CIO Public Sector Canada Virtual Summit | June 14, 2022 | 11:00 AM EDT | Virtual Summit - Real-time Online Conversations
Kevin Pashuk
AVP - Digital Transformation & Technology
Sheridan College
Salman Ashraf
CISO
Manitoba Public Insurance
Milad Armeen
Director, Information Technology, Retail
BC Liquor Distribution Branch
Sumon Acharjee
Chief Information Officer
City of Markham
Kevin Pashuk
AVP - Digital Transformation & Technology
Sheridan College
Salman Ashraf
CISO
Manitoba Public Insurance
Milad Armeen
Director, Information Technology, Retail
BC Liquor Distribution Branch
Sumon Acharjee
Chief Information Officer
City of Markham
Jay Badiani
CMO
IBM Canada
Jay Badiani
CMO
IBM Canada
Jesse Jordan
Senior Managing Consultant
Mandiant
Jesse Jordan
Senior Managing Consultant
Mandiant
Dr. James Sayles
GRC Fellow and Professional
IBM
Dr. James Sayles is a strategic GRC consultant for IBM. He’s founded and co-founded several software and services companies relative to governance risk and compliance (GRC) management, cybersecurity, data protection and privacy, artificial intelligence, and regulatory compliance management. Over the last 20 years, he has serviced financial services industries, healthcare, telecom, and state and local government sectors and verticals. James is a 20-year expert in cross-vertical global compliance regulations and has held roles such as Chief Risk and Compliance Officer, Chief GRC Strategist, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), and Chief Audit Executive. He has sat on several corporate boards of directors as an advising member of their audit committees. Before joining IBM he was CEO/Founder of Strategic Governance Advisory Group, Inc. Dr. Sayles was Vice President GRC Strategy for Blueprint Software Systems, CISO for Avaya Corp, CISO for Addison Financials, Vice President, Chief Risk and Compliance Officer for Favored Solutions, Managing Director, Governance and Technology Risk Management Practice for Horn Murdock Cole, Senior Manager for Deloitte, Vice President of Worldwide Security Services at BindView Corporation – which is now Symantec, and Director of Security for the Royal Dutch Shell Group of Companies. In addition to James' professional career, he is a professional speaker, trainer, and thought leader in GRC, Enterprise Risk, Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning, Robotic Process Automation Internal Audit, Cybersecurity, and Regulatory Compliance Management. He holds multiple certifications and writes blogs for many professional outlets and oversight committees. He is married with three children and enjoys hunting, fishing, music, and spending time with family.
Traditional GRC tool providers have long described their solutions as automated, however, when you dig deeper into the workflows and business logic, you suddenly realize those same workflows are manual and require a significant amount of clicking to obtain the desired outcome. Regulations continue to plague companies, an increase in enterprise risks is requiring a massive number of resources to mitigate, and there is an inability to monitor internal controls continuously. Even though the benefits of automation are realized, their taxonomy is still grossly misunderstood. AI-based technologies have valuable applications, ranging from automating regulatory compliance workflows and legal interpretation of requirements; cross-mapping to other regulations; to cybersecurity management in attended and unattended forms.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
This presentation demonstrates the power of artificial intelligence in managing enterprise risks when the models are integrated into the GRC ecosystem. We will shed some intelligence on where automation works best when managing enterprise risks and mitigating controls to improve compliance outcomes. Additionally, we will focus on the following:
· Process mining to show GRC outliers;
· Automating workflows and approval packages;
· Continuously monitor enterprise control processes;
· Identify principles on how to utilize Watson to enhance the regulatory change process;
· Automate the risk analysis and predictive behavior processes;
· Automate report generation, metrics reporting, and operational analysis.
Dr. James Sayles
GRC Fellow and Professional
IBM