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Welcome to the INTERMEDIATE Blog: your resource for the latest insights, tips, and industry trends in Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC). We cover everything from navigating new regulations to managing risk in a rapidly changing landscape. Whether you’re a business leader or a GRC professional, our blog provides valuable content to help you stay informed and ahead of the curve.
Why a Proactive Cybersecurity Strategy is Essential for Organizations Today
In today's digital age, where technology permeates every aspect of our lives, organizations face an ever-evolving and sophisticated threat landscape. Cyber attacks have become more prevalent, sophisticated, and damaging than ever before. It is no longer enough for organizations to simply react to...
The impact of AI on Compliance
As a Compliance Officer, you're likely well aware of the ever-increasing regulatory landscape and the need for businesses to adhere to strict compliance requirements. However, with the advent of AI, Compliance is set to undergo a transformative shift that will impact how businesses manage...
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 with strict(er) rules from regulators and other...
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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 is that they are university and post-graduate...
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 low cost. The threshold to start and to expand...
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 important sector: the Digital Operational Resilience...
‘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 varied, and more complex IT landscape. This has a larger...
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 management). What exactly do these ERM standards mean? And...
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 those points or providing proper follow-up. In...
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 systems of Ukrainian government institutions, 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 territory due to the brutal Russian invasion of...
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 people to focus entirely on more specialized...
How can we explain the increase in ransomware?
Trends in the world of cybersecurity show a worrying trend: ransomware is on the rise. 2021 was an all-time record year for the number of recorded ransomware and cyber attacks. Cyber criminals specializing in ransomware are therefore among the major winners of the corona pandemic, as the advance...
