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...
Audit, risk and compliance
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...
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...
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...
What is the 3-lines-of-defence-model and why is this so important for organisations?
Modern organizations operate in a world that is becoming increasingly uncertain, complex and unstable. They must be able to deal with a growing number of stakeholders with sometimes very different interests. Managing cyber risks is also a challenge...
How Risk Appetite can help allocate resources
Risk Appetite is the extent to which an organisation is prepared to take risks. Many organisations do not do much with this, or do not know how. When does it offer added value?
What lessons can be learned from the Wirecard debacle?
The debacle surrounding Wirecard has been going on for some time now. The end is not yet in sight, with the CEO (Markus Braun) already imprisoned awaiting trial and one of the other prime suspects (COO Jan Marsalek) still on the run at the time of...