In the latest of our regular Q&As with governance and compliance executives, we talk to Debra Granger, vice president of corporate compliance and controls for $455 million Rogers Corp. An index of previous conversations is available here. DETAILS Granger Debra Granger has been vice president of corporate compliance and control at Rogers Corp. since February […]
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Armstrong Compliance Leader On GRC Roles
In the latest of our weekly Q&As with governance and compliance executives, we talk to Linda Winter, director of compliance for $3.6 billion Armstrong World Industries. An index of previous conversations is available here. DETAILS Winter Linda Winter is currently the director of compliance for Armstrong World Industries Inc., a $3.6 billion flooring manufacturer based […]
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Talking ERM And Auditing Overlap At Sun
In the latest of our monthly Q&As with governance and compliance executives, we talk to Kevin Hoskinson, director of enterprise risk management solutions for Sun Microsystems. An index of previous conversations can be found here. Hoskinson Kevin Hoskinson is the director of enterprise risk management solutions for Sun Microsystems. He has responsibility for Sun’s global […]
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Data Breaches And SOX: Where Your Worries Are
In January, retailer TJX Cos. joined the long list of businesses tarred and embarrassed by losing sensitive customer information. One mildly consoling thought for compliance executives: loss of customer data doesn’t really harm the integrity of financial statements, so a breach doesn’t necessarily plunge you into Sarbanes-Oxley difficulties. Or does it? Actually, experts say, breaches […]
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How A $47B Giant Learned To Love XBRL
If the Securities and Exchange Commission seeks a poster child for the positive effect XBRL technology can have on a company’s financial reporting system, John Stantial stands ready to volunteer United Technologies Corp. Stantial, UTC’s director of financial reporting, has completed 10 regulatory filings using XBRL since first implementing the system under the SEC’s voluntary […]
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General Counsel Of Iron Mountain On ERM
In the latest of our occasional Q&As with governance and compliance executives, we talk to Garry Watzke, general counsel at $2 billion Iron Mountain. Click here for other recent conversations. How big is your compliance staff? What are its main responsibilities? I have a director of compliance responsible for the front-line work on compliance; the […]
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Taking A Holistic View Of Risk And Privacy
Companies looking to purchase technology to assist in compliance efforts increasingly are turning to systems that allow them to implement controls for both governance and privacy regulations. “Customers are more mature,” says Ron Ben-Natan, chief technology officer of Guardium, a database monitoring and security company. Customers know not to treat each regulation with standalone initiatives, […]
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Demystifying The ‘Monitoring’ Of Controls
Companies complaining about the cost of complying with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act could be missing an opportunity to reduce those expenses through one of the less-understood elements of a good internal controls framework: monitoring. The Committee of Sponsoring Organizations believes that companies aren’t paying enough attention to monitoring, according to Dave Richards, president […]
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A New Framework For US-EU Hotline Issues
Letters exchanged between the Securities and Exchange Commission and an important study group in the European Union are offering new hints to companies trying to bridge a trans-Atlantic regulatory spat over whistleblower hotlines. The correspondence—swapped between Ethiopis Tafara at the SEC Office of International Affairs and the EU Article 29 Data Protection Working Party—addresses the […]
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Oracle VP’s Pointers For Risk-Based Auditing
In the latest of our weekly Q&As with governance and compliance executives, we talk to Scott Rae, vice president of business assessment and audit at Oracle Corp. An index of previous conversations is available here. How long have you been with Oracle? I’ve been with Oracle for two-and-a-half years. I have 18 years of consulting […]