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Closing the Loop: Performance-Driven GRC through Connected Risk
Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) is evolving from a static, compliance-focused discipline into a performance-driven function that directly connects risk and control activities to business outcomes. In this model, “closing the loop” means automatically linking
Navigating by Outcomes: From Audit Plans to Performance-Driven Programs
Internal audit is increasingly under pressure to demonstrate value rather than merely tick boxes. Traditional audit plans focus on outputs – the number of audits completed, findings reported, or percent of plan covered. Yet outputs
Why Control Libraries Are Failing You — And What to Do About It
Traditional GRC programs rely on large static control libraries – essentially checklists of control statements (e.g. “SOX control: data backup procedure exists”). These libraries catalog existence of controls (often for audit purposes), but they rarely measure how well the
Moving Beyond Checklists: GRC Platforms Must Measure Outcomes, Not Just Activities
Modern risk frameworks (ISO 31000, COSO ERM, NIST RMF) all stress that risk management should align with strategy and deliver real outcomes – not just checkboxes. In practice, however, many legacy GRC systems (RSA Archer, MetricStream,
GRCS、Empowered Systems社とGRC分野における
パートナーシップ契約を締結 Announcement of Partnership Agreement with Empowered Systems 株式会社GRCS（本社：東京都千代田区、代表取締役社長：佐々木 慈和、以下 当社）は、このたび、リスク管理およびコンプライアンス分野における先進的なソリューションを提供するEmpowered Systems International, LLC（本社：アメリカ・インディアナ州グリーンウッド、CEO： Vincent Celestino氏、以下：Empowered Systems社）とパートナー契約を締結し、同社の「Connected Risk GRC Solution」の提供を開始することをお知らせいたします。 当社では、従来よりGRC（ガバナンス・リスク・コンプライアンス）ツールを自社開発し、企業のリスク管理・コンプライアンス強化を支援してまいりました。このたびのパートナー契約により、当社が従来提供していなかった領域のソリューションを補完し、より包括的なGRC支援が可能となります。 本パートナー契約に基づき、当社は「Connected Risk GRC Solution」のライセンス供与、導入支援、およびそれに付随するコンサルティングサービスを提供いたします。本ソリューションの導入により、企業はリスク管理・コンプライアンス業務の一層の効率化と精度向上を実現できます。 当社は、今後もEmpowered Systems社との協業を通じ、企業のリスク管理・コンプライアンス強化を支援することで、より安全で透明性の高い経営環境の実現を目指してまいります。 GRCS, Inc (Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan, CEO: Yoshikazu Sasaki,
The Human Element of Policy Management: Training, Buy-In & Cultural Change
Why Policy Management Fails Without People—and How to Fix It In today’s high-stakes regulatory environment, even the most sophisticated Regulatory Change Management (RCM) systems can fall short if there’s one missing component: human engagement. For
Global Compliance at Scale: Managing Regulatory Divergence Across Jurisdictions
For multinational banks, fintech innovators, and DeFi platforms, regulatory compliance isn’t a static checklist—it’s a constantly shifting mosaic of expectations across jurisdictions. As regulators from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to the European
Compliance as Code: How Tech-Driven Firms Operationalize Policy
Why Modern Financial Services Firms Are Embedding Regulatory Policy Directly into Development Pipelines Compliance That Doesn’t Slow You Down For decades, financial services compliance has been reactive—slow to adapt, disconnected from day-to-day operations, and reliant
The Cost of Getting It Wrong: Regulatory Change Management in Crypto & Blockchain
Why Financial Institutions Need Bulletproof RCM Software for the Crypto Era Cryptocurrency’s promise of decentralization and innovation comes at a steep compliance cost—and the bill is due. As regulators around the globe move to tighten
From Fragmented to Fluid: Building a Centralized Policy Management System
Why a Modern Policy Management Framework Is Essential for Regulatory Compliance—and How to Build One that Scales Policies are no longer static documents buried in a corporate share drive. They are dynamic tools—living expressions of
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