DoubleCheck™ Monthly Newsletter: April ‘12 “Risk Tolerance: Depends if it is...
Risk Tolerance: Depends if it is your Risk or someone else’s Psychologists have shown time and time again that Risk Tolerance is directly related to the perceived likelihood and impact level of a risk...
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The Role of Technology in Managing Compliance Risk in the Era of the...
Who is the government inciting to report issues of corruption, fraud, and non-compliance? YOUR EMPLOYEES: incenting them to be the whistleblower reporting on wrongdoing in the organization directly to...
View ArticleDoubleCheck May ’12 Monthly Newsletter: Mitigating Risk in the Era of the...
By Michael Rasmussen, Corporate Integrity Business is global, distributed and dynamic. Organizations of all sizes and industries have global client, partner, vendor and supply-chain relationships....
View ArticleDoubleCheck June ’12 Monthly Newsletter: “The Role of Technology in Managing...
By Michael Rasmussen, Corporate Integrity Who is the government inciting to report issues of corruption, fraud, and non-compliance? YOUR EMPLOYEES: incenting them to be the whistleblower reporting on...
View ArticleDoubleCheck™ July ’12 Monthly Newsletter: “The Difference between Risk-based...
With increasing Audit Committee and Board emphasis on ERM, Risk-based Audits are certainly becoming the norm, if not the standard, for the types of audits most mid-size and large companies incorporate...
View ArticleDoubleCheck August ’12 Monthly Newsletter: “Policy Management is More Than...
Compliance of most any type hinges on what standard the compliance is being measured against. Many people first think of that standard to be a Control. In fact, the originating standard in most cases...
View ArticleDoubleCheck Sept ’12 Monthly Newsletter: “Risk is a Many-Splendored Thing”
Inspired by a classic old movie from the ‘50s with a similar name (substitute “Love” vs. “Risk” for the cinematically challenged), I thought this month’s newsletter should focus on the many nuances of...
View ArticleDoubleCheck Oct ’12 Monthly Newsletter: “Are People in control of your Risks,...
The basic premise of SOX compliance as designed in 2002 was to ensure the organization had (and could prove, or at least be willing to attest that they had) a sufficient level of “internal controls...
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DoubleCheck™ Newsletter: Nov ‘12…“Bow-Tie Risk Analysis: It isn’t your...
There is no shortage of Risk Analysis models and tools available to an interested party. You can look at a multitude of options and read varying opinions on many Risk-related LinkedIn groups, for...
View ArticleDoubleCheck Dec ’12 Monthly Newsletter: “Twelve Days in the Life of a Risk...
“Twelve Days in the Life of a Risk Owner” (sung to the tune of “The Twelve Days of Xmas”…) 1. On the first day of the Risk review, my CRO gave to me… One Global Risk Register to see… 2....
View ArticleDoubleCheck Jan. ’13 Monthly Newsletter: “Do you consider the recent Fiscal...
There tends to be two divergent schools of thought on the subject of Compromise, including this recent Fiscal Cliff deal last week: 1. Any deal is better than no deal 2. A bad deal is worse than no...
View ArticleDoubleCheck™ Monthly Newsletter: Feb ‘13: “Are you managing your Issues or...
Here at DoubleCheck™, we have been seeing an increased interest from a variety of organizations in an automated solution to help “track” a myriad of Issues. These issues can be generated by SOX...
View ArticleDoubleCheck Monthly Newsletter: March ’13–“GRC & Audit Software…Do you get it...
As GRC & Audit software developers, we often are braced with an initial screening question from Buyers before we even learn what their key requirements are… “what does your software cost?”. At...
View ArticleDoubleCheck™ Monthly Newsletter: April ‘13…“Are you still depending upon...
Would you be surprised to learn how many Fortune 1000 companies (or even Fortune 100 companies for that matter), are still using spreadsheets for their SOX Controls testing and documentation...
View ArticleDoubleCheck Monthly Newsletter: May ’13…SOX Controls Assurance: Direct...
This question arises frequently in my conversations with senior Audit and Compliance executives. The answer for each organization depends upon a myriad of factors, including organizational structure,...
View ArticleDoubleCheck Monthly Newsletter-June ’13: The Role of Internal Audit in...
First off, some of you in IA will challenge my headline by stating it isn’t IA’s job to “validate” SOX compliance, or any other type of compliance for that matter. Rather, IA is responsible for...
View ArticleDoubleCheck Monthly Newsletter: July ’13- “When selecting a GRC or Audit...
How important is after-sale customer support to you when selecting a GRC or Audit software solution? Your decision process for acquiring a new GRC and/or Audit software solution is likely filled with a...
View ArticleDoubleCheck Monthly Newsletter-Aug ’13: “Is your company really engaged in GRC?”
GRC programs (eg. Governance, Risk, Compliance and Audit) sometimes face an unfortunate challenge – they can be viewed as a burden, something the company “has to do” and takes away productive time from...
View ArticleDoubleCheck Monthly Newsletter-Sept ’13: “Is there a cost-efficient method to...
There are legitimate reasons that auditors, risk or compliance professionals may need to collect information from large groups of respondents. For example, it is important to engage a broad base of...
View ArticleDoubleCheck Monthly Newsletter-Oct ’13: “Does GRC stand for “Government...
“Does GRC stand for “Government Rejects Compromise”? If so, does it offer lessons for the rest of us? The current impasse in the US Government regarding our budget and priorities seems to be an...
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