ActiveERM Blog

Insights and best practices for GRC, ESG, and Enterprise Risk Management.

BCP and BIA: Building a Dynamic Business Continuity Plan That Works

How the Business Impact Analysis drives the BCP: deriving RTO and RPO from business consequence, mapping dependencies across the enterprise, and testing that tells you something.

October 25, 2025

GRC and ESG: How Integrated GRC Drives ESG Success

ESG and GRC are managed in silos by most organisations, yet they share one governance backbone. How ESG software integrates with GRC platforms, and what an integrated model looks like.

October 22, 2025

How to Simplify GRC Processes with a Unified eGRC Platform

Siloed GRC data produces contradictory answers to the same question. A five-step route to one taxonomy, one control library and one evidence store on an eGRC platform.

October 20, 2025

Getting Started with ESG Reporting: Frameworks, Materiality and Scope 1-3

GRI, SASB, TCFD, ISSB, CSRD and the ESRS explained by who they are written for — plus a practical order of work from scope determination through double materiality to an assurable evidence trail.

October 15, 2025

The Biggest Challenges of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) in 2026 — And How to Solve Them

What are the real challenges of enterprise risk management? From risk culture and quantification to regulatory change, AI, and climate risk — we break down the seven biggest ERM challenges organisations face in 2026 and show how to solve each one.

April 15, 2026

ISO 27001 Implementation Guide: Scope, SoA, Evidence and Certification

A step-by-step route to ISO 27001 certification: defining scope, the risk assessment auditors accept, building the Statement of Applicability, and the evidence that makes Stage 2 straightforward.

November 2, 2025

SOC 2 Readiness Checklist: What Auditors Ask For and Why Type II Slips

A practical SOC 2 checklist covering Trust Services Criteria, Type I versus Type II evidence strategy, how auditors sample, and the six reasons observation periods get restarted.

November 5, 2025

ISO 31000 Risk Matrix: 5×5 Best Practices and Risk Register Setup

How to build a 5×5 risk matrix that discriminates: likelihood and impact scales with real numbers, calibration to risk appetite, and the failure modes that quietly make a matrix useless.

November 8, 2025

Business Impact Analysis (BIA) Guide: Critical Processes, RTO, RPO and Dependencies

How to run a BIA that produces usable numbers: analysing impact over time, deriving MTPD, RTO and RPO from business consequence, and mapping dependencies across many BIAs to find the RTOs your infrastructure cannot actually deliver.

November 12, 2025

Internal Audit Management Software: How to Choose and Implement It

What audit management software has to do — risk-based planning, workpapers with review, findings through to verified closure — and how to roll it out without the implementation stalling.

November 15, 2025

GDPR Compliance Checklist for EU and UK: A Practical Guide

A step-by-step GDPR compliance checklist: lawful basis, data mapping, DPIAs, breach notification, and how GRC software keeps you on track.

November 18, 2025

Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM): Tiering, Due Diligence and Exit Plans

Building a TPRM programme: vendor inventory, tiering by criticality, questionnaires that reuse evidence, continuous monitoring, and the concentration and exit questions regulators now ask.

November 20, 2025

Key Risk Indicators (KRIs): How to Define, Monitor, and Act

A practical guide to defining KRIs, setting thresholds, and using them for early warning. Link KRIs to your risk register and dashboards.

November 22, 2025

Policy Management Best Practices: From Draft to Acknowledgment

How to manage policies and procedures: versioning, approval workflows, distribution, and attestation. Stay audit-ready with less effort.

November 25, 2025

Why Small and Mid-Size Teams Choose GRC Software (And How to Start)

You don't need a huge team to benefit from GRC software. See how small and mid-size organizations get audit-ready and save time.

November 28, 2025