GRC Announcements

The IMS Group and HedgeOp Compliance, the specialist regulatory services and compliance consultancy to the asset management and securities industry, has announced the opening of its first Asian office, in Hong Kong. The new office will provide compliance consultancy, training and software across the region to support local and international firms in their efforts to […]

Equivio, a provider of analytical solutions for e-discovery, has launched Themes, a breakthrough content analytics application that identifies themes and thematic relationships across document collections. Intended for the use of lead litigators, legal strategists and investigators, Themes enables the rapid and intuitive exploration of a case repository. Themes is part of Zoom, Equivio’s end-to-end e-discovery […]

PwC U.S. has named Greg Szczesny as a managing director in the firm’s expanding Risk Assurance practice, where he will play a leading role developing the firm’s conflict minerals service offering.  PwC is making significant investments in helping companies address provisions within the Dodd-Frank Act around conflict minerals. Szczesny will help drive this service, which […]

HiSoftware, a provider of compliance and security solutions for SharePoint, announced the release of HiSoftware Sheriff Workspace Mobile and Windows, extending the company’s SharePoint solutions suite to bring secure collaboration on iPads and other mobile devices. HiSoftware Sheriff Workspace Mobile and Windows control the distribution of and access to confidential SharePoint documents accessed via iPads […]

Grant Thornton has hired Sandy Chu as a partner and national leader of the firm’s recently launched China Business Group (CBG), based in New York. The CBG is a collaborative initiative between the U.S. and China member firms of Grant Thornton International, offering services to U.S.-based clients with Chinese activities and operations. These services include […]

Nastel Technologies, a global provider of application performance monitoring solutions for mission-critical applications from the data center to the cloud, announced AutoPilot for Dodd-Frank Compliance, a new solution that provides banks and brokerage businesses a solution to meet their needs for monitoring trade reporting compliance. The new solution helps financial institutions meet the evolving challenges […]

Co3 Systems, a provider of incident response software, has announced a major expansion to its SaaS-based incident response platform. Co3’s Privacy module is a first-of-its-kind platform that provides automated, single-pane incident management in a secure, isolated environment for general security incidents, including malware infections, phishing-related compromise, Distributed Denial of Service attacks, and Advanced Persistent Threats. […]

Qualys, a provider of cloud security and compliance management solutions, and Verizon, a provider of global managed security solutions, has announced an agreement to expand their relationship to deliver new advanced cloud-based IT security and compliance management services. These services include vulnerability management, Web application scanning, PCI and policy compliance solutions to organizations around the […]

Splunk, a software platform provider of real-time operational intelligence, has announced the release of a new joint solution with network security company Palo Alto Networks, that takes security intelligence across the enterprise to a new level. Splunk App for Palo Alto Networks 3.0 enables users to leverage Big Data to analyze risk, improve security posture […]

Summit 7 Systems has released the SharePoint Compliance QuickStart solution, which utilizes AvePoint Compliance Guardian, enabling organizations to implement a robust risk management framework that supports accessibility, operational security, privacy, and site quality. This offering brings Summit 7 Systems’ proven methodology and AvePoint’s Compliance Guardian software together to align business and compliance needs for their […]