Key Takeaways Regulatory expectations continue to expand. Oversight bodies increasingly look beyond documentation to how organizations manage compliance risk in practice. In this environment, compliance functions best when supported...
As of November 2026: Germany’s NIS2 implementation law (BGBl. 2025 I Nr. 301, promulgated December 5, 2025) has been in force since December 6, 2025, and the BSI says...
The ten HIPAA compliance software platforms in this 2026 review are Centraleyes, Hyperproof, Vanta, Scytale, Drata, Scrut Automation, ComplyAssistant, Medcurity, Healthicity Compliance Manager and Secureframe. Each was judged on...
Betterment has confirmed a security incident in which an unauthorized individual gained access to certain internal systems and sent a fraudulent, crypto-related message to a subset of customers. The...
Key Takeaways ​​The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) is the European Union’s attempt to ensure that banks, insurers, brokers, payment services, investment firms, and their third‑party ICT providers can...
Key Takeaways The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is California’s primary privacy law governing how businesses collect, use, disclose, and protect personal information about California residents. Since its introduction,...
What Is Corporate Governance? Corporate governance refers to the system of rules, practices, and processes used to direct and control an organization. It establishes how decisions are made, who...
As enterprises increasingly rely on SaaS applications to run critical business functions, risk management and compliance challenges are becoming more complex and less visible. Traditional governance models were not...
Key Takeaways The NIST Cybersecurity Framework, commonly referred to as NIST CSF, is one of the most widely adopted frameworks for managing cybersecurity risk. It is used across industries,...
Key Takeaways A GRC team is responsible for defining how requirements are interpreted, how risks are assessed and tracked, and how accountability is maintained across the organization. While the...
Cisco disclosed that a China-linked hacking group exploited a previously unknown vulnerability in its email security products, allowing attackers to compromise systems that sit at the center of enterprise...
Key Takeaways Risk management in banking depends on how effectively information moves through established structures. A persistent challenge is how early emerging signals are recognized, how consistently they’re interpreted...
The current NIST password guidelines are in NIST SP 800-63B-4, Digital Identity Guidelines: Authentication and Authenticator Management, published as final in July 2025 and superseding the earlier SP 800-63B....
Key Takeaways Understanding POA&Ms A Plan of Action & Milestones (POA&M) is used when a required control or practice is not fully implemented at the time of review, and...
Key Takeaways Today, organizations operate across deeply interconnected environments. Cloud infrastructure, distributed data flows, external vendors, and automated workflows now underpin essential business functions. This level of integration improves...
Key Takeaways How the Law Shaped Modern Compliance The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act is nearly half a century old, yet it remains one of the most influential statutes governing...
Updated November 2026: trends rewritten to the current state; the timeline is a dated record of 2025-2026 milestones checked against official sources. As of November 2026, the future of...
Key Takeaways Today’s risk environment is shaped by connection. One small shift in a system, process, or vendor can quietly influence multiple areas of the organization before anyone realizes...
Key Takeaways A well-organized GRC program is built on steady routines. When core activities follow a predictable rhythm, teams work efficiently, documentation stays aligned with operations, and governance audits...
Key Takeaways Artificial intelligence is becoming a core part of how organizations deliver services, make decisions, and manage operations. But as AI moves deeper into production workflows, leadership teams...
Key Takeaways U.S. elections are high-stakes operations that rely on a careful balance of technology, process, and public trust. The voting system is designed not only to tabulate results,...
Key Takeaways Security incidents are part of everyday operations in modern organizations. Cloud adoption, increased identity usage, rapid SaaS expansion, and extensive vendor dependencies mean events can originate from...
Key Takeaways Most internal audits follow a familiar pattern. Teams begin the year with a risk assessment, build a detailed audit plan, and schedule engagements months in advance. Scoping...
Key Takeaways GRC leaders know that the question is no longer whether to modernize, but when. The way organizations approach IT governance, risk, and compliance has changed. Static spreadsheets...
Key Takeaways Enterprise risk reporting is meant to clarify. It should give leaders the right view of exposure, priorities, and progress. But many organizations find the process harder each...
Key Takeaways Strong governance depends on current, coherent, and well-implemented policies. They define how decisions are made, risks are managed, and accountability is enforced. Yet, policy management remains one...
Key Takeaways What are Access Reviews? Access controls are one of the most basic layers of security. But as organizations grow, access builds up in ways that are not...
Key Takeaways For many organizations, compliance audits are still synonymous with spreadsheets, evidence gathering, and last-minute scrambles. Teams spend weeks tracking down screenshots, reports, and ticket records to prove...
Key Takeaways Achieving CMMC certification comes at a substantial cost. Between readiness assessments, remediation, policy development, technology upgrades, and the audit itself, expenses can quickly escalate if organizations aren’t...
What is EDUCAUSE 2025? The EDUCAUSE Annual Conference is where higher education’s technology and strategy communities come together. In 2025, it will be October 27–30 in Nashville, with a...