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Designing your dream GRC home part 6: growth & adaptability that last
Read more: Designing your dream GRC home part 6: growth & adaptability that lastBy Head of Client Solution Design, Lionel Matsuya Over the years advising organizations on risk and control design, I have seen a consistent pattern. GRC frameworks and solutions are implemented thoughtfully and with real commitment. For a time, they work well: reporting is clear, ownership is understood, and assurance has structure. Then the organization changes, and the GRC platform can’t keep up. Growth introduces…
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How ISO 31000 makes your business faster, more confident, and more competitive
Read more: How ISO 31000 makes your business faster, more confident, and more competitive“ISO 31000 is an international standard that provides principles and guidelines for risk management. It outlines a comprehensive approach to identifying, analyzing, evaluating, treating, monitoring and communicating risks across an organization. “ International Standard on Governance of Organizations (ISO) ISO frames risk as the “effect of uncertainty on objectives.” That is a big shift from the traditional approach of asking “what…
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Designing your dream GRC home part 5: how thoughtful experience turns good design into real adoption
Read more: Designing your dream GRC home part 5: how thoughtful experience turns good design into real adoptionBy Head of Client Solution Design, Lionel Matsuya So far in this series, I’ve talked about foundations, connectivity, security, and wiring. These are the things that tend to dominate conversations about GRC platforms: scope, features, controls, automation, and capability. But there’s another layer that quietly determines whether any of that effort delivers value: that layer…
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Designing your dream GRC home part 4: wiring the house – making automation helpful, not burdensome
Read more: Designing your dream GRC home part 4: wiring the house – making automation helpful, not burdensomeBy Head of Client Solution Design, Lionel Matsuya If foundations set the purpose, and corridors shape the flow, wiring determines whether a house actually works in day-to-day life. And just as modern homes are filled with smart devices, sensors and integrations, today’s GRC environments are increasingly wired with automation, clever logic and AI. Here’s the central idea upfront: Automation in GRC technology isn’t about throwing in every…
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A practical step‑by‑step guide to the Third‑Party Risk Management lifecycle
Read more: A practical step‑by‑step guide to the Third‑Party Risk Management lifecycleThird parties keep modern businesses running. Vendors host systems, process data, deliver critical services, and sit inside day-to-day operations. That reality creates two truths at once: The problem is not that teams do not understand the risk. The problem is that a lot of third-party risk management (TPRM) programs were built for a simpler world.…
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Designing your dream GRC home part 3: security and access
Read more: Designing your dream GRC home part 3: security and accessBy Head of Client Solution Design, Lionel Matsuya In the first two articles of this series, I explored 2 foundational aspects of Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) solution design: understanding organizational needs and stakeholder expectations, and designing effective connectivity between risk, control and assurance functions. In this 3rd blog, I focus on security and access: not in the narrow sense of cyber or technical controls, but as a core…
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From compliance to confidence: a practical guide to a proactive always on data privacy program
Read more: From compliance to confidence: a practical guide to a proactive always on data privacy programMost large organizations say they have privacy covered. And on paper, they do. In practice, privacy often lives as disconnected work: documents, templates, and one-off reviews that prove something happened once, not a system that controls what happens next. That gap matters because privacy risk is created by change. A new analytics use case. A…
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Beyond the checkbox: A value‑based guide to enterprise conflict of interest management
Read more: Beyond the checkbox: A value‑based guide to enterprise conflict of interest managementThe conflict-of-interest wake-up call Most organizations do have a conflict of interest (COI) policy. What they actually have, in practice, is this: Legacy GRC will tell you that’s “good coverage.” It isn’t. It’s paperwork. Conflicts of interest rarely blow up because they were hidden. They blow up because they were normalized, misunderstood, or never escalated until after a decision was made and challenged. If you’re trying to run effective value-based…
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What a Head of Controls looks for in a GRC platform: A real-life case study and the common mistakes to avoid
Read more: What a Head of Controls looks for in a GRC platform: A real-life case study and the common mistakes to avoidAt CoreStream GRC, we recently wrapped up a successful GRC implementation with Wickes, and it highlighted something we see time and again. The difference between a smooth GRC rollout and a painful one is rarely about features alone. It usually comes down to a handful of early decisions. Small choices that either remove friction or…
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Stop playing defense: The comprehensive guide to enterprise risk management for value-based GRC leaders
Read more: Stop playing defense: The comprehensive guide to enterprise risk management for value-based GRC leadersThe enterprise risk management wake-up call Enterprise risk management (ERM) has been talked about for years. Yet, in practice, many programs still amount to little more than documentation and reporting. While, they may look reassuring on paper, they are rarely tested when it matters. In our conversation with our expert community, we have seen that…
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GUIDE : Value-based compliance culture
Practical guide to implementing value-based compliance for cultural change This is a practical guide to implementing value-based compliance for real cultural change. Not the “annual training and hope for the best” version. The kind where people make the right call when no one is watching, and you can prove it without a spreadsheet scavenger hunt.…
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CASE STUDY: UNT Health
Conflict, clarity, and courageous integrity: How UNT Health streamlined compliance with CoreStream GRC About UNT Health The University of North Texas Health Science Center (UNT Health) formerly known as HSC, is a dynamic academic health center with a 50-year legacy. With 6 schools, including the newly added College of Nursing, and 4 research institutes focused…
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GUIDE: COI sample questions
Conflict of Interest: sample questions to start the conversation Sample prompts from CoreStream GRC to support transparent, ethical governance. Disclaimer: This guide provides sample questions and considerations for discussion only. It is not an exhaustive list and should not be used as a compliance form. Always tailor your conflict of interest process to your organization’s…
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