Packaging extended producer responsibility (EPR) is often treated as a sustainability, waste, or finance issue. For companies selling physical products across the EU, it is also a compliance process: the business needs to know where it has obligations, who owns them, what data sup…

By Andy Mura Ask any incident responder about their worst night on call, and you will hear a story about time. The minutes lost confirming whether an alert was real. The hours spent paging the right people. The days between the first foothold and the moment someone finally said the word “breach�…

The Women’s National Basketball Association was approved by the NBA Board of Governors on April 24, 1996, and began play in 1997 under NBA sponsorship. The origin matters because the WNBA did not emerge as a fully independent enterprise. It was created inside a larger institution…

and Vivien Yanni-Gan  Andy Burnham became the UK’s 59th Prime Minister on 20 July 2026.  He comes into office at a difficult time with an increasingly complex international agenda and a wide range of issues facing the UK including the cost-of-living crisis.  But why should…

AI is great at automating complex tasks, and product compliance has historically been a highly complex, manual task. At first glance, this might make AI seem like the perfect solution to modern product compliance challenges. And it can be, when approached in the right way. The probl…

By SCCE & HCCA in partnership with Moody’s AI, changing regulations, and new business models are reshaping compliance programs, data analytics, and third-party risk management. More than half of the compliance professionals responding to Moody’s 2025 survey, “From reactive to proactive: How…

This spring, 50 compliance professionals were selected to participate in the SCCE/FBI Corporate Compliance Professional Outreach Event, a unique two-day experience designed to strengthen the relationship between compliance professionals and federal law enforcement. Hosted at FBI Headquarters in Wash…

When Russia invaded Ukraine in early 2022, it triggered what many described as a “sanctions storm.” Regulators rapidly expanded sanctions lists, designating thousands of individuals and entities within weeks. C…

By the time a fraud investigator walks into an organization, the money is usually gone. Wire transfers move within hours. Funds are routed through two or three intermediary accounts before the victim has finished their first call with the bank. What the investigator spends most of …

Most compliance teams are still running annual audits and calling it governance. But your security controls do not wait for audit season to fail. The average cost of a data breach in 2025 is USD 4.44 million globally. A big part of that cost comes down to timing—organizations a…

Artificial intelligence is increasingly embedded in business operations, influencing decisions related to hiring, customer interactions, financial assessments, and risk management. As adoption expands, the risks associated with AI are no longer confined to system performance. They …

Digital transformation is no longer optional; organizations across industries are adopting cloud platforms, automation, and AI-driven tools to improve efficiency, customer experiences, and competitiveness. While these innovations bring significant business advantages, the…

I’ve worked with compliance teams that passed every audit, maintained clean documentation, and still felt unsure about their real risk exposure. That disconnect shows up more often than we admit. In fact, 68% of organizations have experienced breaches through third-party risks,…

Artificial intelligence is moving rapidly from experimentation into the operational core of modern enterprises. Financial institutions deploy machine learning to detect fraud. Retail companies use predictive models for pricing and personalization. Healthcare systems rely on algorithm…

One hundred customers. Their highly sensitive information, including full names and business addresses, email addresses and phone numbers, Social Security numbers, and dates of birth. All remained exposed for 6 months (July–Dec 2025). Now, th…

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…

, 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…