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What can other industries learn from the financial sector?
Although risk management and compliance do play a role in most industries today, regulatory compliance and risk management are not at the same high level in every sector. Companies that are active in the financial sector, for example, must comply...
What are RO, RA, RE and RC and how do they differ?
Do you know the difference between an RO, RA, RE and RC? They all play a big role in the management of your company. The abbreviations are very similar, but the work of these professionals is quite different. In any case, what they have in common...
The importance of compliance and risk management at scale-ups
The number of start-ups and scale-ups is growing rapidly, especially in the world of Fintech. One of the reasons for this is that technological developments offer the possibility of introducing new services or products onto the market at relatively...
Are you prepared for DORA?
Digitization and technical innovation create plenty of opportunities for the financial industry, but they certainly also entail risks. To curb these risks, the European Union has designed regulations to increase the digital resilience of this...
‘Attack surface management’: what is it and why is it important?
Modern CIOs face a challenging task: driving digital transformation and innovation, while protecting the organization from the growing number of advanced cyber threats and attacks. Digital transformation almost always leads to a larger, more...
COSO ERM and ISO 31000: the similarities and the differences.
To further professionalize risk management, it is important to apply a good and recognized framework for risk management. COSO ERM and ISO 31000 are the world's two most important standards for enterprise risk management (enterprise risk...
Ensuring the follow-up of management letter items and audit findings? This is how to do this!
Many organizations have to deal frequently with management letters and findings from internal audits. Management letters like reports from external accountants to the supervisory board or a company management. But they often have trouble resolving...
Will a cyber war affect my company?
The Russian war against Ukraine had started long before the tanks and military crossed the borders and rocket attacks left multiple cities in ruins. Where? On the online battlefield. Long before the invasion, attacks were carried out against the...
A new era of risk
Risks that we hardly thought possible a few years ago are now part of a new reality. A growing dependence on IT, a rapid professionalization of cybercrime and new geopolitical tensions. The latter are of course the result of a war on European...
The risks surrounding RPA and the best way to manage them
We already highlighted in an earlier blog article that robotic process automation (RPA) generates a lot of extra innovative power. Software robots provide smart automation and relieve employees of repetitive and mind-numbing tasks. This allows your...
