As states in the U.S. intensify data protection guardrails, efforts escalate at the federal level with new rule proposals, prompt actions, and legal settlements. C-level and data privacy leaders worldwide are actively raising the bar with effective data governance to keep their firms risk-free and compliant with data protection and privacy laws. iTech GRC’s IBM-certified… Continue reading U.S. Data Protection and Privacy Laws: Federal Updates (Part2)
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Time to Re-evaluate Corporate Actions: Six Corporate Governance Trends in 2024
Corporate governance frameworks are vital for demonstrating a company’s ethical practices and values while balancing stakeholders’ and community interests. 2024 is filled with events that have made corporate entities perpetual targets for ethical and sustainability activism and regulatory scrutiny. As we close the mid-third quarter of the year, it’s time to revise your organization’s strategies… Continue reading Time to Re-evaluate Corporate Actions: Six Corporate Governance Trends in 2024
Four Lessons on Avoiding a GRC Failure
Large corporations, brands, and enterprises have a fair share of reasons to fall behind their governance, risk, and compliance management objectives, resulting in a massive GRC failure. It is common knowledge that getting a hold of GRC needs is complicated, but regulatory bodies and governments quickly slap hefty penalties that can run into billions of… Continue reading Four Lessons on Avoiding a GRC Failure
Rise of Social Engineering: Types of Social Engineering Attacks (Part 2)
After a prelude to the concept of social engineering as an emerging form of cybersecurity attack, let’s explore the different forms your enterprise may likely encounter. First, let’s have a quick look at some stats on social engineering assaults: An average business encounters nearly 700 social engineering attacks annually. 50% of social engineering attacks… Continue reading Rise of Social Engineering: Types of Social Engineering Attacks (Part 2)
Highlights from the COP28: The Future of ESG Reporting
Climate changes made sustainability the global catchphrase. However, the hope of reaching zero emissions and transitioning out of fossil fuels still stands reasonable and realistic. Recently, more than 2,400 individuals connected to fossil fuels registered for the 2023 United Nations Climate Change (COP28) in Dubai, UAE. The COP28 is one of the biggest global climate… Continue reading Highlights from the COP28: The Future of ESG Reporting
Keep Up with 2024’s Top Data Privacy Trends with OpenPages Data Privacy Management
Did you know last year, there were about 4,100+ data breaches, accounting for 22 billion publicly exposed records? Another research predicts that by the end of 2023, the global cost of cybersecurity would reach $10.5 trillion! It is evident that cybersecurity and privacy trends go hand in hand with technological innovations. At the dawn of… Continue reading Keep Up with 2024’s Top Data Privacy Trends with OpenPages Data Privacy Management
IBM Watsonx: An AI Value Creator for Accelerating Your Firm’s AI Governance
Generative artificial intelligence, or GenAI, is now a global phenomenon. Leaders and decision-makers of enterprises creating this transformative technology strive to understand ways to govern, deploy, and ethically manage workflows and roles across the AI lifecycle. Enter IBM Watsonx, the next-gen AI and data platform to build meaningful and explainable AI. Tech leaders across industries… Continue reading IBM Watsonx: An AI Value Creator for Accelerating Your Firm’s AI Governance
IBM OpenPages Risk Management for ESG Helps Corporate Leaders Understand their Firm’s ESG Risks
IBM OpenPages with Watson is an integrated risk management platform built to help organizations stay on top of their ESG goals. Organizations whose board members and executive leadership are far behind in their grasp of ESG risks can leverage the tool to quickly adapt to the latest ESG reporting framework! The term environmental, social, and… Continue reading IBM OpenPages Risk Management for ESG Helps Corporate Leaders Understand their Firm’s ESG Risks
Internal Audit and its Growing Role in Emerging Technologies – Part 2
In part 1 of this blog, we delved into the current business challenges and the role of internal audit in addressing them. Through doing so we highlighted improved practices we’ve observed, and identified critical areas where internal audit can proactively address cloud computing and smart devices. In part 2, we will focus on cyber security… Continue reading Internal Audit and its Growing Role in Emerging Technologies – Part 2
Internal Audit and its Growing Role in Emerging Technologies
The internal audit business function has steadily seen its role in Emerging Technologies grow exponentially. With data breaches frequently appearing in the news, executives are becoming increasingly anxious about data privacy and security matters. There has been an increase in the risk of IT security breaches, customer data misuse, and reputational harm. The increase can… Continue reading Internal Audit and its Growing Role in Emerging Technologies