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A Defining Moment

Stung by charges that customers never saw risks coming, vendors of governance, risk, and compliance software are rebuilding their image.

January 1, 2009

Like the global economy, the governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) software business has experienced plenty of recent turmoil. Unlike the economy, however, the GRC world is used to it. Almost from the beginning, uniting governance, risk, and compliance into a single entity has been a delicate exercise. It required vendors to offer customers working in different business sectors three related, but not always easily integrated, capabilities. Read more...

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