GRC Announcements

Socialware, a social business solution provider for financial services, this week launched a new listening platform that gives financial professionals the unprecedented ability to identify significant events in the lives of their social network connections. Customized alerts consolidate feedback from across professionals’ existing networks to inform them of relevant updates that represent opportunities to interact […]

LogRhythm, a provider of cyber-threat defense, detection and response services, this week announced enhancements to its SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) 2.0 Big Data security analytics platform, empowering organizations of all sizes to baseline normal, day-to-day activity across multiple dimensions of the enterprise.  Early-generation SIEM techniques typically provide behavioral analysis against a silo of […]

Datacert, a global provider of enterprise legal management solutions, announced the launch this week of Passport GRC, a comprehensive framework to support sustainable, proactive, and defensible management of governance, risk, and compliance programs. In alignment with standards defined by the Open Compliance & Ethics Group, a non-profit think tank that has defined the de facto […]

Professional service organization BDO USA has announced that it will be acquiring Argy, Wiltse & Robinson, a full service accounting firm, effective Nov. 1. With the combined firm, Argy will bring 225 professionals and staff, 26 of whom are partners. Argy primarily serves the government contracting industry, an area BDO is looking to expand on. […]

BrandVerity, a provider of trademark protection solutions and monitoring services, announced the latest addition to its product portfolio, BrandVerity’s Social Media Compliance service. BrandVerity’s Social Media Compliance service provides legal and compliance teams with the ability to identify and manage brand and trademark misuse on social networks. The technology retrieves and follows tweets and public […]

Exterro, a provider of unified e-discovery software, has announced that The Hanover Insurance Group, a provider of property and casualty products and services, has deployed the Exterro Fusion platform as part of a strategic initiative to advance and unify its e-discovery systems. The worldwide insurance holding company chose the Exterro Fusion e-discovery software suite, including […]

Duff & Phelps, an independent financial advisory and investment banking firm, announced this week that it has acquired iEnvision Technology, an advisory firm that provides law firms and corporate legal departments with Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) solutions. The transaction adds 24 professionals to the Duff & Phelps’ Dispute and Legal Management Consulting (DLMC) business. iEnvision […]

Online social-networking service Twitter has selected MetricStream, an enterprise-wide GRC and quality management solutions provider, to establish and maintain a robust financial compliance program and internal controls environment. Twitter will implement MetricStream’s Compliance Management Solution to streamline, automate, and manage key aspects of Twitter’s financial operations. Specifically, the solution will enable workflow-driven automation of key […]

Attunity, a provider of information availability software solutions, has announced the availability of Attunity Replicate for Exadata, a new data replication solution designed to enable quick loading of Big Data into, and out of, Oracle Exadata. The solution further expands Attunity’s reach into the Big Data Market and features targeted optimizations that result in high […]

LockPath, a provider of innovative GRC applications, announced that the latest Unified Compliance Framework (UCF) content is now fully integrated in Keylight 2.4.3. This integration includes comprehensive controls for Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements No. 16 (SSAE 16) and the Statement on Auditing Standards No. 70 (SAS 70) successor. LockPath’s end-to-end integration of UCF […]