Recent international reporting and policy analysis highlight the increasing relevance of digital financial systems in the context of serious and organized crime, including human trafficking. As illicit activities rely more heavily on digital infrastructures, financial syste…

Regulators often describe silence as neutrality. In practice, silence interprets. When oversight bodies delay guidance, decline to clarify standards, or defer enforcement positions, regulated entities do not pause. They infer. Compliance programs adapt. Internal norms settle around a…

, author of Quantum & AI: The Awakening of Cyber Defense For decades, digital identity has been protected by cryptographic systems that most organizations trust implicitly. Encryption underpins how we verify who someone is, how we protect personal data, and how we maintain trust ac…

Although Indiana adopted the Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA) in 2023, on January 1, 2026, the CDPA rubber officially hit the road. This data privacy law regulating how businesses must handle the personal information of their Indiana customer…

The U.S. Department of Justice’s guidance on evaluating corporate compliance programs underscores the critical role of data retention policies in demonstrating program effectiveness. Yet many Chief Compliance Officers only realize the impact of poor retention prac…

In the last year, prediction markets (once niche, now everywhere) have grown into a billion-dollar frontier for trading on real-world events. Platforms like Polymarket and Kalshi allow users to buy and sell contracts on outcomes ranging from the winner of awards shows to geopolit…

Neurodiversity tends to be spoken of as an issue to be recognized and, quite often, as a barrier to overcome. Katie Roemer, Vice President, Compliance & Privacy Officer at Alta Hospital Systems see it differently: as an asset to your compliance team. In this podcast she points ou…

What do a secret wedding and Richard Nixon have in common with HIPAA? A lot more than you might think, shares Bailey Mack, Chief Compliance Officer at Together for Youth. In this podcast she tells us the interesting history of privacy and the law.  We begin in 1890 when a photo…

Executive presence isn’t simply walking in the room and having everyone instantly feel that that you are in charge.  It is something different explains Jay Greenberg, the recently retired Chief Compliance Officer at the FBI.  Instead, it is being powered by your core values an…

By  Adam Turteltaub Listen up people:  It’s all about the people. That’s the key message from Gabor Sulyok, Global Head of Commercial and Healthcare Compliance at BioNTech and experienced senior compliance counsel Luciane Mallmann. At its core, ethics and compliance is a human endeavor. While …

The rise of generative AI has brought transformative potential to healthcare—from streamlining administrative tasks to supporting clinical decision-making. But alongside these benefits comes a growing concern: Shadow AI. Alex Tyrrell, Chief Technology Officer, Health at Wolters …

The race is on for artificial intelligence (AI) automation and efficiency improvements in the workplace. Although we hear daily news stories about big-name companies racing to adopt AI strategies—aiming to innovate, improve efficiencies, and ev…

Uh oh.  The Feds are in the front lobby with a search warrant.  Things are bad, and you don’t want anyone on site to make it worse. The secret is preparation, shares Veronica Xu, SCCE & HCCA Board Member and Chief Compliance Officer, HIPAA Privacy Officer, ADA Administrator a…

Employees may trust an AI chatbot more than they trust you, and that’s not necessarily a bad thing, if it leads to more reporting. In this podcast, Debbie Sabatini Hennelly, Founder & President of Resiliti shares that  a recent survey conducted by Case IQ reveals that nearly 7…

If all you’re worrying about is tone at the top, you’re missing a key portion of the choir.  With most people reporting to middle managers, they play in integral role in ensuring a culture of compliance and ethics truly permeates the organization. Evie Wentink, Senior Complia…

Why did the AI do that? It’s a simple and common question, but the answer is often opaque, with people referring to black boxes, algorithms and other words that only those in the know tend to understand. Alessia Falsarone, a non-executive director of Innovate UK, says that’s a…

 By Nikhil Raj Singh When it comes to protecting sensitive data, organizations often turn to established security frameworks like ISO 27001, NIST Cybersecurity Framework, PCI DSS, or SOC 2. Each of these has its strengths but managing them individually can be time-consuming and resource heavy. This…

Byline: Betsy Ford, Senior Consultant, Countoural Mergers and acquisitions are high-stakes undertakings, and much attention is rightly given to financial, operational, and structured IT system integration. Amid this flurry, one area often flies under the radar: unstructured data. These are the email…

The possibilities of AI don’t stop with generative AI such as ChatGPT.  Agentic AI may have more potential for compliance teams, Zahra Timsah, co-founder and CEO of i-GENTIC AI tells us. Unlike generative AI, which is well known for its ability to create content, agentic AI can…

Lewis Eisen (LinkedIn) is the author of the book RULES: Powerful Policy Wording to Maximize Engagement, and he wants to change the way people think about and write  policies. Too often, he observes, policies contain parent-child language, with a scolding tone that turns people of…