Looking Forward in 2021: What Can Be Expected  In the previous blog we reviewed what lessons were learned in third-party risk management in 2020, we now look into 2021 and… Continue reading 2021 Trends in Third-Party Governance, Risk Management & Compliance (GRC)

“Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. This is the interrelated structure of… Continue reading Third-Party GRC: Looking Back on 2020, What Was Learned ?

Exponential growth and change in business strategy, risks, regulations, globalization, distributed operations, competitive velocity, technology, and business data encumbers organizations of all sizes. Gone are the years of simplicity in… Continue reading Architecting a New Paradigm in Legal Governance

The role of legal is growing in significance as it guides the enterprise beyond putting out the fires of legal matters. It is expanding into a proactive role in legal… Continue reading The Role of Legal & Legal Processes is Changing

What have we learned from 2020? I think all of us have learned quite a bit in both our personal and professional lives. 2020 has stretched us as individuals and… Continue reading Lessons Learned in Compliance Management in 2020

2020 was certainly a year for the history books. While it has been a roller coaster that moves on into 2021 now, it certainly had a lot of impact on… Continue reading GRC 20/20’s 2020 Research Year in Review

At times I can sound like a broken record – repeating myself over, and over, and over, and over again, and again, and again.  One of my prominent soapboxes over… Continue reading Why Spreadsheets, Documents & Emails Fail for GRC

At its core, GRC is the capability to reliably achieve objectives [GOVERNANCE], address uncertainty [RISK MANAGEMENT], and act with integrity [COMPLIANCE]. GRC is something organizations do, not something they purchase.… Continue reading Operationalizing GRC in Context of Legal & Privacy: the Last Mile of GRC

Compliance disclosures are a critical element of an organization’s compliance and ethics management program. The organization requires structured approaches to managing disclosures such as conflicts of interest, and a way… Continue reading Disclosure Management: Comparing Compliance Solutions

One of the greatest challenges to organizations today is managing the extended enterprise; the web of third-party relationships that support the business and its operations. The integrity of the organization… Continue reading A Business Case for Integrated Third-Party GRC Across the Extended Enterprise

Organizational exposure to compliance risk is rising while the cost of compliance soars. Organizations operate in a field of ethical, regulatory, and legal landmines. The daily headlines reveal companies that… Continue reading Delivering on Agile Compliance in Dynamic Business