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Sixty-five percent of companies have seen higher or much higher levels of overall compliance over the past three years, with significant positive impact on business and compliance-related outcomes such as employee engagement, middle management support, and values-based decision making

An in-depth analysis of the recent decision by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, with a handy guide to determine what constitutes an instrumentality. There are plenty of factors at play in making these determinations, but – lucky you!...

CryptoLocker is ratcheting up attack levels, according to new reports issued by KnowBe4, a Tampa Bay based security company. The latest infections are caused by emails sent to companies that have job postings on Craigslist. The bad guys look...

An opinion released Friday by the Court of Appeals offers some much needed clarity on just what organizations are considered “instrumentalities” under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Here, Tom Fox explores this decision, as well as early amendments to...

RainStor With EMC Isilon SmartLock Provides Regulatory-Driven Data Retention LAS VEGAS, NV--(Marketwired - May 7, 2014) - EMC World 2014 RainStor, provider of the most efficient enterprise database for big data, works with EMC® Isilon® SmartLock® application to provide...

SafeNet, Inc., a global leader in data protection solutions, today released the highlights from its SafeNet Breach Level Index (BLI) for the first quarter of 2014. Nearly 200 million records were stolen, the equivalent of approximately 93,000 records stolen...

The Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) could not have been clearer in the FCPA Guidance about their views on the need for incentives to help drive behavior that is ethical and in compliance with the...

Most audit executives work hard to develop open relationships with their audit committee members. The effort generally pays off. Regardless of how hard we work at fostering openness and honesty, however, some audit committee members may not be comfortable...

With reporting requirements for the SEC’s Dodd-Frank mandated conflict minerals rule due on May 31, 2014, a significant number of public companies are still in the early stages of compliance and risk falling behind, according to PwC’s Conflict Minerals...

Monday marked the 126th anniversary of the ending of the the two-day battle of Shiloh. On the second day, the Union troops under General Grant largely recovered the ground that the Confederate troops had taken on the first day....

Many organizations have reported that their internal audit functions took strides to improve their performance during the past year, but data shows that the progress has not been sufficient to keep pace with today’s increasingly risky and complex business...

EY’s 2014 global forensic data analytics survey, Big risks require big data thinking, highlights that 63 percent of senior executives surveyed at leading companies around the world agree that they need to do more to improve their anti-fraud and...