Risk leaders discuss effective ways to manage risks

BOSTON, February 27, 2012 – Deloitte & Touche LLP risk management practitioners will be featured speakers at a Webinar hosted by MEGA, noted leader in governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) solutions, to discuss what risk executives need to know today.

Grant Harris and Brian Fuller will speak to business executives, risk professionals, GRC project managers, business analysts, process professionals and others on A Day in the Life of a Risk Management Professional. Patrick Wells, director of business development, MEGA, will moderate the discussion.

Registration for the Webinar on Thursday, March 8 at 1 pm EST is at http://www.mega.com/en/c/event/p/webinar/a/event-webinar0131.

Harris, a manager who specializes in IT risk management services, has been working on IT and operational risk management activities for more than 12 years. His experience crosses industry sectors to implement RCSA processes and applications to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of risk and compliance operations. Harris is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional and a Certified Ethical Hacker.

Fuller, a senior manager, supports Deloitte's security and privacy services group, with a special focus on healthcare, life sciences, and state and local government.  He has been managing technology, risk management, and enterprise security initiatives for more than 13 years.

Attendees will learn:

• How risk executives can control risks and regulations relevant to their line of business
• How to create a workday routine that reinforces executive strategy and produces tangible results
• How to enforce the “test once, assess once, satisfy many” framework used by Deloitte’s risk and security teams

The MEGA Suite provides GRC solutions that help companies gain control over their operations and maximize business performance within acceptable risk levels. It is used by leading companies to strengthen risk analysis, coordinate GRC processes, and establish a corporate governance approach to managing risk.

Many organizations that rely on the MEGA Suite use it to design, test, monitor, and manage GRC information. MEGA is the only company offering comprehensive GRC solutions that has more than 20 years of expertise in business process improvement. This has provided a strong and integrated foundation for highly efficient and effective GRC solutions.

MEGA was recently named a strong performer in The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Governance, Risk, And Compliance Platforms, Q4 2011 and was positioned in the visionaries quadrant of Gartner, Inc.’s Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Governance, Risk and Compliance (EGRC) Platforms, published July 13, 2011.

Chartis Research named MEGA to its 2011 RiskTech 100®, a report listing the top companies worldwide that provide risk technology solutions. This is the 5th year that MEGA was listed in the rankings. In addition, MEGA was named as a leading enterprise solution provider in a second Chartis report in 2011, Operational Risk and GRC Software Solutions.

About Deloitte’s Security & Privacy Services
Deloitte’s security & privacy services helps organizations address pressing and pervasive information and technology risks, such as cyber security, data leakage, identity and access management, data security breaches, operational resilience and system outages, privacy, and application integrity. Deloitte provides industry-tailored solutions, using demonstrated methodologies and tools in a consistent manner, with the goal of enabling ongoing, secure, and reliable operations across the enterprise.