Forum to tackle governance

Corporate governance issues in the Gulf will be discussed at Ethics Gulf 2009: Ethics, Governance and Corporate Compliance Gulf Summit, states Gulf Daily News.

Ethics Gulf will be held from 27 to 29 April in Dubai. It seeks to examine the extent of fraud and corruption in the Gulf region with a focus on the development of internal governance structures.

The summit will discuss issues such as internal controls, bribery, corruption, compliance and business conduct as well as detecting and preventing fraud and managing investigations, government initiatives and improving transparency to boost partner opportunities with foreign companies.

CrimsonLogic has patented its Optical Document Security (ODS) technology for security and prevention of forging printable documents, says Business Standard.

The company is in early discussions with the Gujarat government given the latter's focus on enhancing its e-governance activities across the state.

CrimsonLogic aims at utilising its ODS technology, which prevents forging of documents, for issuance of documents under several e-governance projects in Gujarat including death certificates, birth certificates and property documents.

Mega, a provider in integrated governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) solutions, will demonstrate its latest risk management offerings at the Risk Insurance and Management Society Conference, being held in Orlando from 19 April, says Business Wire.

The Mega GRC Suite has three modules - GRC Risk, GRC Compliance and Control, and GRC Audit - that are used together and individually by corporations to solve pressing issues in risk identification and control, compliance, and audit.

The solution aims to reduce costs, improve operational performance, and facilitate a global programme of risk management and reporting across the spectrum of stakeholders and users, mostly in the insurance and financial sector.