Marsh, an insurance broker and risk management firm, and FireEye, a cyber-security firm, has announced a collaboration to offer clients a new service: Marsh Cyber OASIS. This service is designed to assists clients by providing an objective evaluation of their organization’s ability to detect and respond to cyber-attacks and the strength of their technical infrastructure. More inside.
Risk Management
New Hearsay Social Solution Simplifies Social Media Compliance
Hearsay Social, provider of the Predictive Social Suite for financial advisors and insurance agents, this week announced the launch of the new Universal Supervision experience for social media and website content, designed to make it easier and faster for financial services companies to enforce compliance policies. Details inside.
Deloitte and IBM Team to Deliver Next Generation Risk Intelligence
Deloitte and IBM this week announced the latest step in their longstanding strategic alliance, creating a transformative series of risk management and regulatory compliance solutions to help financial services firms to more efficiently address their immediate compliance and conduct requirements. Details inside.
Q&A: How E*Trade Recovered From the Financial Crisis
Image: As part of our occasional series of conversations with compliance and risk executives, we caught up with Michael Pizzi, chief risk officer at E*Trade Financial. Prior to the financial crisis, E*Trade had made sizable investments in mortgage-related assets—toxic assets whose value ultimately plummeted, resulting in substantial writedowns for the financial services company. Inside, Pizzi talks about how E*Trade revamped its enterprise risk management framework to recover from its crisis predicament.
LSG Launches Global Enterprise Risk Management Suite
LSG, a software application and business process outsourcing provider, recently announced the launch of GERMS (Global Enterprise Risk Management Suite). LSG GERMS is a business model for global companies to achieve greater transparency and stability by mitigating and offsetting risk. Details inside.
PwC Names Risk Assurance Managing Director
David Thelander has been appointed as a risk assurance managing director in PwC’s Risk & Compliance, Systems & Analytics practice. Details inside.
Get Started with your Information Governance Blueprint
The era of Big Data has forever changed our information environment. Data is exploding in both volume and variety, and it is imperative for organizations to understand and have control over all of their information in whatever format it exists. Information governance activities and technologies enable organizations to maximize the value of their information while […]
Security, Mobility, and Social Media: Minimizing Risk in the Era of Sharing
“Communications surrounding security need to be planned and continuous, and they need to be combined with appropriate training and governance.”– Partha Mukherjee, Chief Information Officer, Church’s Chicken. In today’s ever-evolving landscape, security challenges are becoming more complex. Organizations are faced with increasing risks that range from dealing with the changing IT landscape, to properly supporting […]
White Paper: Building Better Vendor Risk Assessments
Increase the Quality and Efficiency of Your Vendor Risk Management Program. Download our informative new white paper, Building Better Assessments, and learn how organizations like yours can improve third-party risk assessments while balancing regulatory pressures, business requirements, and budget constraints. Key topics include: Quality – How did you perform against your objectives during the previous […]
Shop Talk: Managing Vendor Risk
Pop quiz: Try to name a recent example of corporate misconduct that did not somehow include a company’s vendors or third parties. It’s not easy, and third parties are now a huge part of the compliance officer’s responsibility. In our latest Compliance Week executive forum, we gathered a dozen CCOs to talk about vendor risks and building a systematic approach to handling them. The full conversation is inside.


