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• From RSA Conference China: Balancing “Haves,” “Shoulds” and “Wants” with GRC

  by Steve Schlarman – October 25, 2010 Nin Hăo. Greetings from Beijing! I just participated in the first ever RSA Conference China , so while I am taking a moment for my Peking duck to digest, I wanted to tell you about the experience and relate some of... Posted Oct 25 2010, 09:23 AM by Sarah Nord (Historical) with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Archer Events, Archer Experts, Archer News, GRC, Information Security, Steve Schlarman

• Big Steps Toward Managing Security and Compliance for Virtual Infrastructure

  by Steve Schlarman – September 1, 2010 This week, the industry celebrates one of the most influential and explosive technologies influencing the world of information systems: Virtualization. At VMworld 2010, the focus on virtualization across the enterprise... Posted Sep 01 2010, 08:43 AM by Sarah Nord (Historical) with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Archer Experts, Archer News, Compliance, GRC, Security, Steve Schlarman, Virtualization & Cloud

• 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 Filed under: Archer Experts, Archer News, Best Practices, GRC, Steve Schlarman

• Multi-Dimensional Risk Inputs: A Challenge That’s Worth Embracing

  by Steve Schlarman – May 7, 2010 A few weeks ago, I wrote about the convergence of business data and risk management techniques to improve understanding of the “likelihood” part of risk assessments. Those thoughts were fueled by discussions at the Archer... Posted May 07 2010, 12:22 PM by Sarah Nord (Historical) with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Archer Experts, Archer News, Risk, RSA, Steve Schlarman

• It’s 10 o’clock. Do You Know Where Your Information Assets Are?

  by Steve Schlarman – April 22, 2010 Information assets are some of the most valuable property any organization has. Whether it’s research for a new product or financial numbers or the company directory, every information asset has some value. In classical... Posted Apr 22 2010, 04:34 PM by Sarah Nord (Historical) with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Archer Experts, Archer Solutions, Enterprise Management, GRC, Steve Schlarman

• 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) Filed under: Archer Experts, Archer News, Archer Solutions, Best Practices, GRC, IT-GRC, Steve Schlarman

• 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

• 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

• 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

• The President’s GRC Plan

  by Steve Schlarman – June 22, 2009 President Obama’s strategy for restructuring financial regulation was revealed mid last week. It was interesting to see how the government planned to address the many facets of the financial crisis that has plagued both... Posted Jun 22 2009, 05:18 PM by Sarah Nord (Historical) with | with no comments Filed under: Archer Experts, Archer News, Enterprise Risk and Compliance Management, Governance, GRC, Industry News, News, Steve Schlarman

• 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

• The Other Border War

  by Steve Schlarman – May 29, 2009 The controversy of border security and immigration has been a topic for many media venues and has had its share of time on the blogs, pundit forums and news channels. President Obama this week has highlighted another... Posted May 29 2009, 03:28 PM by Sarah Nord (Historical) with | with no comments Filed under: Archer Experts, Archer News, Industry News, News, Steve Schlarman

• Using Risk and Compliance Management to Support Cost-Cutting Initiatives

  by Steve Schlarman – May 21, 2009 Every day as we catch up on the latest news, we are reminded from many perspectives about the growing uncertainty and challenges of today’s economic crisis. Whether the news is discussing home foreclosures, layoffs or... Posted May 21 2009, 02:18 PM by Sarah Nord (Historical) with | with no comments Filed under: Archer Experts, Archer News, Best Practices, Enterprise Risk and Compliance Management, Governance, GRC, News, Steve Schlarman

• GRC Combat: Chief Theoretical Officer (CTO) vs. Chief Reality Officer (CRO)

  by Steve Schlarman – May 8, 2009 Now here is an epic battle worthy of a cult 70’s Godzilla vs. Mothra type of movie: two titans of the GRC world locked in mortal combat to the death. I am not talking about the Chief Technical Officer vs. the Chief Risk... Posted May 08 2009, 01:50 PM by Sarah Nord (Historical) with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Archer Experts, Archer News, Best Practices, Enterprise Risk and Compliance Management, Governance, GRC, Industry News, News, Steve Schlarman