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The real estate development and construction industry has traditionally been driven by brick, mortar, and manpower. Yet, in today’s market, technology has become just as important a building block as concrete. From...more
On August 28th, Mandiant issued an update to its previous Salesloft Drift advisory. Therein, Mandiant discussed that Salesloft issued a security notification on Aug. 26 regarding its Drift application. At that time, it...more
Salesloft issued a security notification on August 26 regarding its Drift application. It appears to be a broad opportunistic attack on Salesloft/Drift instances integrated with Salesforce tenants. Salesloft issued updates...more
In the fast-evolving world of software licensing, mobile app, and software-as-a-service (SaaS) agreements, your end user license agreement (EULA) or end user customer agreement is more than a formality. It is a risk...more
What Are Agentic AI Systems? Agentic AI systems are artificial intelligence technologies that: ..Operate autonomously, ..Adapt to changing environments, and ..Execute multi-step tasks based on user input or...more
Technology vendors everywhere want to serve big Wall Street banks, so when one of those banks talks about risks they see in their software supply chain, compliance and audit professionals should listen – which brings us to an...more
Negotiating a service-level agreement sets clear expectations of each party's roles and responsibilities within online or cloud-based service arrangements. A service-level agreement (in particular, a "customer service-level...more
According to a new LayerX report, most users are logging into GenAI tools through personal accounts that are not supported or tracked by an organization’s single sign on policy. These logins to AI SaaS applications are...more
Virtually every business has signed an agreement with a software as a service (“SaaS”) provider at one time or another. And now, virtually every SaaS provider (it seems, at least) is coming out with an AI-related feature or...more
When a customer purchases software-as-a-service (SaaS)–which is sometimes called a “cloud” service or product–the software is not hosted. It does not reside at the customer’s location or data center. Rather the software is...more
In the aftermath of a vendor's hack that crippled an industry, ensure your business is up to date on best practices for mitigating the risks of third-party cyber incidents. Many businesses struggle to adequately consider the...more
Dottie Schindlinger is Executive Director of Diligent Institute, the global corporate governance research arm of Diligent - the largest SaaS software company in the Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC), and ESG space. Diligent...more
Following the update to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS” or the “Committee”) Enforcement and Penalty Guidelines, the Committee has continued to signal its intention to more heavily leverage...more
In our tenth episode, Chris Rezendes, Chief Business Officer from Context Labs, joins Chris McKenna to discuss how digitalization can help companies achieve their climate goals. How is the use of data changing for energy...more
The global cyber threat landscape is rapidly evolving. The number of attacks, threat vectors, and endpoints continues to grow exponentially alongside the average time to detect and respond to a security incident. Today,...more
Cyber risk management has significantly escalated in importance, during the last couple of years, as a result of companies overcoming the operational challenges of the pandemic, transitioning to hybrid working, preparing for...more
Join us in a unique discussion regarding the cross-functional activities eDiscovery, IT, Compliance, Data Governance, and Security leaders often participate in while managing a large corporation’s information. Tips and tricks...more
Cloud computing dates to the mid-1990s – so why is this relatively old concept still such a hot topic? Haven’t we figured it all out by now? And isn’t the benefit of today’s SaaS cloud environments that someone else, namely...more
Organizations create and share enormous volumes of sensitive information, and with the rise of SaaS applications and collaboration tools, this information can exist in many places: emails, Slack messages, Jira tickets,...more
A new discourse in the cyber risk management landscape of US public companies is here. This past March 2022, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) added another item to their to-do list by announcing a...more
The UK’s Operational Resilience Framework - Financial services regulators have been focusing on the robustness of their chartered institutions for many years. In 2020 the Federal Reserve highlighted the need for enhanced...more
Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) is not a new discipline. However, its profile has continued to evolve in recent years as organizations overcome the ongoing challenges of today’s ever changing business world....more
Cyber risk management has undergone a significant change over the last couple of years. What once was the headache of the IT or risk management department is now an issue of considerable interest to the Board and senior...more
It takes something significant for all the US Banking Regulators – the Federal Reserve, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) – to come together to pool...more
As the year’s end approaches, the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), a primary US banking regulator, has published its Banking Supervision Operating Plan for 2022. As you might expect, much of the OCC’s...more