Archer Integrated Risk Management Platform vs. AuditBoard

Archer is better suited for an environment that has at least some maturity in its program, whatever that program may be. If an organization does not know stakeholders involved, or the workflow for its own process, or has the technology in place to perform vulnerability scans, then Archer will probably not be much help. If an organization knows these items, but it's all paper based or in Excel spreadsheets, or they are struggling to report on them, or notify an individual when it is their time to take action in a process, then Archer can be a tremendous help.

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AuditBoard is a great platform for our organization because it allows real-time collaboration between the owners and auditors, plus it is very user-friendly. A couple of the features I love are the view that can be tailored by individual users and the dashboard that allows you to easily check the status of different projects.

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• Integration capabilities to multiple enterprise systems
• Control standards and Procedures to address multiple regulatory/authoritative sources, standards and frameworks enabling test once satisfy many requiremnts
• Rapid application development and User friendly tool with configuration capability to customize easily without user requiring programming or coding skills

• Allows line of business managers to review and report SOX control status/changes which automatically update the controls in the related narratives.
• Shows status of work.
• Exports system data to Excel to create many helpful reporting possibilities.
• Organizes audit tasks and information.

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• They release time to time updates, which causes issues in the GUI. However, one has to be careful while installing the update.
• There is no open and free academy to learn more about the tool.
• One cannot stay to a particular product version, they have to move to the next version to keep up with the changes.

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• It would be nice if AuditBoard had more audit templates available for use on Ops Audit.
• More timely updates for all users on their new features and release notes.
• More CPE training and round tables for the users.

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Good tool to get the information communicated, approval workflow, and easy to add new findings/questionnaires. Seems to be compatible with different browsers and little downtime. Only request for improvement is to add an export feature with fewer clicks. Maybe batch export.

Incentivized

Our RSA Archer team is dedicated to finding solutions for our organization. They haven't mentioned any issues with receiving support with deployment or bug fixes, and generally the platform is very dependable. They are always very excited about delivering a version upgrade and presenting any new features that provide more dashboards or chart types.

Incentivized

Microsoft Dynamics is a useful tool with easy integration to toolsets for analytics, and has a remarkable ease of use. The accessibility and discoverability in RSA Archer is more difficult, as sections get densely nested. The search capability in Dynamics is smoother but reliant on complete words being used, whereas RSA Archer searching is full Boolean.

Incentivized

Auditboard is a unique product that is primarily used for audit and internal controls which made it the best alternative. It provides a way to organize a large amount of testing working papers, provides efficient workflow, and can provide dashboards/reporting statistics to enhance internal audit and internal controls. In addition, this product is extremely useful to communicate with clients when sending out PBC requests and communicating control deficiencies

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• We were able to achieve approx 63% gain in operational efficiency.
• Reduce the number of findings and exceptions during an Internal audit to almost zero.
• Get compliance to all client contracts tracked through the tool thus increasing the confidence of clients in our systems and processes.

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• Hard to quantify. It was cheaper than the tool we had and we were able to get rid of standalone tool for surveys. overall, just better user experience for all.

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