Rsam's Annual User Conference Brings Together GRC Executives, Practitioners & Analysts

SECAUCUS, NJ--(Marketwired - September 29, 2014) - Rsam, the industry leading provider of Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) solutions, concluded its annual user conference which was held from September 15-17 at the W Hotel in Hoboken, New Jersey. This customer-exclusive event is dedicated to fostering collaboration and knowledge sharing amongst organizations that leverage the Rsam Platform for risk, compliance, and security management. In conjunction to the user conference, Rsam also hosted an invitation only executive roundtable.

Rsam's fifth annual event, held, brought together the Rsam community for an agenda that included customer case studies, panel discussions, industry analyst presentations, and networking. Over the course of the 2.5 days, customer organizations engaged with peers and Rsam executives to collaborate, share best practices, and discuss industry-wide challenges. The event drew in practitioners and executives from leading organizations across financial services, healthcare, government, energy, consumer and retail, and other verticals.

"This year, the level of interaction and excitement about Rsam was quite gratifying, and seeing the creative ways customers are leveraging Rsam to drive value never ceases to amaze me," said Vivek Shivananda, CEO of Rsam. "The wealth of user experience and first-hand feedback from customers combined with Rsam's strong DNA of innovation allows us to execute on our vision and maintain our leadership position in the market."

The presentations from long-term Rsam customers and learning how organizations that are using Rsam in creative ways was incredibly insightful," shared Jayme Antonoplos, Director of Compliance Monitoring and Oversight at Express Scripts, Inc. "This is a very user-driven event that supports and encourages meaningful conversations, discussion, and questions amongst attendees. I look forward to next year's conference as they just keep getting better."

Event Highlights included:

• Insight into the Rsam company direction and product roadmap for the next two years delivered by CEO, Vivek Shivananda.
• Exclusive preview of upcoming new features, including the unveiling of the Rsam's mobile strategy delivered by CTO, Kevin Day.
• Customer case studies offered attendees first-hand accounts of how leading organizations across vertical industries are leveraging Rsam in creative ways to solve risk and compliance needs and deliver business value to their organization.
• Panel discussion on GRC Metrics provided examples of and advice for showing value of GRC by capturing and delivering "Meaningful Metrics" to their senior executives.
• Panel discussion on Vendor Risk Management brought insightful perspectives on how organizations are tackling downstream risks with vendors within different verticals. 

"Much of the discussion in GRC circles is on engagement -- particularly the community that a GRC solution provider creates with and between its customers to share experiences, encourage, provide resources, collaborate, and prepare for the future," commented Michael Rasmussen, Chief Pundit at GRC 20/20. "The Rsam User Conference succeeded in providing that community and enabled me to grow in my understanding of how solutions like Rsam drive and deliver GRC value through greater efficiency, effectiveness, and agility." 

About Rsam
Rsam (www.rsam.com) delivers enterprise-wide solutions for Risk, Compliance and Security Management to leading organizations across financial services, healthcare, government, energy, consumer and retail and other industries. Rsam's platform-based, out-of-the-box solutions for GRC, Security Risk Intelligence, Vendor Risk, and BCP/DR offer businesses the flexibility, performance and reporting necessary to deliver enterprise-wide risk visibility and assurance.