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Report:Maximize Business Performance With A World-Class GRC Program

Executive Overview: The Governance, Risk, And Compliance Playbook

Unexpected events are at best distracting and at worst catastrophic for an organization as it strives to meet its objectives. Risk and compliance professionals must help their colleagues anticipate...

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Report:Designate Clear Lines Of Risk And Compliance Accountability

Organization: The Governance, Risk, And Compliance Playbook

Governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) encompass an incredibly broad set of functions for organizations in any geography, in any industry. In fact, almost all employees play some role in helping...

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Report:Build A Governance, Risk, And Compliance Strategy Worthy Of Business Consideration

Strategic Plan: The Governance, Risk, And Compliance Playbook

Governance, risk management, and compliance (GRC) are far too often positions of emergency response. What's worse, as you constantly rush to respond to new mandates, enforce policies, or pull...

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Report:Define And Articulate The Role Of Risk Management

Processes: The Governance, Risk, And Compliance Playbook

As a risk professional, you are currently in a position to exert more influence on your organization and increase the value you and your team can offer. Many of you will feel pressure to develop...

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Blog:NASDAQ OMX Acquires BWise… Where Is GRC Headed?

Last week saw news that yet another top GRC software vendor has been acquired, following in the footsteps of Paisley, Archer, OpenPages, among others. BWise has always been an impressive vendor in...

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Report:The Risk Manager's Handbook: How To Evaluate Risks To Plan An Effective Response

Determining Whether, When, And How To Treat Risks

The goal of a risk management program is to drive effective decisions and actions based on an understanding of how uncertainty may affect objectives. However, even mature programs that have...

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Report:The Risk Manager's Handbook: How To Plan And Execute Appropriate Risk Treatment

Developing And Managing Efforts To Control Unacceptable Levels Of Risk

From understanding comes action. Your risk management efforts up to this point will have yielded a list of concerns; a measure of how much these concerns could affect objectives; and a decision of...

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Blog:Implement A Successful GRC Program With Forrester's Governance, Risk, and Compliance Playbook

I’m proud to announce that this week Forrester launched our Governance, Risk, and Compliance Playbook, a collection of in-depth reports covering the critical information you need to implement a...

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Blog:Don’t Forbid Employees From Using The Escalator, Give Them Reasons To Use The Stairs

Guest post from Researcher Nick Hayes. If you had to go up one level in a train station, would you take the stairs or use the escalator? Most people would choose the escalator. But what if the...

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Report:Optimize Your GRC Program For 2012 And Beyond

This report outlines Forrester's solution for security and risk (S&R) professionals looking to establish a formal risk and compliance management program. We designed this report to help S&R...

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Tool:Forrester Wave™: Enterprise GRC Platforms, Q4 '11

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Tool:Forrester Wave™: IT GRC Platforms, Q4 '11

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Report:The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Governance, Risk, And Compliance Platforms, Q4 2011

As Leaders, BWise, MetricStream, IBM OpenPages, And RSA Archer Continue To Push The Envelope

Innovation among top enterprise GRC platform vendors has kept up an impressive pace as vendors aim to stay one step ahead of their customers' own advancements in governance, risk, and compliance...

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Report:Cultivate A Compliance And Risk Management Culture For Sustained Performance

Continuous Improvement: The Governance, Risk, And Compliance Playbook

When you're challenged by a constantly changing regulatory landscape, business environment, and risk profile, it's easy to overlook the critical role corporate culture plays in keeping compliance and...

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Client Inquiry:What Is The State Of Governance, Risk, And Compliance In The Indian Market?

What is the size of the governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) market, and what is the market growth rate in India? Who are the major GRC vendors in India, and what are the areas of opportunity?

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Report:TechRadar™ For Risk Management Professionals: GRC, Q4 2012

Road Map: The Governance, Risk, And Compliance Playbook

The governance, risk management, and compliance (GRC) technology market is one of fluctuation, confusion, and contention. Many technologies relevant for governance, risk management, and compliance...

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Report:Assess Your Security Program With Forrester's Information Security Maturity Model

Assessment Framework: The S&R Practice Playbook

This report outlines the assessment framework associated with Forrester's solution for security and risk (S&R) executives. The report is designed to help CISOs as they continue working their way...

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Report:The Forrester Wave™: IT Governance, Risk, And Compliance Platforms, Q4 2011

RSA Archer, Agiliance, Rsam, Symantec, and Modulo Are All Leaders For Very Different Reasons

IT governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) vendors continue to show strong technical and strategic advances, while the market itself still struggles to define its direction. A small set of vendors...

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Blog:Avoid The Headlines, Focus On Corporate Culture

Guest post from Researcher Nick Hayes. Chris and I recently published a report describing how to build risk and compliance principles into your company’s corporate culture. As we worked to...

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Blog:Announcing Two New Forrester Waves: Enterprise GRC And IT GRC

After months of diligent product and vendor evaluations, today we published The Forrester Wave: Enterprise GRC Platforms, Q4 2011. In the next few days, we will also publish The Forrester Wave: IT...

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Blog:Is Your Security Program Ready To Support Disruptive Business Trends?

  The evolution of business practices is proving as big of an issue for Security and Risk professionals as the changing threat landscape. Sure, attackers exposed hundreds of millions of personal...

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Report:Build The Business Case For A GRC Platform

Business Case: The Governance, Risk, And Compliance Playbook

As the governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) platform market matures, product vendors struggle to point to credible return on investment figures, and potential buyers similarly struggle when asked...

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Report:Navigate The Future Of Compliance And Risk Management

Vision: The Governance, Risk, And Compliance Playbook

This report outlines the future look of Forrester's solution for security and risk (S&R) executives working to build their organization's governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) program. We designed...

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Blog:Risk Management & Business Technology Resiliency – What’s Changed Since 2009

Guest post from Researcher Nick Hayes. Take a second to think back to the year 2009. The US was in the thick of the financial crisis; companies were slashing budgets, and the unemployment rate...