Tag Archives: governance

Outing insider fraud

By Waynette Tubbs, Editor | Published: March 14, 2012

Shirley Inscoe has a depth of knowledgeable about fraud and fraud technologies, so she gave a presentation at BAI Payments Connect Conference & Expo about insider fraud and some of the high-tech and low-tech best practices for combatting it.

Also tagged bai, insider fraud, Shirley Inscoe |

The role of the board in enterprise risk management – Part 4

By James Lam, author of Enterprise Risk Management: From Incentives to Controls | Published: December 28, 2011

Today, boards are required to take a much more active role in risk oversight. This is the third In this series of posts where I’m discussing the three key levers that boards can use in their risk oversight. In this post, I’m covering risk policy. Board-approved risk policies are a critical tool for communicating its expectations and requirements for risk management and oversight.

Also tagged Board of Director, operational risk, RMA, transparency |

The role of the board in enterprise risk management – Part 2

By James Lam, author of Enterprise Risk Management: From Incentives to Controls | Published: December 14, 2011

In the wake of the global financial crisis, boards are taking a much more active role in risk oversight. In this series of posts, I’m discussing the three key levers that boards can use in their risk oversight. In this post, I’m covering risk governance, which establishes the oversight roles and decision points for the board and board committees.

Also tagged Board of Director, COSO, Dodd-Frank, operational risk, risk appetite, RMA |

The role of the board in enterprise risk management – Part 1

By James Lam, author of Enterprise Risk Management: From Incentives to Controls | Published: December 7, 2011

In the wake of the global financial crisis, boards are taking a much more active role in risk oversight. They are reexamining governance structure and roles, risk policies and limits, and assurance and reporting processes. James Lam, author of Enterprise Risk Management: From Incentives to Controls, says there are three key levers that boards should adopt in their risk oversight.

Also tagged Board of Director, risk appetite, risk oversight, risk tolerance, RMA |

Digging out or digging deeper?

By David Wallace, Global Financial Svcs, SAS | Published: November 29, 2011

You’ve heard it before – siloed data is trouble. Data trouble is getting bigger every day, so those siloes are helping you dig a giant hole for your organization. David Wallace had three-step plan for managing your big data troubles that reduces risk and keeps you in regulatory compliance.

Also tagged Basel III, data integration, data management, operational risk |

Dodd-Frank: Unexpected impact on trading, reporting, governance

By Peter Dorrington, Director of Marketing Strategy (EMEA), SAS | Published: October 26, 2011

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Act will bring the most sweeping changes in compliance rules since the 1930s. At the Premier Business Leadership Series in Orlando on Tuesday, a panel comprised of leaders from some of the affected industries gathered to discuss the implications of the act.

Also tagged commodity trading, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Act, whistle-blowers |

How to build a successful enterprise risk management program

By Mona Leung, CFO and SVP of Finance, Alliant Credit Union | Published: October 19, 2011

An enterprise risk management (ERM) program is more than a collection of organizational functions. ERM integrates all risk efforts under one set of common definitions, process framework and system solutions. Join Mona Leung, a banking and security leader from Alliant Credit Union, to hear how she developed and grew her institution’s ERM program.

Also tagged Alliant Credit Union, BankInfo Security, compliance, enterprise risk management, ERM, GRC, risk, risk appetite, risk management |

Filter a signal from the noise

By Gary Cokins, Global PMM, SAS | Published: August 25, 2011

Though strategic scorecards and dashboards can help approach an organization’s mountains of data, they still involve guesswork and intuition – risk. Analytics can help an organization sort through its data and filter out the “noise” when it comes to tracking metrics and KPIs, making it possible to act on fact.

Also tagged compliance, dashboards, data, GRC, key performance indicators, KPI, risk, scorecards |

‘Self’ audit, GRC and efficiency

By Steve Taylor, CEO, BPS Resolver Inc | Published: July 28, 2011

In today’s regulated environment, the business is often asked for information – sometimes the same information – on an almost continuous basis. Learn how collaboration can significantly lighten the burden of audit on your organization.

Also tagged audit, collaboration, compliance, GRC, risk, self-audit |

Enterprise governance: Risk and performance management through the business cycle

By Wim A. Van der Stede, CIMA Professor | Published: March 3, 2011

Economic downturns will always be part of the business cycle. Read this advice from Wim A. Van der Stede, CIMA Professor from the London School of Economics and Political Science, on how organizations can adopt reliable risk management “through the business cycle” to deliver sustainable performance.

Also tagged CIMA, compliance, COSO, data, ERM, GRC, performance, risk, risk adverse, risk appetite |

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