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GRC for financial firms: Managing risk, vendors and change

GRC for financial firms: Managing risk, vendors and change

Date: Dec 21, 2009

Learn about managing risks, vendors and change in the first part of a two-part interview with financial-services security expert Eric Holmquist.

About the speaker:
Eric Holmquist is President of Holmquist Advisory and former Vice President at Advanta Bank Corp.

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