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Enhance Performance With Automated Controls Monitoring
- Engage process owners and the first line of defense with automated workflows for ongoing evaluation of controls, identifying and remediating issues in a single, centralized platform
- Draw data directly from applications such as SAP, Concur and Salesforce
- Access quick-view dashboards for control status visibility, allowing you to identify what has been monitored and what is operating effectively
- Take photos of evidence during walkthroughs and evaluations using our mobile app
Drive Efficiency Across the Organization
- Build a risk and control library, ensuring all process owners work from a single source of truth to reduce the risk of error and duplication
- Import existing data from sources such as Excel or built-in SOX COSO and SOX ITGC frameworks
- Rationalize low-risk or non-key controls
- Harmonize controls that comply with multiple regulations
- Ensure risks and controls are kept up-to-date by instantly cascading changes to all applicable internal controls
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Remediate & Report Control Deficiencies
- Increase management and investor confidence by delivering the information they need by entity, process, control status or issue with real-time assurance report cards
- Share real-time updates on compliance issues, remediation tasks and certification status on a single, centralized platform
Boost Productivity With Centralized Internal Controls Management
Provide a new level of assurance by centralizing, automating and simplifying control monitoring and workflows.
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