Control Freak

We don’t often use this space to toot our own horns, shout about our awesomeness or remind you, our dear readers, that we’re kind of a big deal.

Which is why we’re sure you’ll understand this momentary divergence from tradition as we tell you about something we’re pretty excited about.

As we officially announced last week, Approva has joined the RSA Secured® Partner Program to certify interoperability between Approva One and the RSA Archer™ eGRC Platform from RSA, The Security Division of EMC (NYSE: EMC).

What’s that mean? It means that organizations can use our Approva One CCM suite to automatically monitor and test their controls for core financial applications including SAP, Oracle and PeopleSoft – and then (and this is the really cool part) publish that control evidence and associated contextual information in the RSA Archer eGRC Platform.

This means that organizations using RSA Archer™ eGRC Platform will have seriously timely analytics about their financial and operational controls. This interoperability will let RSA Archer™ Compliance Management access rules directly in Approva One, so that the controls can be continuously monitored. If or when an exception arises, that information gets published – along with additional business context – back into the RSA Archer eGRC platform.

This builds what we call a “closed-loop” remediation process – so that controls are tested and potential errors, mistakes, or other exceptions are taken care of all within a single system.

What does that mean in real value terms? Reduced risk and reduced cost of compliance. Talk about your win-win situations.