We have conducted detailed interviews amongst major international companies. Based on their responses we have compiled a preliminary program of the next Copenhagen Compliance Conference. The conference will offer multiple GRC streams, allowing delegates the chance to consider CSR, Finance and IT related topics in breakaway or round table sessions.

More information is available here.

Since 2005 we have provided information and hosted conferences, seminars, education and training of the highest standard related to all aspects of EGRC (Enterprise Governance, Risk and Compliance activities on 4 continents.

The aim is to provide companies with effective and qualitative hands on research with focus on areas of GRC "pain" within the businesses. Therefore we design and provide custom tailored practical, relevant and up-to-date GRC workshops and training events that focus on "pain free" solutions that are relevant throughout the organization.

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A former prisoner of the Plymouth County Correctional Facility was found guilty for intentionally damaging the prison’s computer network while he was an inmate.

As we have informed our reader earlier this year, Charlie McCreevy, the European commissioner responsible for auditing, issued a draft deal on cooperation that did include the U.S. Later he announced that he had decided to remove the U.S. from the proposal because he wanted more time to ensure that the country’s audit regulators were willing to cooperate with European authorities on an equal and peer basis.

EU enforcement of anticorruption laws is intensified. Prosecutions under the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) have increased dramatically in recent years. Penalties for violations are stepped up as enforcement action thru intergovernmental cooperation is expanding.

A year ago a complete overhaul of international standards of bank accounting practices and regulatory compliance was high on the agenda when the world’s banking system was on the brink of a complete collapse were bailed out. Politicians and oversight boards vowed to get tough and insisted that revised rules cannot wait until the current recession is over.

This article briefly explores what the Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) community could be doing to promote a clearer understanding of cybercrime and the effects it is having on our way of life. Cybercrime is the threat which increasingly dares not speak its name and organisations which become its victims often find it difficult to expose their shortcomings, brushing it under the corporate carpet in the misguided hope that it will go away. This response only emboldens the perpetrators and so the wretched cycle continues.

National Banks in Europe have now set requirements for reserves based on a weighted average of the bank’s assets, using weights that are determined by past default frequencies for different asset classes. The theory is that historical default frequencies often quite accurately reflect reserves going forward. Historical record provides a good indication for distinguishing between cyclical and more permanent components of loan performance.

We are looking for a prospective candidates (Key requirement is that the candidate is a practicing Roman Catholic) for a major Bank in East Africa. You are a Professional Banker preferably with 15 years banking experience of which 5 in a senior position, with Micro Finance experience in East Africa, or any developing country.

Given that Risks and related unexpected surprises can take various forms of unpredictability and diverse degrees of severity. It is important for enterprises to have a plan ready when disaster strikes.