices, David Walter, GRC, Industry News, News

• 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 Filed under: Archer Events, Archer Experts, Archer News, Archer Solutions, Best Practices, Industry News, News, Privacy, Webcast

• 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... Posted Nov 04 2009, 12:31 PM by Sarah Nord (Historical) with | with no comments Filed under: Archer Experts, Archer News, Best Practices, Industry News, News, Steve Schlarman

• 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... Posted Nov 03 2009, 08:40 AM by Sarah Nord (Historical) with | with no comments Filed under: Archer Events, Archer Experts, Archer News, Archer SmartSuite Framework, Archer Solutions, Best Practices, David Walter, Industry News, News, Peter Novosel, User Group Summits, Vendor Management

• 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 Filed under: Archer Experts, Archer News, Archer Solutions, Best Practices, Industry News, News

• 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... Posted Sep 10 2009, 05:03 PM by Sarah Nord (Historical) with | with no comments Filed under: Archer Events, Archer Experts, Archer News, Archer Solutions, Best Practices, Enterprise Risk and Compliance Management, Governance, Industry News, News, Steve Schlarman, User Group Summits

• 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... Posted Aug 24 2009, 08:46 AM by Sarah Nord (Historical) with | with no comments Filed under: Archer Experts, Archer News, Best Practices, Enterprise Risk and Compliance Management, News, Risk Management, Steve Schlarman

• 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 Filed under: Archer Experts, Archer News, Archer Solutions, Best Practices, David Walter, GRC, Industry News, News, Risk Management, Working Groups

• PCI Compliance Webcast with Accenture

  Webcast to showcase PCI Compliance Readiness solution built on Archer’s GRC platform, the Archer SmartSuite Framework Register today to join Archer and Accenture for an expert webcast on Thursday, August 13, 2009. Learn how to centrally manage, coordinate... Posted Aug 11 2009, 08:36 AM by Sarah Nord (Historical) with | with no comments Filed under: Archer Events, Archer Experts, Archer News, Archer SmartSuite Framework, Best Practices, Enterprise Risk and Compliance Management, GRC, Industry News, News, Risk, Risk Management, Webcast

• Governance Structure: Defining Relationships and Roles

  by Steve Schlarman – July 14, 2009 In working with Archer’s broad client base, I’ve been exploring the concept of how business processes are managed and executed in a controlled manner. Companies are made up of many business processes, and each process... Posted Jul 14 2009, 12:46 PM by Sarah Nord (Historical) with | with no comments Filed under: Archer Experts, Archer News, Best Practices, Governance, Industry News, News, Steve Schlarman

• Risk and Regulatory Intelligence: An Interview with Archer’s Steve Schlarman

  Dashboard Insight recently featured an interview with Archer’s IT-GRC Product Manager, Steve Schlarman. The discussion focused on risk and regulatory intelligence, GRC best practices in the face of a troubled economy, and product developments from Archer... Posted Jul 10 2009, 11:01 AM by Sarah Nord (Historical) with | with no comments Filed under: Archer Experts, Archer News, Archer Solutions, Best Practices, Enterprise Risk and Compliance Management, GRC, Industry News, News

• GRC Maturity Assessment: Where Does Your Program Stand?

  by David Walter – June 26, 2009 In working with many Fortune 500 companies, I find that every organization is dedicating resources to formalizing a Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) program. However, each company is going about this process in different... Posted Jun 26 2009, 10:23 AM by Sarah Nord (Historical) with | with no comments Filed under: Archer Experts, Archer News, Archer Solutions, Best Practices, David Walter, Enterprise Risk and Compliance Management, Governance, GRC, News

• Podcast: Platforms Trump Point Products

  by David Walter – June 23,2009 I recently had an opportunity to speak with Carl Weinschenk of the IT-Finance Connection about the need to minimize reliance on disparate point solutions and focus budget dollars on flexible platform technologies for governance... Posted Jun 23 2009, 03:21 PM by Sarah Nord (Historical) with | with no comments Filed under: Archer Events, Archer News, Archer SmartSuite Framework, Best Practices, David Walter, Enterprise Risk and Compliance Management, Industry News, News

• No Magic Number When It Comes to Technology Vendors

  by Steve Schlarman – June 15, 2009 “ Getta Your Tuttsi Fruitsi Ice Cream! ” For those of you who love old films, you may recognize this cry as the lead-in line from Chico Marx as he suckers in a poor unsuspecting sap in the movie “A Day at the Races.... Posted Jun 15 2009, 12:25 PM by Sarah Nord (Historical) with | with no comments Filed under: Archer Experts, Archer News, Best Practices, News, Steve Schlarman, Vendor Management

• Government Mandated Risk Management?

  by David Walter – June 5, 2009 On May 19, the Shareholder Bill of Rights Act of 2009 was introduced in the Senate by New York Senator Charles Schumer. Much of the media attention has focused on provisions regarding the requirement of companies to provide... Posted Jun 05 2009, 11:37 AM by Sarah Nord (Historical) with | with no comments Filed under: Archer Experts, Archer News, Best Practices, David Walter, Governance, Industry News, News, Risk, Risk Management