3 June 2022
Did You Know? How easy it is to use the basics of BarnOwl and get immediate value out of the system? (1) capture information into …
7 April 2022
Did You Know? The BarnOwl GRC (Governance, Risk and Compliance) and Audit software solution integrated with Arbutus data analytics can greatly assist any audit function …
31 January 2022
Did You Know? BarnOwl version 10.5.1 has been released. Being a local product, we pride ourselves in listening to our clients and being able to …
22 November 2021
Did you know ? BarnOwl GRC is fully integrated with Arbutus data analytics giving you the ultimate in real-time risk management and continuous monitoring. Continuous …
8 October 2021
Did you know ? BarnOwl takes the administrative burden out of compliance and enables you to identify compliance gaps, monitor and report on the progress …
20 August 2021
Did you know ? BarnOwl makes it possible to send out risk and control self-assessments (RCSAs) to all risk and control owners across your organisation …
2 June 2021
Did you know ? There are various ways in which BarnOwl can be used to capture and report on combined assurance. This article will show …
14 April 2021
Did You Know? You can customise the BarnOwl Compliance Module for your Internal Policy or Procedure content. This article will show you how to configure …
24 February 2021
Did You Know? BarnOwl Lite enables an organisation to embed risk management throughout its organisation effectively and non-intrusively. The BarnOwl Lite module is designed for …
4 December 2020
Did You Know? You can easily access the BarnOwl Internal Audit dashboard report from within a project? From version 10.3.5 onwards, you no longer need …
27 October 2020
Did You Know? You can easily access the BarnOwl Help Manual to find out how to carry out a certain task or procedure at your …
18 August 2020
Did You Know? You can configure BarnOwl to identify and report on any Covid related risks / and or contributing factors. Similar logic applies to …
30 June 2020
Did You Know? BarnOwl ‘Eclipse’ is the web-based version of the BarnOwl risk management module. It is platform independent and can operate in most browsers. …
19 May 2020
Did You Know? You can now attend BarnOwl Training from the comfort of your home or office space! Generic and Client Based Training is now …
27 February 2020
What is the benefit of an Upgrade? BarnOwl is constantly striving to enhance and improve our product. Each time a new version of BarnOwl is …
22 November 2019
Did you know? From BarnOwl version 10, you have access to maintain the libraries for the following objects (items): Objectives Risks Contributing Factors Controls Key …
21 October 2019
Did you know? BarnOwl supports the ability to prepare, review and sign off work within an audit project. The preparer and reviewer may not be …
2 September 2019
Did you know? You can use the BarnOwl Offline Synchronisation feature to take online data offline, continue working and then synchronise back online. Offline synchronisation …
26 July 2019
Did you know? Many BarnOwl audit clients are not aware of the value that the ‘Project Registers’ can provide especially when configured with favourite views. …
3 June 2019
Did you know? You can differentiate between item-specific information and unit/process/template information in the following item capture forms: Objective Risk Contributing Factor Control This means …
24 April 2019
Did you know? Many organisations, especially in the public sector, are required to view and report on what their risk universe looked like at the …
27 February 2019
Did you know? From BarnOwl version 9, the Risk form has been updated to include a range of new functionality, as well as making existing …
23 January 2019
Did you know? BarnOwl enables you to rate your risk in two ways: Qualitatively – by using a risk rating matrix based on impact rating …
5 December 2018
Did you know? You can differentiate between item-specific information and unit/process/template information in the following item capture forms: Objective Risk Contributing Factor Control This means …
1 November 2018
Introduction BarnOwl has a very powerful voting function, which enables you to configure and distribute surveys, questionnaires and Risk and Control Self-Assessments (RCSAs). RCSAs ensure …
5 October 2018
Did you know? You can capture control ratings for different assurance providers according to level of defence in BarnOwl Risk Management. Before you start, you …
31 August 2018
Did you know? You can create a follow-up Audit project in BarnOwl, based on a previously completed Audit project. After you complete an Audit project, …
24 July 2018
Did you know? BarnOwl has created an Updater tool, which enables you to quickly and easily upgrade your version of BarnOwl to the latest version. …
28 June 2018
Did you know? Most organisations have the requirement to start afresh or at least monitor their risk registers from one year to the next. However, …
4 June 2018
Did you know? BarnOwl provides several ways for you to get assistance. An online help is available on our website, and you can also access …
8 May 2018
Did you know? In the new version of BarnOwl, version 8.6, you can capture and link new items at the same time. In this example, …
5 April 2018
Did you know? You can differentiate between item-specific information and unit/process/template information in the following item capture forms: Objective Risk Contributing Factor Control This means …
2 March 2018
Did you know? BarnOwl objects all have a History log, which keeps track of changes made to any item by operation type: Capture Edit Delete …
4 December 2017
Did you know? BarnOwl enables you to set Moderation mode for users working in BarnOwl Lite. Users make changes as usual, but when the Moderation …
27 September 2017
Did you know? In the BarnOwl Dashboard reports, you can save a layout and then share it with other users. This means that you don’t …
1 August 2017
Tip of the Month – Quantifying Risk Appetite Did you know? You can quantify your organisation’s risk exposure for each unit including the aggregated risk …
3 July 2017
Did you know? BarnOwl has introduced a new form for selecting users. The aim of this is to make searching easier and much faster especially …
30 May 2017
Did you know? BarnOwl enables you to set up data periods, which can be used to view changes to your risk profile over a specified …
3 May 2017
Did you know? You can set up recurring votes, surveys and questionnaires in the Template tree, and then apply them once to the relevant unit(s). …
27 March 2017
Did you know? BarnOwl enables you to create custom ‘incident’ registers, which can be used to record and monitor many different activities in your organisation. …
20 February 2017
Did you know? You can customise the BarnOwl registers to display only the information you wish to see. You can save this view as …
28 November 2016
Did you know? BarnOwl has enhanced the Select Unit and Select Process forms to make it easier to find units and processes for selection. The …
24 October 2016
Did you know? In addition to standard and global registers, you can open a flat register in BarnOwl. A flat register displays information about a selected …
28 September 2016
Did you know? Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Key Risk Indicators (KRIs) can be used to drive accountability and ownership in Risk Management. A key …
25 July 2016
Tip of the Month – Maximising Screens in BarnOwl. Did you know? In the latest version of BarnOwl, you can maximise certain Capture/Edit screens as …
28 June 2016
Tip of the Month – Closing Unused Register tabs to Speed up Performance Did you know? You can speed up BarnOwl’s performance by closing unused …
30 May 2016
Did you know? You can set up recurring votes, surveys and questionnaires in the Template tree, and then apply them once to the relevant unit(s). …
26 April 2016
Did you know? In BarnOwl version 8, all BarnOwl Capture and Edit screens open automatically in Edit mode. This means that when you open a …
29 March 2016
Did you know? In BarnOwl version 8, a Save and Close button was introduced to all BarnOwl Data forms. When you click the Save and …
25 February 2016
Did you know? BarnOwl enables you to wrap the text displayed in the Register grids. If a field contains more than one line of text, …
22 January 2016
Did you know? You can sort any of the grids in BarnOwl using multiple columns. To do this: 1. Open a Register (or any …
10 November 2015
Did you know? BarnOwl can be configured to send periodic, scheduled e-mail reminders to control owners. Control Self Assessments can be set up to be …
2 October 2015
Did you know? BarnOwl has built in scorecard reports, which enable you to view an average score of a selected unit or process by risk …
3 September 2015
Did you know? BarnOwl has an online Help which you can use to quickly find assistance. BarnOwl F1 Help In the BarnOwl modules, press the …
4 August 2015
Did you know? You can save reports that you use frequently to the “My Favourite Reports” menu. This means that instead of having to search …
