As you undertake risk and compliance training,
you will be taught one feature that is more important than ever in a risk and
compliance management solution. For instance, it is said that a solution that
cannot be rapidly implemented is not worth implementing at all. New risks and
regulations in the banking and financial services world come up at an alarming
pace. Any solution that addresses them should lend itself to rapid
implementation. A traditional, silo-based approach does not provide this
feature. A solution built to handle operational risk or financial risk might
manage that particular set of risk reasonably well but bringing a new risk into
equation requires substantial re-working of the underlying software. Also, a
financial risk management solution cannot adapt very easily to managing supply
chain risk or manufacturing risk because the algorithms have been configured to
analyse only that risk.An integrated solution would provide rich compliance and
risk management functionality out-of-the-box. Moreover, the functionality would
include core services such as security, integration, workflow, reporting, etc.
along with the tools needed to rapidly implement the solution to exactly meet
customer requirements.A combination of feature rich solution modules, robust
infrastructure and tools, and a knowledgeable implementation team would ensure
successful and rapid project execution by employing industry best practices. It
reduces implementation time, minimizes risk, and ensures that the solution is
configured to meet the customer’s needs.
Similarly, you would also learn about
easy maintenance of IT issues. Managing several standalone systems within the
enterprise requires a separate maintenance team consisting of managerial and IT
resources. There need to be system administrators and business managers for
each separate solution. Additionally, the maintenance downtime and cost is
multiplied with different risk and compliance management systems. The
maintenance of the SOx compliance solution requires downtime that is distinct
from the downtime for the legal compliance solution or the operational risk
solution. When all these downtimes are added up, it leads to a significant loss
in productivity across the enterprise.In contrast, adopting a holistic approach
to risk and compliance management requires minimal system administration
overhead during runtime as well as when updates and upgrades are implemented.