Comments on: Achieving Enormous Efficiencies in Policy and Compliance Management http://www.free-emagazine.com/achieving-enormous-efficiencies-in-policy-and-compliance-management/ Free Magazine Download and Subscriptions Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:20:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Jonny Johanssen http://www.free-emagazine.com/achieving-enormous-efficiencies-in-policy-and-compliance-management/#comment-200 Jonny Johanssen Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:33:36 +0000 http://localhost/magazine/?p=2558#comment-200 Compliance initiatives are indeed taking a seat at the forefront of corporations these days. The increasing occurence of 'mega fines' has highlighted the heightened need for compliance initiatives and oversight/risk management as desperate times lead to desperate deeds. Many companies find it difficult to handle their risk, compliance, and governance (GRC) initiatives properly. If these GRC programs are not handled and managed properly then they can often be a complete waste of money. My company uses <a HREF="http://interfacing.com/Products/enterprise-bpm" rel="nofollow">Process Management software </A>to handle our GRC initiatives. The program allows you to map your processes and associate risks, compliance controls, and governance controls directly to each process activity. The entire program is build around one central repository for everything from company processes to documents and spreadsheets. I'd suggest taking a look at the attached literature, it is a very useful program - they even have a <a HREF="http://www.interfacing.com/free-visio-bpmn-modeler" rel="nofollow">100% free bpmn modeler plug-in for microsoft visio</A>. Compliance initiatives are indeed taking a seat at the forefront of corporations these days. The increasing occurence of ‘mega fines’ has highlighted the heightened need for compliance initiatives and oversight/risk management as desperate times lead to desperate deeds.

Many companies find it difficult to handle their risk, compliance, and governance (GRC) initiatives properly. If these GRC programs are not handled and managed properly then they can often be a complete waste of money. My company uses Process Management software to handle our GRC initiatives. The program allows you to map your processes and associate risks, compliance controls, and governance controls directly to each process activity. The entire program is build around one central repository for everything from company processes to documents and spreadsheets.

I’d suggest taking a look at the attached literature, it is a very useful program - they even have a 100% free bpmn modeler plug-in for microsoft visio.

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