If you were to ask J2’s Director of Internal Audit, Ken Thommen, about the foundational elements of Governance, Risk, and Compliance, he’ll tell you “Accountability and Participation. ” J2 is a leading internet information and services company, and when Ken inherited their on-prem, legacy GRC system, it had been in place for more than a decade. The system was used as a data repository for Internal Audit testing information and to perform risk assessments. Each year J2 performs over 1,000 internal tests and makes over 700 requests to gather data for external auditors. As part of this process, over 80 senior executives receive a sub certifi cation indicating any internal audit deficiencies or r isks that were uncovered within their department, all of which require sign off each

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