About
BarnOwl

Our Story

BarnOwl is a fully integrated governance, risk management, compliance and audit software solution supporting best practice frameworks such as COSO, ISO31000, GACP, IPPF, KING IV and the National Treasury Framework. BarnOwl is an established GRC solution (20 year track record) used by over 150 organisations with over 20,000 users.

Why the name BarnOwl? Just as a Barn Owl is known for its exceptional hunting skills, using its keen vision and acute hearing to catch rats and mice, BarnOwl GRC serves as a powerful tool for monitoring and managing risks within your business environment. BarnOwl GRC acts as a virtual “owl” that helps you identify and address potential threats, internal control weaknesses, and other compliance violations which could harm your organisation. Moreover, just as a Barn Owl’s nocturnal nature allows it to operate when other creatures are less active, BarnOwl GRC can continuously monitor your business, even when human oversight may be limited, by leveraging automation, data analytics, and reporting capabilities to provide real-time insights and alerts, enabling you to address risks promptly and make informed decisions. By doing so, it protects your business from potential financial, legal, or reputational harm.

BarnOwl is developed, implemented and supported by IDI Technology Solutions (Pty) Limited (IDI). IDI is a well-established, Level 2 BEE (Black Economic Development) software development company based in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Development of BarnOwl started in 2001 as a joint venture between Deloitte South Africa, Nedbank and IDI, making BarnOwl one of the earliest software solutions on the market to take advantage of the emerging trend of risk and control based auditing.

BarnOwl was designed from inception to incorporate leading enterprise risk management, compliance and audit thinking whilst retaining sufficient flexibility to allow organisations to adopt their own methodologies.

In 2005 IDI acquired 100% of the rights to BarnOwl from Deloitte South Africa.

The highly experienced BarnOwl team continue to be thought leaders in governance, enterprise risk management, compliance (GRC) and audit software and maintain a close relationship with clients, professional bodies, risk advisory and audit practices to ensure that the BarnOwl software is enhanced to support current best practice and remains aligned to the latest industry standards.

Our services

BarnOwl provides a turn-key implementation service that encompasses Project Management, Business Discovery, Software Installation, Software Configuration, Importing Legacy Data and Training.

BarnOwl offers ongoing product support to answer any of your queries around how to use the software or to resolve any technical issues you may have. We operate a support desk where your issues are logged and tracked through to completion. In addition, training for new staff or refresher training can be arranged.