Traditional long compliance training sessions, whether in-person or online, are no longer effective. Employees get bored, tune out and disengage – shorter attention spans demand shorter bursts of content. Utilizing microlearning methods in your training ensures that employees will engage with and retain your compliance communications.
Surveys & Benchmarking
What to do to make sure you’re ready for GDPR
Data protection experts are emphatic about what a company’s first reaction should be if it believes it is not fully GDPR compliant as 25 May approaches: Don’t panic.
Reducing fourth-party risk with eyes wide open
Recent analyses show that many companies don’t have adequate visibility into their third parties, and even less so their third parties’ third parties and beyond (so-called Nth parties).
Implementing and maintaining a successful compliance program
There are three key areas that can help boards of directors to establish and maintain an effective compliance program—structure, culture, and risk management.
Going concern opinions drop in 2016, study shows
Corporate filings flagging doubt over a company’s ability to continue as a going concern reached a low in 2016, according to the newest research.
Three ways blockchain can be used to establish best practice
One of the most significant innovations in compliance will come through the incorporation of blockchain.
New study shows low levels of comprehensive ERM
Formalized, comprehensive approaches to ERM are not terribly baked into corporate practices, according to a recent study by the accounting profession.
Study establishes link between fee pressure and audit quality
New academic research suggests there is indeed a correlation between pressure on audit fees and audit quality — and it’s not pretty.
Need a better solution for your board reporting? Convercent’s Insights with Benchmarking
Convercent offers a dynamic benchmarking dashboard that moves when your data moves. For any chart or graph in Convercent Insights, you will see a benchmark line to compare your data viewed in that moment.
More companies adopting forensic data analytics
According to a new report, forensic data analysis yields better compliance and risk management, but few are actively collaborating on making it a reality.
