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Catch 22 – eDiscovery & Spreadsheets: How Much Control Do You Need?

Published November 23, 2009 Events Leave a Comment

What: Special Webinar

Duration: 1 hour

Session Overview
A significant amount of today’s corporate data is stored in end-user computing (EUC) applications including spreadsheets and PC databases. These applications are used in many mission-critical business processes – financial reporting, closing the books, revenue recognition, journal entries, equity and commodity trading, insurance and actuarial processes, scientific analysis, and more. Despite their power, speed and flexibility, EUCs often lack the proper safeguards and controls needed to prevent gross accounting errors, avoid poor decisions, prevent fraud, and protect against non-compliance with corporate and regulatory mandates. Furthermore, organizations often fail to properly inventory and account for them in preparing for litigation and legal discovery.

Join Prodiance and Microsoft GRC expert Jeff Jinnett for this exciting online event to learn the key issues surrounding spreadsheet and EUC risk, and how to leverage the latest technology and best practices to establish a sustainable EDRM model to efficiently mitigate risk, improve compliance, and gain business process efficiency.

Join the Prodiance Professional Network on LinkedIn

Published November 13, 2009 Best Practices , Breaking News , Events Leave a Comment
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Prodiance_LinkedIn_GroupProdiance has launched a new LinkedIn Group called the Prodiance Professional Network. The purpose of this group is to connect former and present Prodiance Enterprise Spreadsheet Management users, administrators and employees, allowing them to expand their professional development, exchange ideas, network and continue to be a part of the Prodiance community. The new group also provides news and updates from the company’s web site along with RSS feeds, recent blog posts, articles, upcoming events, job listings and Twitter feeds.

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New Webinar: Spreadsheets & Enterprise Risk, What Every CXO Needs to Know

Published October 1, 2009 Analyst Research , Events Leave a Comment
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 Webinar: Spreadsheets & Enterprise Risk

This new webinar features GRC expert Michael Rasmussen, president and Corporate Integrity LLC and Eric Perry, vice president of marketing at Prodiance.

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Session Overview
A significant amount of today’s corporate data is stored in end-user computing (EUC) applications including spreadsheets and pc databases. These applications are used in many mission critical business processes – financial reporting, closing the books, revenue recognition, journal entries, equity and commodity trading, insurance and actuarial processes, scientific analysis, and more. Despite their power, speed and flexibility, EUCs often lack the proper safeguards and controls needed to prevent gross accounting errors, avoid poor decisions, prevent fraud, and protect against non-compliance with corporate and regulatory mandates.

Join Prodiance and GRC expert Michael Rasmussen for this online event to learn about what every CXO should know about spreadsheet and EUC risk, and how the latest technology and best practices can help organizations effectively mitigate risk, while improving productivity.

The agenda includes:

  • The latest industry trends, business drivers and regulatory mandates affecting spreadsheet and EUC risk
  • Best practices and auditor guidance for automating internal controls over mission critical EUCs
  • A demonstration of the Prodiance Enterprise Spreadsheet Manager system
  • A review of the business case and benefits

Who should attend: CFOs, controllers, CIOs, COOs, CEOs, VP IT Security & Risk, auditors, risk and compliance executives.

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Executive Forums: Financial End-User Computing Risks & Controls

Published August 27, 2009 Events Leave a Comment
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Executive Forums - September 16 & 18, 2009

When:

  • September 16, 2009 (Philadelphia, PA)
  • September 18, 2009 (Washinton D.C.)

End-user computing risks and controls are key components in sustaining compliance under Bill 198, Sarbanes-Oxley, and the Model Audit Rule for private insurers. Please join Prodiance and Jefferson Wells for an interactive presentation and discussion on spreadsheet compliance and the issues surrounding end user computing risks and controls.

Event Details:

  • 7:30 am – 8:00 am: Registration & Breakfast
  • 8:00 am – 11:00 am: Executive Forum, Discussion & Demonstration

CPE Credit: 3 hours

Who should attend: CFO’s, Controllers, Compliance Officers, Internal Audit and Risk & Control Directors and Managers who have the responsibility for ensuring their organizations are complying with this key Bill 198 and Sarbanes-Oxley component.

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For questions concerning these events, please contact Jennifer Lanigan at Jefferson Wells at (215) 399-2074.

Webinar: Spreadsheets & Fraud – An Emerging Enterprise Risk

Published July 17, 2009 Events 1 Comment
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When: Thursday, July 30th, 2009
(10:00 am CDT / 11:00 am EDT / 4:00 pm BST)

Where: Microsoft Live Meeting

Duration: 60 minutes

Cost: Complimentary

Event Description:
In the current economic environment, greed, lack of oversight, and lack of transparency have left an open door in many organizations for non-compliance, gross accounting errors, and even fraud. A significant amount of today’s corporate data is stored in end-user computing (EUC) applications including critical spreadsheets and databases. These media often lack the proper safeguards and controls needed to prevent fraud and spreadsheet errors. As a result, undocumented transactions can be hidden in invisible cells or hidden worksheets, and unauthorized changes can be made without detection, and data integrity can be compromized – creating unacceptable risk and exposure for organizations.

Join Prodiance and Jefferson Wells for this online event to learn about common spreadsheet fraud scenarios and how the latest technology and best practices can help organizations improve transparency and effectively mitigate fraud-related risk.

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EuSpRIG to Host 2009 Conference on Spreadsheet Risk in Paris

Published June 22, 2009 Events Leave a Comment
European Spreadsheet Risks Interest Group

European Spreadsheet Risks Interest Group

This week the European Spreadsheet Risks Interest Group (EuSpRIG) announced it will hold its annual conference entitled The Role of Spreadsheets in Organisational Excellence”on July 2-3, 2009 at the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan, Paris, France.

This event attracts spreadsheet researchers, practitioners, trainers, vendors, consultants and auditors and boasts on best practices for spreadsheet development and risk management.

Read the full story here.

Spreadsheets & the NAIC Model Audit Rule – Are You Ready?

Published May 27, 2009 Auditor Guidance , Events , Regulatory Mandates Leave a Comment
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Starting in 2011 (for the 2010 reporting period), many private insurance firms will have to submit reports to the NAIC to certify their internal control over financial reporting (ICFR). Similar to SOX 404 for public companies, the NAIC Model Audit Rule requires the CEO and CFO to certify the effectiveness of ICFR and disclose any material weaknesses. Although adoption of the Model Audit Rule will be on a state by state basis, one of the key areas of auditor scrutiny under SOX 404 has been over the effectiveness of Spreadsheet and End-user Computing (EUC) Controls.

Leading audit firms recommend that companies take a proactive approach to Spreadsheet & EUC Controls in preparing for the NAIC Model Audit Rule, and there are several resources available from Deloitte and Protiviti on the subject.

On the technology side, Prodiance recently hosted an online seminar on this topic entitled “Spreadsheets and the NAIC Model Audit Rule” and published a complementary white paper:

Both the online seminar and white paper promote an automated approach using spreadsheet and EUC control software to help sustain compliance with NAIC Model Audit Rule mandates.

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Spreadsheets & FDA Compliance

Published April 23, 2009 Events , Regulatory Mandates Leave a Comment

Dr. Ludwig Huber

May 30, 2009 (11 am PDT, 1 pm CDT, 2 pm EDT)

Join Prodiance and compliance and validation expert Dr. Ludwig Huber for this exclusive online event to learn about the key risk and compliance issues for spreadsheets in the pharmaceutical lab environment, and how the latest technology can help organizations improve compliance with FDA mandates for 21 CFR Part 11 and EU Annex 11 while mitigating operational risk and driving productivity gains.

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Spreadsheet Chaos: The Impact of the Federal Bailout and Other Developments

Published April 1, 2009 Events Leave a Comment
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Join executives from Microsoft Financial Services and and Prodiance on Tuesday, April 14th, 2009 for this exclusive online event to learn about the key risk and compliance issues for critical spreadsheets and EUCs, recent developments in the federal bailout, and how the latest technology and best practices can help organizations effectively mitigate operational risk while improving oversight and transparency.

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Fraud Prevention & Detection for Mission Critical Spreadsheets

Published March 25, 2009 Events 2 Comments
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Thursday, March 26th, 2009 (10:30 am CT / 12:30 pm ET) –  Join Prodiance and Jefferson Wells for this “must-see” online event to learn about common spreadsheet fraud scenarios and how technology and best practices can help effectively mitigate risk due to fraud while improving oversight and transparency. Click here to register for the event.

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