Microsoft's Perspective on Risk & Compliance

Reflections about Governance, Risk Management & Compliance (GRC)

Jeff Jinnett: April, 2011 Update - GRC White Papers, Books, Webcasts and Blogs of Some Microsoft Partners

Microsoft has an extensive ecosystem of ISVs and systems integration partners with offerings in the...

Author: Mimi S Date: 04/14/2011

Leading global bank adopts Microsoft partner FinArch for its Liquidity Risk Solutions

New Liquidity risk frameworks as well as Stress tests were in my top 10 list for 2011. Many leading...

Author: Sai Sireesh Date: 03/16/2011

Jeff Jinnett: GRC White Papers, Online Articles and Blogs of Some Microsoft Partners

Microsoft has an extensive ecosystem of software and systems integration partners with offerings in...

Author: Phyllis McNeice Date: 10/02/2010

Sai Sireesh: Key Findings - Future State of Risk 2010 Survey

In my previous blog, I broadly covered the release of the “Future State of Risk 2010”...

Author: Phyllis McNeice Date: 09/20/2010

Sai Sireesh: Future State of Risk & Compliance 2010 - Global Benchmark Survey

Today, September 8, 2010, PRMIA (Professional Risk Managers International Association) and Microsoft...

Author: Phyllis McNeice Date: 09/08/2010

Jeff Jinnett: SEC Adopts Final Rule on Proxy Nominations for Board of Directors

My June 29th blog posting on this topic noted the Dodd-Frank legislation authorizes the SEC to issue...

Author: Phyllis McNeice Date: 08/31/2010

Jeff Jinnett: Framework for Designing Applications for Microsoft Surface®

Microsoft Surface® is a table-top computer that responds to natural hand movements and...

Author: Phyllis McNeice Date: 08/04/2010

Jeff Jinnett: Dodd-Frank Act - The Devil’s in the Details and Fasten Your Seatbelts

Now that the Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 (the Dodd-Frank legislation or...

Author: Phyllis McNeice Date: 07/21/2010

Jeff Jinnett: Amendments to U.S. Federal Sentencing Guidelines as to What Constitutes an Effective Compliance and Ethics Program, to Take Effect on November 1, 2010

On April 7, 2010, the United States Sentencing Commission[i] voted to modify the U. S. Federal...

Author: AnnaVAubry Date: 06/15/2010

Jeff Jinnett: Towards a Structured GRC Taxonomy

Although governance, risk management and compliance laws and regulations may vary greatly depending...

Author: AnnaVAubry Date: 06/01/2010

Jeff Jinnett: Prepare for Coming HITECH Act Healthcare Privacy & Security Audits

The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act[i], signed into law...

Author: AnnaVAubry Date: 05/17/2010

Sai Sireesh: Next generation Communication Compliance

The explosion in information channels, and increasing use of Web 2.0 and social media poses new...

Author: AnnaVAubry Date: 05/07/2010

Jeff Jinnett: Open Text Content Day in New York City

On April 21, 2010, I participated as a speaker at the Open Text Content Day, which was held at the...

Author: AnnaVAubry Date: 05/03/2010

Sai Sireesh: Get Ready for Stress Testing using Massively Parallel Processing (MPP) Architecture!

Risk Managers are going to be busy with the fresh wave of stress testing requirements. Most...

Author: AnnaVAubry Date: 04/26/2010

Jeff Jinnett: The Film “The Hurt Locker” as the “I Ching” for Today’s CIO

Quote from the film “You’ve Got Mail” (Tom Hanks as “Joe Fox” to Meg Ryan as “Kathleen Kelly” as she...

Author: AnnaVAubry Date: 04/19/2010

Sai Sireesh: Business Analytics at the Speed of Thought: The Next Game Changer!

I always look forward to interactions with Finance/Risk Microsoft Excel power users. Most times it’s...

Author: AnnaVAubry Date: 04/08/2010

Council on Litigation Management (CLM) Annual Conference-a report from Jeff Jinnett

On March 25th, I participated in a panel presentation entitled “The Evidence Lifecycle Management...

Author: AnnaVAubry Date: 04/05/2010

Semi-Automation of Compliance Processes: A UML Approach - insight from Jeff Jinnett

It has been estimated that 55 percent of the cost of any compliance program is due to staffing and...

Author: AnnaVAubry Date: 03/22/2010

New York State is currently considering the creation by 2011 of a new insurance exchange. It would...

Author: AnnaVAubry Date: 03/08/2010

Failure to Upgrade Software Systems as a Potential Regulatory Risk - thoughts from Jeff Jinnett

In the current highly regulated, but intensively competitive banking environment, many banks are...

Author: AnnaVAubry Date: 02/22/2010

Future State of Financial and Regulatory Reporting - thoughts from Sai Sireesh

As the deadline for IFRS adoption gets closer and IFRS projects gather momentum in the industry,...

Author: AnnaVAubry Date: 02/15/2010

Regulatory Oversight & Compliance of Blogs and Social Networking - Sai Sireesh

Recently there are some interesting compliance related developments from two self regulatory bodies,...

Author: AnnaVAubry Date: 01/28/2010

Analysis using "Pivot" - a preview by Jeff Jinnett

Microsoft Live Labs recently introduced a private access beta version of the “Pivot” tool leveraging...

Author: AnnaVAubry Date: 01/17/2010

Microsoft’s Compliance and Risk Process Management Pack and IT Compliance Library - an update from Sai Sireesh

Last week was extremely exciting for our team. Our focus on simpler, faster and cost effective...

Author: AnnaVAubry Date: 12/10/2009

Visualization Challenge: Use of 3-D Virtual Environments to Portray GRC Issues - Jeff Jinnett

One challenge facing chief risk officers, chief compliance officers and other c-level officers of...

Author: AnnaVAubry Date: 12/07/2009

10 Steps for Effective Risk Management and Compliance - from the desk of Sai Sireesh

My 18 years experience has taught me one thing - Risk Management and Compliance initiatives by...

Author: AnnaVAubry Date: 12/02/2009

Federal Preemption in the Area of Data Security Breach Laws - an update from Jeff Jinnett

As we have noted in previous postings on this weblog, there appears to be an increasing trend toward...

Author: AnnaVAubry Date: 10/26/2009

Jeff Jinnett: The Nimble Approach to Compliance: Multi-Purpose IT Solutions and “Nexialist” Compliance Attorneys

Regulatory compliance has become an increasingly costly burden. For example, SIFMA has estimated...

Author: AnnaVAubry Date: 10/04/2009

Susan Hauser, VP of Microsoft Financial Services, on New Challenges in Risk Management and Compliance

As the global economic crisis rumbles on, financial firms of all kinds anticipate an overhaul of...

Author: AnnaVAubry Date: 09/26/2009

Jeff Jinnett: Value of an IT Security Due Diligence Document/Risk Mitigation Plan

If a company were ever asked to describe its IT security program, the company likely would have to...

Author: AnnaVAubry Date: 08/31/2009

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