Last week, I attended the 2013 Governance, Risk Management and Compliance Summit in Boston. Some of the GRC luminaries who presented were Michael Rasmussen from GRC 20/20 Research and Norman Marks, GRC evangelist, as well as several risk management practitioners and representatives of

Recently, an article by ACL’s VP of Product Management and Design Dan Zitting was featured in Corporate Compliance Insights. Dan’s article, “Constant Self-Examination is Critical to Compliance,” provides how-to advice on running an effective compliance program. Here’s an excerpt: At t

A few weeks ago I participated in the 26th World Continuous Auditing and Reporting Symposium at Rutgers Business School. I think it was about the 12th occasion at which I have presented at the Symposium. Initially, WCARS was heavily oriented towards academic research and technical pap

Earlier this year, ACL’s Vice President of Product Strategy and Alliances, John Verver, was featured in BusinessFinance discussing the trends of Internal Audit working more closely with the audit Committee. John shares how Internal Auditors can provide their companies with advice on h

The FCPA Blog recently published a post by ACL’s Christopher Stewart-Smith examining the newly released FCPA guidance from the U.S. Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission. Discussing real case studies, Chris explains how the guide serves as a reminder that en

The headline reads, “HSBC Settles $1.9bn For Aiding Drug Lords, Terrorists And Rogue States.” This is the largest fine levied to date by the US department of justice. The investigation itself took more than a decade to complete, so looking at the way HSBC handles its anti-money launde

Risk Management Magazine recently published an article by ACL’s Chris Stewart-Smith “Avoiding FCPA Violations with Data Analysis.” Chris discusses how to address FCPA issues faced during mergers & acquisitions, and explains both the how and why data analysis should be part of your

Recently, CFO.com shared an article on Walmart’s FCPA violation in which ACL’s John Verver, Vice President of Product Strategy and Alliances discusses the new FCPA guidelines and the risks that every global company faces. Here is an excerpt. New FCPA guidelines released in October hel

We recently ran a webinar entitled Public Pension Plan Assurance: Sustainability, Modernization and Control.  This webinar talked about some of the more challenging aspects of running modern government pension programs, where technology is playing an even greater role in pension admin

The other week I was lucky enough to talk with Rita Cochell, the Director of Internal Audit & SOX compliance at Logitech. Logitech is a really interesting company focused on innovation and quality. In their words, they design computer peripherals “to help people enjoy a better exp