Compliance Conundrum

The current compliance era demands much more than checking a box.

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A Strategic Model for Compliance-First IAM

Author: Vatsal Gupta

A compliance-first IAM model will help enterprises enhance their security posture and ultimately achieve compliance.

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The Digital Trust–Compliance Nexus

Author: Pranjal Sharma

The trust–compliance nexus transforms compliance into a strategic enabler of digital trust and resilience.

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Data Sovereignty in the Age of Generative AI: A New Compliance Frontier

Author: Aparna Achanta

Data sovereignty can become a blind spot for organizations if it is not considered when adopting generative AI.

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Creating a Compliant and Accountable Data Culture

Authors: Gerald F. Burch and Jana Burch

An accountability approach to data can help organizations ensure that sensitive data is protected and compliant with evolving regulations.

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Event-Driven User Access Revalidation: A Proactive Approach to Compliance and Digital Trust

Authors: Durgaprasad Balakrishnan and Aadithya Francis

Event-driven user access revalidation can dramatically improve regulatory compliance, risk management, and digital trust.

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Making Sense of Regulatory Changes in a Global Economy

Author: Sumit Sharma

Different regulations with distinct objectives can create conflict for organizations that operate across regions.

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Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure in Medical Device Manufacturing

Author: Jayakumar Sundaram

As connected medical devices become integral to patient care, cybersecurity vulnerabilities threaten safety, data integrity, and healthcare continuity.

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Case Study: Rewriting the Risk Playbook Through AI-Enabled Third-Party Risk Management

Author: Katie Teitler-Santullo

To scale securely, the GBC required a new playbook—one driven by automation, intelligence, and integration.

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Information Security Matters: Artificial Intelligence and Entry-Level Cybersecurity Jobs

Author: Steven J. Ross

There are a lot of openings for cybersecurity professionals. To a certain extent, AI may ease this shortage.

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The Digital Trust Imperative: Compliance Fuels Digital Trust

Author: K. Brian Kelley

Compliance is key when it comes to operating in a digital ecosystem.

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The Growing Cost of Compliance Debt

Author: Advait Patel

Avoiding compliance debt and its consequences begins with understanding how it forms, what it looks like, and the risk it presents.

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Collective Intelligence: A Systemic Debt in the Cybersecurity Community

Author: Andres Almanza

In the face of increasingly sophisticated attacks, the lack of collective intelligence between cyberprofessionals is a systemic debt.

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Leveraging Automation for Enhanced Risk Assessment

Author: Rajendra Jakku

Automation utilizing data points can reduce the dependency on inaccurate risk assessments performed by application owners.

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What It Means to Be Compliant

Author: Tom Schneider

Whether regulatory requirements lead to benefits or wasted effort ultimately depends on the organization’s approach to them.

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Cybersecurity, Mobility, and the Connected Ecosystem

Author: Soheil Nazem

As digitalization and transportation converge, protection against cyberattacks has become increasingly critical.

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Unlock Safe AI Acceleration With Clear Governance

Authors: Kannappan Sekar and Ruchi Khurana

Although business leaders increasingly recognize the risk related to AI, structured governance often lags.

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Using Psychology to Build a Smarter, Human-Centered Cyberdefense

Author: Kelven M. Leverett

As the number of cyberattacks continues to rise globally, there is a growing need to understand the human elements at play.

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Optimizing Supplier Cyberrisk Assessment

Authors: Sergeja Slapničar and Tim Vidmar

Cyberattacks targeting suppliers have become increasingly common, with a number of high-profile cases drawing significant attention in recent years.

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SOX IT Control Optimization: Driving Risk-Based Efficiency and Stronger Governance

Author: Ravi Sharma

A SOX Act IT control rationalization initiative helped one organization modernize its compliance environment.

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