For CIOs

How CIOs Can Drive Business Change — Part 1

Credibility, Communications, Team, And Competitive Information

by Marc Cecere, September 3, 2008

CIOs are in a unique position to drive business change. Their responsibilities span the enterprise, and the systems they manage are critical to nearly all business processes. They can use this base of influence to initiate business change or merely to . . .

For Security & Risk Professionals

The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Governance, Risk, And Compliance Platforms, Q4 2007

BWise Is The Frontrunner In Overall GRC Capabilities, Followed Closely By AXENTIS, Paisley, And QUMAS

by Chris McClean, Michael Rasmussen, December 21, 2007

Forrester evaluated 15 leading enterprise governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) platform vendors across approximately 100 criteria. BWise demonstrated the strongest overall offering, with AXENTIS, MetricStream, OpenPages, Paisley, and QUMAS rounding . . .

For Security & Risk Professionals

Enterprise GRC Versus IT GRC

by Khalid Kark, Marc Othersen, Chris McClean, December 5, 2007

Technology plays a vital role in governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) initiatives. An effective enterprise GRC strategy will employ technology to drive sustainability, consistency, efficiency, and transparency into GRC oversight. The practice of GRC . . .

For Security & Risk Professionals

Defining IT GRC

by Khalid Kark, Marc Othersen, Chris McClean, December 4, 2007

IT governance, IT risk management, and IT compliance are three distinct disciplines that in the past have existed in silos within organizations. Today, many organizations no longer see these activities as individual, one-time projects handled in separate . . .

For Security & Risk Professionals

How The World's Leading Businesses Address Corporate Social Responsibility

A Detailed Look At CSR And Sustainability Reports Of The Fortune Global 100

by Chris McClean, Michael Rasmussen, October 17, 2007

Corporate behavior is approaching celebrity status. Executive scandals, product recalls, unethical labor practices, and environmental disasters are more closely scrutinized than ever, and the information age does not permit incidents to be swept easily . . .

For Security & Risk Professionals

Best Practices: Managing Global Privacy Programs

Embed Privacy, Standardize Policies, And Upgrade Processes

by Jennifer Albornoz Mulligan, September 26, 2007

Global organizations are struggling to uniformly and cohesively protect private data as well as comply with international regulations on data privacy and data transfer. Forrester interviewed chief privacy officers (CPOs) of global organizations to understand . . .

For B2B Market Research Professionals

Corporate Communications Is The Leading RSS Use Case In The Enterprise  (125 KB PPT)

by G. Oliver Young, July 5, 2007

This data chart explores the level of investment of US companies in RSS, as well as the reasons why companies have decided to invest - or not invest - in RSS. The data comes from a Q2 2007 survey of IT decision-makers at US companies.

For Security & Risk Professionals

A Tale Of Two GRC Strategies

Analysis And Comparison Of Oracle's And SAP's GRC Strategies

by Michael Rasmussen, June 1, 2007

The fight is on. Oracle launched itself into the governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) market to go toe-to-toe against SAP. In the GRC space, one's strength is the other's weakness. Oracle's strength is in the content and process management for GRC, . . .

For Business Process & Applications Professionals

Governance Guidance: The Electronic Controls Library

by Jennifer Chew, Laurie M. Orlov, Liz Herbert, September 9, 2003

To respond to regulations like Sarbanes-Oxley and take control of financial performance, firms should augment manual controls and implement an electronic controls library. But which vendors can provide the best alternatives for this new app?

For Information & Knowledge Management Professionals

Leveraging the Intranet to Distribute Corporate Policies

by Robert Markham, September 10, 2002

Corporate policies can be published and distributed through a corporate intranet Web site, an intranet portal or through integration with an e-learning system. Each has advantages depending on the architecture and the type of industry.

Modifying Corporate Privacy Policies in the Interest of National Security

by Steve Hunt, September 14, 2001

To what extent should a company offer e-mail eavesdropping assistance to the FBI?

Corporate Governance Can Determine Business Priorities and Vendors' Sales Success

by Robert McNeill, May 14, 2001

Companies currently doing business globally or formulating a global strategy need to pay close attention to corporate governance since it can have a far-reaching effect on an organization's ability to successfully do business beyond its borders.

Globalization: Corporate Governance Structure Can Determine Priorities for E-Business

by Robert McNeill, April 5, 2001

Business style differences in the communitarian model vs. the Anglo-Saxon model are a consensual vs. contractual approach to business relationships, a co-operative vs. competitive landscape and a collaborative vs. conflict approach to decision-making.