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What are SEMS Auditors Interested in Seeing During a SEMS Audit

February 13, 2014 Sarah Hamilton

The Safety and Environmental Management System (SEMS) program was developed for organizations to meet two core objectives i) Accident & Incident Prevention and ii) Prevention of the release of  hazardous substance in the environm...

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What are SEMS Auditors Interested in Seeing During a SEMS Audit

February 13, 2014 Ed Sattar

The Safety and Environmental Management System (SEMS) program was developed for organizations to meet two core objectives i) Accident & Incident Prevention and ii) Prevention of the release of  hazardous substance in the environm...

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Private Cloud versus Public Cloud

February 12, 2014 ida.longoria

If you’re thinking about moving to the cloud, the choice of private versus public will inevitably come up. However, your choice is going to depend on a number of factors including the infrastructure, security, compliance, cost and s...

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Recognized and Generally Accepted Good Engineering Practices: Closing the GEP

February 5, 2014 Amanda Brightwell

With all of the regulations that companies in specific industries have to comply with, it is no wonder there are so many incidents of non-compliance and fines distributed by regulators. In addition to the written law, there are also b...

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What are some of the best industry conferences to attend?

January 29, 2014 Amanda Brightwell

Throughout history, it has always been important to maintain relationships with people and learn and grow through each other’s mistakes and triumphs. In the GRC space, this is just as important, if not more. With all of the danger a...

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Financial Regulatory Compliance in 2013: The Year That Was – Well, Sort Of

January 27, 2014 Vladimir Berezansky

No matter how many years – decades, now! – I’ve lived in Russia, clearing Customs (passport control) for me, as a foreigner, is at best a destabilizing experience.  Russians are not a howdee-big-smile sort of people to begin wi...

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