Approva to Host Webcast on ROI Measurement for Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) Programs


HERNDON, VA--(Marketwire - March 24, 2011) - Approva Corporation, the leader in continuous controls monitoring (CCM) and audit automation software, today announced it will host a webcast featuring guest speaker Chris McClean, a Senior Analyst at Forrester Research Inc. The webcast, entitled "Measuring the ROI of Your GRC Programs," will take place on March 29 at 1:00 PM EDT.

As governance, risk and compliance (GRC) programs mature, organizations are increasingly being asked to build business cases that outline the performance impact of GRC programs in addition to cost savings and risk mitigation. In this webcast, Forrester Research Inc. Senior Analyst Chris McClean and Approva Vice President of Product Management Elisabet Hardy will detail the essential elements of cost, benefit, flexibility and risk that help businesses assess and communicate the bottom-line impact of their GRC programs.

In addition, Approva will highlight case studies demonstrating how organizations have calculated the ROI of their risk monitoring initiatives using Approva One, the industry's first complete Continuous Controls Monitoring (CCM) suite.

The webcast will address:

  • How to build a framework to support a GRC business case

  • How to calculate the ROI of existing GRC programs

  • What parameters to use when justifying new GRC initiatives

  • How to present a GRC vision that goes beyond cost reduction & performance improvements

  • Case studies of how organizations measure the ROI risk monitoring

Participants can register for the webcast via this link.  

About Approva Corporation  
Approva® Corporation is the industry-leading provider of continuous controls monitoring software and is the industry standard at Big-4 audit firms. We enable business, finance, IT and audit professionals to identify, manage and prevent business exceptions in order to reduce risk, increase operational efficiency and prevent inappropriate payments. Global companies such as Bayer, DirecTV, Discovery Communications, Honeywell, Pratt & Whitney and T-Mobile rely on Approva to deliver actionable and auditable intelligence of control breakdowns across their business systems, processes and transactions. Approva has certified integrations with Microsoft, IBM and SAP to provide a holistic Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) solution.
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