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Adaptable IT Risk Management Is an Advantage, Not a Burden
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Growing cyber threats, an evolving regulatory environment, intricate data sets across multiple verticals—the complexities of IT risk management require solutions that equip your organization to organize, manage, and monitor risk and security. Designing an active approach that keeps pace with changes in the IT risk landscape requires a holistic strategy that not only looks to mitigate today’s risks, but also provides a scalable approach to addressing future risks.    Ensuring that information technology infrastructures are…
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Enterprise Risk Management: What CROs and CFOs Need to Know
The modern business environment is constantly subject to change, and risk leaders need to bet on the inevitability of the unknown. Situational awareness and anticipation can mean the difference between risk being a tool or a nightmare. In the words of Theodore Roosevelt, “Risk is like fire: If controlled it will help you; if uncontrolled it will rise up and destroy you.” ERM for Executives: Understanding the Interconnectedness of Risk Risk is more than…
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NCUA Dialing in on Cybersecurity for 2021
Cyberattacks against private networks have been increasing and can have a severe impact on credit union supply chains. The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) board recently received a cybersecurity briefing during its monthly meeting, where the Chairman’s Special Advisor for Cybersecurity, Johnny E. Davis Jr., stated that cyberattacks tied to the pandemic continue to be a significant risk for credit unions across the nation. The agency now has the opportunity to revamp examination criteria…
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ESG Disclosures in the Regulatory Spotlight
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During the first quarter of 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has moved toward updating the requirements and enforcement for environmental, social, and governance (ESG) disclosures for public companies. This push is intended to provide investors with more information about corporations’ compliance accuracy when dealing with ESG disclosures. Climate-related issues have become a significant consideration for investors, and the SEC is working on improving existing guidance for organizations to follow when filing ESG…
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The Executive Order on Cybersecurity, Explained
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Recently we have witnessed the Colonial Pipeline cyberattack, a significant Microsoft Exchange Server hack, and the infamous SolarWinds breach severely impact U.S. companies and the country more broadly. Each of these attacks has been a highly sophisticated breach of the United States’ cyberinfrastructure. Each has also served as a serious and sobering reminder of the digital age and dangerous world we live in. Over the years, there has been a consistent stream of headlines on…
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