5.28.2008 - 03:06pm ET

(CSRwire) PLAINSBORO, NJ AND PHOENIX, AZ - May 22, 2008 - SAI Global and The Open Compliance & Ethics Group (OCEG) are pleased to announce that SAI Global, a leading provider of governance, risk and compliance (GRC) solutions, has joined the global OCEG community as the newest member of its Technology Council.

"We share OCEG's belief that organizations are challenged by the prospect of integrating governance, risk and compliance business processes," said Andy Wyszkowski, Global Head of Compliance for SAI Global. "As a member of OCEG and its Technology Council, we look forward to leveraging our extensive global experience by participating in the important work of setting standards and outlining processes for GRC performance improvement."

"OCEG is delighted that SAI Global has joined our global Technology Council at this important moment in the development of GRC performance management," said Lane Leskela, OCEG's Vice President of Technology Programs. "We look forward to their unique contributions to our working groups for technology standards and tools. In addition, as a provider of key process framework standards developed in the Australian and New Zealand markets, OCEG members will benefit from SAI Global's perspective on improving GRC capabilities in the enterprise."

SAI Global is a leader in solutions and services in the areas of compliance, regulation, ethics, risk management and corporate governance solutions. It provides newsfeeds and alerts on key compliance and regulatory topics; GRC management systems; an extensive library of learning and awareness solutions delivered largely through the web, and learning solutions supported by a Learning Management System providing both audit and compliance learning management capability.

SAI Global cemented its Australian leadership position in GRC solutions and its emerging role in the US and European markets with its acquisition of 80-20 Software and its flagship product, Leaders4, in March, 2008. Leaders4 delivers one automated tool for integrating the dimensions of a corporation's GRC program, eliminating solution fragmentation, standardizing processes and driving down the cost of governance, risk and compliance programs.

OCEG's Technology Council was formed to address the strategic, operational and technical issues that professionals face when applying information technology (IT) to governance, risk, compliance (GRC) and ethics management and when applying GRC to IT. Participation in the OCEG Technology Council program is available to all OCEG enterprise members from both the end-user and the GRC solution provider communities.

About SAI Global Compliance
SAI Global(www.saiglobal.com/compliance) assists legal, compliance, ethics, risk management, privacy and information security professionals bring focus to and manage risk in their organizations. SAI Global's governance, risk and compliance technology, and advisory and training solutions include risk analysis, program management, award winning and engaging Web-based training programs, newsfeeds, GRC management systems, benchmarking data and global legislative and regulatory databases.

About the Open Compliance & Ethics Group
OCEG is the only nonprofit organization that offers comprehensive guidance, standards, benchmarks and tools for integrating governance, risk and compliance (GRC) processes. With over 13,000 members in more than 40 countries, OCEG's unique structure allows members in our online community to share information about aligning overall company performance with GRC objectives. For more information on how to join OCEG, visit http://www.oceg.org.

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