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#RISK Europe insights: moving beyond tick box exercises into true business strategy for GRC
Read more: #RISK Europe insights: moving beyond tick box exercises into true business strategy for GRC#RISK Europe 2025 brought together senior voices from across governance, risk, compliance, data and regulation to the Excel, London. CROs, Heads of Risk, AI governance leads and senior regulators from major organizations including; Barclays, BT Co-Op and the Chartered Insurance. Across their sessions, the message was consistent. Real value comes when governance, risk, and compliance…
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Preview: Michael Rasmussen’s Perspective on CoreStream GRC’s Enterprise Risk Management Solution
Read more: Preview: Michael Rasmussen’s Perspective on CoreStream GRC’s Enterprise Risk Management SolutionCoreStream GRC for Enterprise Risk Management We invited renowned GRC analyst and expert Michael Rasmussen, who coined the term Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC), to conduct an impartial review of our Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) solution. To ensure a comprehensive and unbiased evaluation, Michael spoke directly with several of our enterprise risk users to gather…
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Designing your dream GRC home part 2: connectivity and why corridors need to be planned
Read more: Designing your dream GRC home part 2: connectivity and why corridors need to be plannedBy Head of Client Solution Design, Lionel Matsuya Almost every organization ends up here eventually: they’ve built good GRC point solutions in silos – and now they want to connect them. One of the most common use cases I hear when designing an enterprise client’s GRC solution is this: “We have a number of different…
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Conflict of interest in healthcare: why CoreStream GRC is the trusted go-to solution
Read more: Conflict of interest in healthcare: why CoreStream GRC is the trusted go-to solutionIn healthcare, trust is everything and CoreStream GRC helps protect it. Whether financial, personal or institutional, healthcare providers are expected to demonstrate integrity in every aspect of their operations, from procurement and prescribing decisions to partnerships and research funding. When those standards slip, the impact is serious, patient trust is business critical for healthcare providers.…
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Designing your dream GRC home part 1: the foundations of good GRC design
Read more: Designing your dream GRC home part 1: the foundations of good GRC designBy Head of Client Solution Design, Lionel Matsuya I’ve spent over a decade working in risk and control: first as an advisor at PWC, and now supporting GRC strategy through GRC technology that works for our clients at CoreStream GRC. One thing that’s become clear to me is this: a GRC initiative does not succeed…
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A conversation with our Head of Client Solution Design: how to design your dream GRC home
Read more: A conversation with our Head of Client Solution Design: how to design your dream GRC home“One of the things I like to do is encourage my clients to be in each other’s design sessions… You’re much more likely to build a solution that works for everyone and isn’t six different solutions cobbled together.” – Lionel Matsuya Lionel Matsuya, our Head of Client Solution Design and former PwC consultant, leads CoreStream…
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What value-based GRC really looks like: takeaways from Paul Cadwallader’s UK customer forum presentation
Read more: What value-based GRC really looks like: takeaways from Paul Cadwallader’s UK customer forum presentationCoreStream GRC’s Paul Cadwallader explains how to drive value and why it starts with connecting your GRC program to what your business cares about. When the GRC Strategy Director at CoreStream GRC, spoke at this year’s UK customer community forum, his focus wasn’t on tools or checklists, it was on value. He challenged the room…
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A real life example: embedding value-based GRC in your business
Read more: A real life example: embedding value-based GRC in your businessWhat every organization can learn from embedding values into their GRC In a recent case study, Desiree Ramirez, Chief Integrity and Privacy Officer, at UNT Health, explains how her company’s values are woven directly into the outcomes of their conflict of interest program, which was underpinned by CoreStream GRC’s technology. Integrity as more than just…
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CoreStream GRC’s Chief Product Officer on building with customers, not for them
Read more: CoreStream GRC’s Chief Product Officer on building with customers, not for themInsights from the CoreStream GRC UK Annual Community Forum How customer collaboration is driving the future of intelligent GRC This past September, we hosted our annual community forum, joined by clients, thought leaders and others across the GRC space The event focused celebrated what we’ve achieved and opened the floor for attendees to explore and…
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A first look: Michael Rasmussen’s expert review of CoreStream GRC’s Third Party Risk Management Solution
Read more: A first look: Michael Rasmussen’s expert review of CoreStream GRC’s Third Party Risk Management SolutionCoreStream GRC for Third Party Risk Management GRC pioneer Michael Rasmussen, widely recognized as the original Forrester analyst who coined the term “GRC”, recently reviewed our third-party risk management (TPRM) solution. As part of his evaluation, he spoke directly with several of our TPRM clients to gather firsthand feedback on their experiences. Based on these…
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CASE STUDY: Enterprise Policy Management
Mastering policy governance in complex enterprises: A CoreStream GRC success story For years, policy governance in many large enterprises has followed the same flawed pattern. Write more policies. Add another review cycle. Build a bigger policy library, and hope that compliance follows. It doesn’t. One global enterprise we worked with learned this the hard way.…
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CASE STUDY: Wickes
Wickes replaces spreadsheets with smarter controls management: CoreStream GRC success story About Wickes Wickes is a leading UK home improvement retailer with more than 230 stores nationwide. The business wants customers to create better homes and spaces and offers trusted products, advice and services for DIY and trade projects alike. Established: 1972 Industry: Retail /Home Improvement Stores: 230+ across the UK Employees: 8,000+ …
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CASE STUDY: Banks
How top banks transformed risk and compliance chaos into control with CoreStream GRC For many banks, risk and compliance do not fail loudly. They fail quietly. On paper, governance looks strong. Frameworks exist. Policies are approved. Controls are documented. But day to day, teams are working around systems that were never designed to keep pace…
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