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Riskonnect Acquires Castellan in Company’s 2nd Major Move of 2022
Risk management software provider Riskonnect has made its second major acquisition of the year, adding enterprise resilience software provider Castellan. Terms of the deal were not disclosed; the move marks Riskonnect’s second of 2022, after it acquired Sword GRC...
XM Cyber Acquires Cyber Observer
Cloud security provider XM Cyber has acquired Cyber Observer in a deal that will expand XM Cyber’s platform to include continuous control monitoring and automated compliance validation and standards reporting. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed, but...
Ethisphere Launches The Sphere to Provide On-Demand Ethics and Compliance Benchmark Analysis
Business ethics think-tank Ethisphere has launched a new product that aims to enable ethics and compliance leaders to efficiently benchmark their companies’ practices against those of peers and other firms. The Sphere features data included in Ethisphere’s proprietary “Ethics...
Survey: 1 in 4 U.S. Consumers Affected by ID Theft Last Year
Twenty-five percent of American consumers were impacted by identity theft in 2021, according to a new report from GIACT and Aite-Novarica, keeping pace with record levels of ID theft in 2020. Not only did the survey show that one-quarter...
OneTrust Layoff Announcement Draws Ire, Signals Shift in Capital Markets Sentiment
OneTrust has confirmed it’s laid off 950 employees, or about 25 percent of its workforce, as part of a reorganization despite record quarters and increasing customer demand. Some analysts predict rough times ahead for startups in the security space. ...
Smarsh Names Goodman Next CEO
Digital communications and compliance platform Smarsh has announced a change at the top of its organization, as former Fiserv and American Express executive Kim Crawford Goodman will become the company’s CEO. She succeeds Brian Cramer, who joins Smarsh’s board...
NamaChain, Shufti Pro Join Forces on Digital ID Verification
Identity solutions provider NamaChain and global screening platform Shufti Pro have announced a strategic partnership to enable digital ID verification, the companies said in a news release. NamaChain's KYC/AML solution will run identity verifications using Shufti Pro's global ID...
Shield Releases New Version of Communication Compliance Platform
Shield has announced a new version of its popular communication compliance platform, introducing an electronic compliance discovery tool to address the advanced needs of the world’s biggest banks, according to a news release from the company. Since the pandemic,...
Environmental Compliance Provider Encamp Lands $30M in Series C Funding
Environmental compliance data management provider Encamp announced a $30 million Series C funding round from Drive Capital. Funding was led with full participation from previous investors, including OpenView, High Alpha Capital and Allos Ventures, and follows a year of...
NAVEX Elevates COO to Top Job
NAVEX, a provider of risk and compliance software, has announced changes at the top of its organization. Sean Thompson, who joined the company in September 2021 as its president and COO, becomes president and CEO, succeeding Bob Conlin, who...
OneTrust Launches New Trust Intelligence Platform
Privacy technology software provider OneTrust has launched what it bills as “the world’s first” platform to unify data and controls across privacy, risk, ethics and ESG reporting. The Trust Intelligence Platform uses AI and automation to track compliance with...
Accenture Study: Compliance Pressures Are Increasing, But Most Firms Are Keeping Up
A growing global regulatory focus on consumer privacy and data protection, along with new sustainability measurement and reporting laws, reconfirm the vital role of the chief compliance officer, according to Accenture’s latest global compliance risk study. The seventh edition...
