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Today, Alexandra chats with Declan Hill, an international sports expert for a second time. Declan discusses the recent Brooklyn FIFA trial and what it means for reform. 

How much do you worry about being hacked? How much should you worry? In 2017, cyber-attacks doubled from 2016 levels—and the insider phrase now is “It’s not if, but when, you’ll be attacked.” In fact, organizations are silently and invisibly breached...

With corporate data breaches on the rise, many businesses are rethinking their security strategies and plans for risk management. This piece discusses how these repercussions are causing business leaders to implement more holistic approaches to security that include preventative measures...

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority is under the radar for many organizations. Being fully aware of the violations and their consequences can prevent unneeded issues. 

The new amendment to the Anti-Unfair Competition Law has been first since it was enacted in 1993. The amended AUCL draws on the lessons learned during the past two decades to make some major changes.

Under the GDPR, a significant new change is a requirement for companies to conduct Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) for high-risk processing activities; it is the first regulation to mandate that private sector organizations conduct these assessments. While some companies...

Anti-money laundering measures are heavily weighted toward the financial sector, but most criminals have figured this out, and are turning to alternative—and often highly creative—ways to “legitimize” funds.  How directly an organization is involved in such schemes depends on multiple factors—but...

Like Achilles or Sampson, the power and potential of AI has a weakness, a vulnerability. In the case of financial services that weakness is its opacity. In general, the better the machine learning system, the blacker the box - that...

Given there is no one-size-fits-all solution for risk and a risk management function, how risk is governed varies across industries and organizations. But there are five interrelated principles that underlie effective risk management within organizations in both good times and...

Today, Alexandra is recording on-site in Beijing with Nicola Bonucci, Director for Legal Affairs at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, (OECD).  Nicola discusses the 20-year history of the OECD's Anti-Bribery Convention and his involvement since the 1990's.

To all the “nattering nabobs of negativity” concerning FCPA enforcement, the US Justice Department responded with a resounding message – not only is FCPA enforcement here to stay, but individual violators are on DOJ’s radar screen. In an FCPA enforcement...

The PCAOB inspection process continues to evolve, and it is important that issuers not only prepare for the new areas of emphasis but also continue to focus on areas that the PCAOB emphasized in Staff Inspection Briefs in prior years....