SAI360 vs. VGS platform

The usage of ROAM, as well as the integration of external programmes through API and import functions, has almost reduced duplication of work. One thing to keep in mind is that your use cases must be very clear. There are a lot of SAI solutions, and their titles don't always correspond to what they actually perform.

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If you are working with payments and you don`t want to store that kind of data to avoid a lot of strict requirements and headaches with tight processes, strict security, encryption and everything else you can leverage VGS platform to greatly reduce the work needed to enable payments in your system. They also provide tokenization for some other kinds of data but we currently do not use them. VGS platform also provides a product for compliance and controls (VGS Control) which helps you get ready and maintain compliance in your organization.

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• Customized unified design platform
• Modules that fit your organization
• Low technology involvement with information department.
• Built on foundational platforms some bidirectional in the ERM framework with TPRM contracts
• Single sign-on web-based applications

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• Tokenization of credit card data
• Tokenization of some PII data
• Accelerates compliances certifications

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• Internal Quality Check. I think this is the most prominent area BWise should improve on. Currently they lack internal Quality Check/Review.
• Internal dialogue among employees. When various consultants are involved in the same project, their communication and updating each-other could be a bit stronger.
• Inclusion of content. The application could benefit considerably from including some out-of-the-box content (e.g. COSO principles, Risk catalogs, etc.).
• Risk Workshop functionality. This is one of the main functionalities that allows integration among different areas of an organization. However, it comes pretty much "take it or leave it"; it's almost not customizable.
• Consultants' transparency. When an organization requests a particular design of the application or solicits changes to such design, it would be great if BWise consultants could always and more thoroughly advise on the implications of these changes, design to the organization's strategic objectives and ultimate target.
• Product features. Application has room for improving its programming, e.g. providing internal checks when creating/answering an issue/finding (for instance, remedy implementation date cannot be before the recommendation response date or the recommendation creation date). Another example would be the possibility of automatic periodic followup (e.g. every 1 month until completion).

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• Infrastructure as Code
• Alerting
• Debugging

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BWIse is very flexible, and an affordable GRC tool.

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Overall it is a very versatile system that does help to keep our processes automated and secure. We are able to streamline our day to day activities.

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BWise support is knowledgeable and responsive. Bug fixes and development are also timely and ongoing.

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The support is pretty decent, sometimes take a little bit o time to solve things (not critical things) but that is part of the ticketing/email async communication so its fine. All the times I had to contact support a got my issue solved and a lot of attention from the support team to help solving the issue.

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The main issues were managing the internal conflicts and competing objectives, rather than the capability and implementation of BWise itself.

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Wasn't personally involved in the vendor selection process. I am aware that one of the main drivers for selecting BWise was cost (I believe BWise total project cost was several times lower than MetricStream's).

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We evaluated Drata as an alternative for VGS Control, but VGS platform control integrates a lot of controls around VGS itself and also with Cloud Infra that we use, which makes the process faster. Also keeping everything with the same vendor makes things easier to manage.

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• The system is costly for the initial setup
• Does help to mitigate risk and keep the vendors and internal departments from becoming non-compliant.
• One license for all users
• Easy to manage employee's security access

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• Increased sales and revenue (enabled digital payments)
• Enabled PCI compliance
• Increased security

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