From 2009 to 2012, the pace of regulatory reform continued to accelerate at a rate greater than 15% annually, according to some sources. By some estimates, US companies spend more than $1 trillion annually. Yet, even with this level of investment, companies are struggling to keep pace, the true cost of which can be the loss of an entire enterprise. The Governance Portal combines content and policy management with external regulatory feeds, risks and internal controls to provide companies with a rationalised framework for efficiently managing externally and internally driven compliance programmes.

Whether your focus is on a single discipline such as enterprise risk management, regulatory compliance, financial controls, IT or internal audit, or you are seeking to reduce informational silos and create an integrated, holistic governance, risk and compliance (GRC) picture, the Governance Portal can help you. 

The Governance Portal can help you manage one or all of the following GRC initiatives:

Enterprise risk management - Allows companies to execute their business strategies while managing enterprise and operational risks. 

Internal audit - Aligns with the Institute of Internal Auditor's (IIA) International Professional Practices Framework and helps companies accomplish their objectives by bringing a systematic, disciplined approach to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of risk management, control and governance processes.

Compliance management - Enables companies to incorporate compliance with external laws and regulations as well as internally-driven policies into their enterprise risk profile. 

Financial controls - Establishes and sustains effective internal controls over financial reporting in a cost-effective manner. 

Information technology - Supports the alignment of IT strategies with the needs of the businesses while establishing IT-centric risk and compliance processes that allow for effective management of business risks and external regulations.