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Managing compliance operations
- December 01, 2016
01 Dec'16
Trump presidency raises questions for regulatory compliance
The future of regulatory compliance is under scrutiny as President-elect Donald Trump's administration continues the transition process. Also in recent GRC news: Hackers demanded ransom after ...
- September 16, 2016
16 Sep'16
Company culture essential to strong ethics and compliance program
Last week, San Francisco-based Wells Fargo bank was fined $185 million because employees opened two million unauthorized bank and credit card accounts. About 5,300 employees associated with this ...
- December 09, 2015
09 Dec'15
New York proposes banking rules to block terrorism funding
The governor of New York has introduced new state banking rules designed to curb money laundering and block terrorism funding. Also in recent GRC news: Most healthcare organizations lack ...
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- November 25, 2015
25 Nov'15
Privacy vs. public safety remains central to encryption debate
In the wake of the horrific attacks in Paris earlier this month, government and intelligence officials pointed a finger at end-to-end encryption (E2EE) and how it enabled attackers to "go dark" -- ...
- November 18, 2015
18 Nov'15
Beyond BYOD: How new tech is driving digital information governance
(This blog post was written by Diane K. Carlisle, executive director of content at ARMA International.) Day by day, effective information governance (IG) is made more urgent and more complicated by ...
- November 12, 2015
12 Nov'15
Fed Chair says regulatory compliance problems persist at large banks
In recent regulatory compliance news, the Federal Reserve Chairwoman testified before a House panel that very large U.S. banks still experience "substantial" GRC management failures; recent ...
- October 29, 2015
29 Oct'15
Goldman Sachs faces $50 million fine to settle document leak case
This week, Goldman Sachs agreed to pay a $50 million fine to settle a case in which a former employee leaked confidential information from the New York Fed. Also in the news: Bristol-Myers Squibb ...
- October 15, 2015
15 Oct'15
What's compliance worth to the business?
In part one of this blog post, we unpack the drivers behind the surge of demand on compliance investments and skilled staff, including new agencies that take a behavior-based approached to ...
- October 15, 2015
15 Oct'15
As regulatory wave swells, boards put new focus on compliance functions
Boards of directors are increasingly seeing the value of regulatory compliance, as the past year has seen a worldwide spike in compliance spending and the hiring of skilled compliance staff, ...
- September 30, 2015
30 Sep'15
Fitbit achieves HIPAA compliance, targets more corporate customers
Wearable fitness tracker company Fitbit recently announced that its devices are now HIPAA-compliant, broadening the types of businesses it aims to work with. Also in recent GRC news: CFOs report ...
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- September 16, 2015
16 Sep'15
Court rules that Dodd-Frank protects internal whistleblowers
The Second U.S. Circuit Court last week decided that whistleblowers who report internally before going to the SEC are covered by Dodd-Frank's anti-retaliation rules. In other recent GRC headlines: ...
- September 02, 2015
02 Sep'15
Apple CEO Tim Cook's email may have violated SEC disclosure rules
Lawyers say Apple CEO Tim Cook may have flouted the Securities and Exchange Commission's fair-disclosure regulation when he sent a CNBC correspondent an email containing company performance ...
- August 27, 2015
27 Aug'15
Information governance key to compliance automation success
(This blog post was written by Diane K. Carlisle, executive director of content at ARMA International.) So, your attempt to manage the governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) program with a series ...
- August 19, 2015
19 Aug'15
SEC greenlights Dodd-Frank pay-ratio rule, backs internal whistleblowers
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced this month that it has approved a contentious pay-ratio rule first introduced by the Dodd-Frank Act five years ago. Also in recent ...
- August 05, 2015
05 Aug'15
DOJ enlists compliance counsel to determine corruption charges
The U.S. Justice Department is in the process of taking on a compliance specialist to help determine whether to prosecute companies charged with foreign bribery. Also in recent GRC news: Mead ...