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GRC FrameworksYour risk management framework probably wasn t designed for this question. But the distinction matters more than you think. When a manager uses an AI agent to draft a vendor risk assessment, analyze c
Privacy and SecurityThe Problem: Unchecked AI Agent Permissions Your AI agents might be operating with permissions they shouldn t have, and you probably don t know it yet. Research from Cequence Security and Enterprise M
Regulatory ComplianceThree-quarters of chief ethics and compliance officers plan to invest in cybersecurity and data privacy to strengthen operational resilience, according to KPMG s 2026 survey. That s the right instinct
Regulatory ComplianceThe Challenge In May, Italian authorities faced a critical question: can a well-drafted trust deed protect assets from EU sanctions if those assets are still linked to designated individuals? This was
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Regulatory ComplianceThe Conventional Wisdom Most compliance teams treat Form ADV filings as a simple task. You verify the firm has an active SEC registration number, confirm it appears in the Investment Adviser Public Di
Privacy and SecurityYour vulnerability management program likely tracks hundreds or thousands of CVEs. But are you focusing on the ones attackers are actively exploiting? The CISA s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV)
Issue and Incident ManagementWhen the ATF confirmed that intruders accessed a system containing information about investigation targets, their response revealed something more valuable than the breach itself: they knew exactly wh
Internal AuditCompliance officers are raising questions after the Financial Conduct Authority s latest warning about Know Your Customer (KYC) control gaps at U.K. financial services firms. The FCA s message is clea
Risk Analysis and QuantificationRethinking OT Security Ownership Your security team might seem like the natural choice to protect operational technology. After all, OT systems involve computers and networks, and the CISO s team hand
Privacy and SecurityThe joint FBI-CISA advisory on Gunra ransomware confirms a troubling reality: patching alone won t save you. When ransomware groups exploit authentication bypass vulnerabilities in your perimeter devi
Privacy and SecurityWhen CISA publishes an advisory about vulnerabilities in hospital management systems, many privacy officers simply forward it to IT and move on. That s the problem. The gap between what healthcare org
Privacy and SecurityYour vulnerability scanner just flagged 3,847 issues. Federal agencies have a clear directive on which ones to fix first, and you should adopt their strategy. CISA s Binding Operational Directive 26-0
Risk Analysis and QuantificationThe Conventional Wisdom Your security team says credential theft is an identity and access management challenge. Your auditors ask about multifactor authentication (MFA) rollout. Your board wants to k
Privacy and SecurityWhat Happened The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added CVE-2026-60004, a Gitea code injection vulnerability, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog due to ev
Regulatory ComplianceThe Solicitors Regulation Authority s August 17 warning was clear: law firms are using AI inappropriately, leading to court filings with AI errors and confidential client data leaking into public AI t
Regulatory ComplianceThe Challenge The Justice Department s new fraud division presents a strategic challenge for compliance officers: how do you prepare for enforcement priorities that aren t yet clear? Unlike regulatory
Regulatory ComplianceUnderstanding the EU Cyber Resilience Act Every week, I receive questions about the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA). Product managers wonder if their routers will comply. Security architects ask what se
Risk Analysis and QuantificationWhen CISA and the FBI issued their August 19 advisory about AI-assisted attacks on Siemens S7 Series PLCs, they provided operators with a list of urgent actions. But if you re dealing with legacy indu
Regulatory ComplianceThe SEC s recent enforcement action against Benjamin Tesfaye, who profited $18,668 from insider trading using information from his compliance officer girlfriend, highlights a common misunderstanding a
Privacy and SecurityCISA has updated its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog with three new entries: CVE-2023-49105 (ownCloud improper authentication), CVE-2026-53362 (Linux kernel), and CVE-2026-66384 (JFrog Artifac
