Enable Your Vision with a Strategic GRC Program and Technology

10/23/19 • 11 min

Transforming Risk into Confidence: A PwC podcast series

In this episode, Jason Plummer joins Bob Clark to discuss GRC programs and technology, their key components, and how they enable an organization's strategic vision and drive sustainable value.
We discuss the following questions:
0:38 - What do we mean by GRC?
1:36 - What are the key components to define your strategic vision enabling you to determine the best GRC technology?
3:30 - How does using a single GRC platform potentially reduce the cost of compliance?
6:57 - How much time and cost savings can be gained by implementing a GRC program
8:40 - What should companies be considering as they start evaluating the value they can derive from a GRC program?
9:59 - Are there ways companies can start small so it does not feel like such a daunting process?
https://www.pwc.com/us/en/services/risk-assurance/podcasts/grc-programs-technology-strategy.html

Previous Episode

How to Build and Integrate Trust, Privacy, Security and Controls into a Workday Implementation

In this episode, Jamie Draper and Gurmeet Sawhney join Bob Clark to discuss some of the opportunities and challenges associated with the transformation journey to Workday and how to build and integrate trust, privacy, security, and controls into a Workday implementation.
We discuss the following questions:
0:50 - What is Workday's journey and the PwC perspective around compliance within Workday?
2:35 - How does the Workday architecture impact controls, design and operation?
5:14 - What are some of the other challenges that clients face when they are implementing and using Workday and what solutions are recommended to help them deal with those challenges?
9:55 - What are some other compliance considerations a company should address when implementing Workday?
https://www.pwc.com/us/en/services/risk-assurance/podcasts/workday-security-controls.html

Next Episode

Building a defensible and sustainable privacy program to withstand regulatory and legal scrutiny

In this episode, Carolyn Holcomb joins Kevin O'Connell to discuss how organizations can build a defensible, reasonable and sustainable privacy program to withstand regulatory and legal scrutiny, and communicate that to their internal and external stakeholders.

We discuss the following questions:

0:38 - Why are privacy-related topics so relevant in today's business environment?
2:39 - What are the common themes that organizations need to consider as they interact with personal data?
4:33 - Once the program has been created, how do you enable it and who assists with that process?
7:19 - What are the needs and expectations of both the internal and external stakeholders?
9:54 - How are companies communicating assurance to their stakeholders?
12:50 - What are some key takeaways in developing and sustaining a defensible privacy program?
https://www.pwc.com/us/en/services/risk-assurance/podcasts/defensible-sustainable-privacy-strategy.html