Control Testing and Automation: Enhancing Assurance While Reducing Burden
Explore how automation transforms control testing, improves assurance quality, and frees resources for value-added work. Control testing is a critical part of governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) programs. It provides assurance that policies are followed, risks are mitigated, and regulatory obligations are met. Yet for many organizations, control testing is time-consuming, manual, and reactive. Compliance […]
Risk-Based Strategic Planning: Making Uncertainty Work for You
Learn how to embed risk thinking into strategy development to improve resilience and opportunity capture. Strategic planning often assumes a stable, predictable future. But today’s world is anything but stable. From geopolitical tensions to cyber threats, climate risks to supply chain shocks, uncertainty is the norm. Organizations that treat strategic planning as a static exercise […]
Business Continuity in a Digital World: Modern Approaches to Planning
Explore how modern business continuity planning adapts to cyber threats, cloud reliance, and hybrid work. Business continuity planning (BCP) has always been about one core goal: ensuring critical operations continue during disruptions. Traditionally, this meant planning for natural disasters, power outages, or physical site incidents. But in today’s digital-first world, the risk landscape has evolved […]
Integrated GRC: Breaking Silos for Better Decision-Making
Learn how unifying governance, risk, and compliance processes improves visibility, reduces duplication, and supports strategy. Many organizations manage governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) in silos. Compliance teams track regulatory obligations. Risk managers maintain risk registers. Audit functions run their own schedules and reports. While each discipline is essential, this fragmented approach creates inefficiencies, blinds spots, […]
Ethics and Culture: The Foundation of Effective Risk Management
Explore why strong ethics and a healthy culture are essential to controlling risk and ensuring compliance. When organizations think about risk management, they often focus on frameworks, policies, and controls. These are essential—but they only work when supported by the right foundation: ethics and culture. A robust risk management program doesn’t succeed in spite of […]
Strategic Risk Management: Turning Uncertainty into Opportunity
Learn how to transform risk management from reactive defense to a driver of strategic success. Many organizations treat risk management as a defensive exercise—focused on avoiding losses, meeting compliance demands, or satisfying auditors. While these are important, they represent only part of the value risk management can deliver. Forward-thinking companies see risk management as a […]
ESG Risk Management: Aligning Values with Strategy
Learn how to embed Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) risks into enterprise strategy and decision-making. Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) considerations have moved from the margins to the mainstream. Investors, customers, employees, and regulators increasingly expect companies to demonstrate responsible practices, manage ESG risks, and seize sustainability opportunities. Yet many organizations still treat ESG as […]
Internal Controls for Growth: Making ICFR Work for You
Leverage Internal Controls over Financial Reporting (ICFR) to strengthen governance and enable strategic growth. Many companies treat Internal Controls over Financial Reporting (ICFR) as a compliance burden—an annual ritual to satisfy auditors and regulators. But smart organizations see ICFR as much more than a checkbox. When designed and maintained well, internal controls build trust with […]
Cybersecurity as a Business Enabler: Shifting the Conversation
Reframe cybersecurity from a cost center to a strategic enabler of trust and innovation. In many boardrooms, cybersecurity is still viewed as a necessary expense—a defensive measure to avoid breaches, fines, and reputational damage. While these are vital concerns, this narrow framing overlooks a crucial truth: cybersecurity is not just about protection, but about enabling […]
Vendor Risk Management: Building Trust Without Losing Control
Discover best practices to manage third-party risks while enabling strategic vendor partnerships effectively. In today’s hyper-connected business environment, organizations increasingly rely on third parties to deliver critical products, services, and capabilities. From cloud providers and IT consultants to logistics partners and outsourced operations, vendors help companies stay competitive, innovative, and efficient. But this reliance also […]