Broady / Roland SAP GRC For Dummies

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-118-05259-4
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 368 Seiten, E-Book

Governance, risk, and compliance--these three big letters canadd up to one giant headache. But GRC doesn't have to be a boil onyour corporate behind. SAP GRC For Dummies untangles the webof regulations that confronts your company and introduces you tosoftware solutions the not only keep you in compliance, but alsomake your whole enterprise stronger.
This completely practical guide starts with a big-picture lookand GRC and explains how it can help your organization grow. You'llfind out why these regulations were enacted; what you can do toensure compliance; and how compliance can help you prevent fraud,bolster your corporate image, and envision and execute the bestpossible corporate strategy. This all-business handbook will helpyou:
* Understand the impact of Sarbanes-Oxley
* Control access effectively
* Color your company a greener shade of green
* Source or sell goods internationally
* Keep your employees safe and healthy
* Ensure that data is kept secret and private
* Manage information flow in all directions
* Enhance your public image through sustainability reporting
* Use GRC as the basis for a powerful new corporate strategy
Complete with enlightening lists of best practices forsuccessful GRC implementation and conducting global trade, thisbook also puts you in touch with thought leadership Web sightswhere you can deepen your understanding of GRC-based businessstrategies. You can't avoid dealing with GRC, but you can make themost of it with a little help from SAP GRC For Dummies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Broady, Denise Vu

Roland, Holly A.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.
Part I: Governance, Risk, and Compliance Demystified.
Chapter 1: The ABCs of GRC.
Chapter 2: Risky Business: Turning Risks into Opportunities.
Chapter 3: Governance: GRC in Action.
Part II: Diving into GRC.
Chapter 4: How Sarbanes and Oxley Changed Our Lives.
Chapter 5: Fraud, Negligence, and Entropy: What Can Go Wrong andHow to Prevent It.
Chapter 6: Access Control and the Role of Roles.
Chapter 7: Taking Steps toward Better Internal Controls.
Chapter 8: It's a Small World: Effectively Managing GlobalTrade.
Part III: Going Green.
Chapter 9: Making Your Company Environmentally Friendly.
Chapter 10: Keeping Employees Healthy and Safe.
Chapter 11: Making Your Business Processes EnvironmentallyFriendly.
Chapter 12: Making Your Products Environmentally Friendly.
Part IV: Managing the Flow of Information.
Chapter 13: Sustainability and Corporate SocialResponsibility.
Chapter 14: IT GRC.
Chapter 15: Turning On the Lights with GRC and CPM.
Part V: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 16: Top Ten GRC Strategies.
Chapter 17: Ten Best Practices in Global Trade.
Chapter 18: Ten Groups of GRC Thought Leadership Resources.
Glossary.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Denise Vu Broady: Denise is SAP's VP of StrategicApplications. She runs the SAP CFO Center of Excellence, across-solution team responsible for enabling customers to use SAPtechnology and products to transform the Office of the CFO. She hasbusiness development responsibility for the entire CFO portfolio ofsolutions, including Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC);Enterprise Performance Management (EPM); and Spend Optimization.Denise has over 11 years of SAP-related experience. At SAP she hasspecialized in bringing new products to market; Denise played acentral role in the launch of xApps, NetWeaver, Payroll ChangeManagement, GRC and EPM. She came to SAP via the acquisition ofTopTier where she was Product Manager. Earlier in her career,Denise gained hands-on SAP experience as a consultant on multipleR/2 and R/3 technical and functional projects. Denise has a BS inManagement Science and Marketing from Virginia Tech and resides inNew York City.
Holly A. Roland: Holly is the vice president of marketingfor SAP's Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) businessunit. In this role, she is responsible for product strategy andmarketing for SAP's GRC products. Holly created theindustry-leading executive advisory board for GRC, composed ofcustomers, partners, and SAP executives, which facilitatescollaboration among business executives and industry leaders toidentify common GRC challenges, develop GRC best practices, andconceive of supporting technology solutions. Holly was instrumentalin the integration of Virsa Systems and the successful design andexecution of SAP's GRC product launch in 2006. She publishesarticles and serves as an expert speaker for international eventsand forums on GRC topics. Holly has more than 15 years ofexperience in financial accounting and reporting, regulatorycompliance, business analytics, and enterprise software marketingand development. Prior to joining SAP, she led product strategy,marketing, and product management operations at Virsa Systems,Oracle Corporation, Hyperion Solutions, and Movaris. Holly alsoserved as a public accountant for PriceWaterhouseCoopers where sheaudited large public companies and provided business consulting.Holly graduated cum laude from Santa Clara University with aBS in Commerce. She is based in SAP Labs in Palo Alto,California.