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Surge in Control Self Assessment Implementations!

Phew! We’ve had a surge in inquiries about Control Self Assessments lately! What's more interesting is that, among the four clients that followed through with implementation in the last two weeks, each client had their own thoughts about how the process would best fit in their respective organizations...

Posted to policyIQ Blog (Weblog) by stepheniebuehrle on 10-17-2011
Even more efficiency in your quarterly or monthly processes!

We are talking a lot about using policyIQ to "automate" your quarterly certification processes this month. policyIQ forms allow your organization to easily distribute, track and report on responses for a variety of regular processes - monthly or quarterly - and can save a great deal of administrative...

Posted to policyIQ Blog (Weblog) by chrisburd on 04-12-2011
Certifications and Sub-Certifications – Building confidence from below

Sarbanes-Oxley Section 302 requires that the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer (or those in equivalent positions) of all companies publicly traded in the US certify the accuracy of all annual and quarterly financial reports. The actual text of the act itself is, of course, far more...

Posted to policyIQ Blog (Weblog) by chrisburd on 04-06-2011
Wrapping Up on Rolling Forward - Training wrap-up and Q&A

After a holiday hiatus, the policyIQ team was back with our monthly training session last Thursday. With the new year firmly upon us, we chose to take a look at all of the activities that may make up your Roll-Forward plan in policyIQ from year to the next. We focused on three main areas: 1.) Resetting...

Posted to policyIQ Blog (Weblog) by chrisburd on 01-24-2011
Risk Control Matrix: A common report takes on some uncommon challenges

My dad is a high school teacher. It's hard to ask him a "quick question", because he prefers to teach you how to find the answer rather than to just give it to you. Sometimes he can be the most frustrating man in the entire world. (Just ask my mother. She'll agree.) As it turns out...

Posted to policyIQ Blog (Weblog) by chrisburd on 10-06-2010
Control Self-Assessments: Let us make it easier!

My favorite part of my job comes when I can help someone take a cumbersome process and simplify it using policyIQ. Knowing that I've just saved someone time in their busy day (or prevented a migraine caused by extreme frustration) puts a smile on my face. For that reason, when I work with any client...

Posted to policyIQ Blog (Weblog) by chrisburd on 07-16-2010
Beyond documentation: Make policyIQ a PART of your Internal Control Environment

A large majority of our community is using policyIQ to document, test and manage their internal control environment - whether it is for Sarbanes-Oxley, Model Audit Rule, Title 31 Anti-Money Laundering, or a number of other types of compliance requirements. Private organizations not currently required...

Posted to policyIQ Blog (Weblog) by chrisburd on 07-06-2010
Lessons Learned in Model Audit Rule training apply to any compliance initiatives!

A huge thanks to everyone who joined us last week for our training session on how to use policyIQ to implement an effective and efficient Model Audit Rule (MAR) compliance program! Co-presented by Jenny Hergenrother, the Internal Control Senior Analyst at USAble Life , this session was aimed at insurance...

Posted to policyIQ Blog (Weblog) by chrisburd on 06-28-2010
Governance, Risk and Compliance: We have an app for that.

Over the past few years, we've all been hearing a lot about "GRC", or "Governance, Risk and Compliance". Products are marketed as GRC Solutions and organizations are advised to implement strong GRC programs. GRC seems to be all the rage lately. But what is GRC? What is GRC? First...

Posted to policyIQ Blog (Weblog) by chrisburd on 05-03-2010
Advanced Search: Value for users at all levels in all organizations

Advanced Search is a scaled down version of the Reports module that is available in every module of policyIQ. In version 6.6, we made improvements that allow any Standard or Advanced User to save Advanced Searches in their left navigation for easy access in the future. Wait...don't stop reading....

Posted to policyIQ Blog (Weblog) by chrisburd on 04-12-2010

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