All articles by Jeff Dale – Page 12
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News BriefDanske Bank to name audit exec new chief compliance officer
Danske Bank will appoint Chief Audit Executive Dorthe Tolborg to serve as its chief compliance officer after current CCO Satnam Lehal announced he would depart the bank in early 2024.
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News BriefCISA pilot program seeks to bolster ransomware preparedness
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency announced a pilot program designed to help critical infrastructure entities vulnerable to cyberattacks mitigate a ransomware incident before it occurs.
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News BriefSEC fines broker-dealer $100K over SARs reporting failures
Cambria Capital agreed to pay $100,000, hire an independent anti-money laundering consultant, and be censured for failing to file suspicious activity reports on certain transactions over a two-year period, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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News BriefEricsson searching for CCO successor amid extended compliance monitorship
Ericsson announced the departure of Chief Compliance Officer Laurie Waddy as the Swedish telecommunications company braces for another year under an independent compliance monitorship.
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PremiumCybersecurity pillars: Prevention, protection, mitigation, governance
The former superintendent of the New York State Department of Financial Services explained how the structure of a cybersecurity program is like a compliance program and can be divided into four buckets during a panel discussion at CW’s Cyber Risk & Data Privacy Summit.
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News BriefBanner Health to pay $1.25M over HIPAA Security Rule lapses
Banner Health agreed to pay $1.25 million as part of a settlement with the Department of Health and Human Services addressing violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Security Rule regarding a 2016 data breach.
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News BriefAnchorage Digital revamps BSA/AML compliance post-OCC consent order
Anchorage Digital unveiled moves to bolster its Bank Secrecy Act/anti-money laundering compliance staff less than a year removed from being called out by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency for deficiencies in the area.
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PremiumStudy: Healthcare overtakes finance as most breached industry in 2022
Healthcare organizations were under attack more than ever by cybercriminals in 2022, overtaking finance as the most breached industry, according to the latest analysis from Kroll.
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Meta to pay $725M to settle privacy class-action lawsuit
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, agreed to pay $725 million to settle a class-action lawsuit accusing the social media giant of selling data to third parties without users’ consent.
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ArticleGoogle to pay record $391.5M in settlement with states over location tracking
Google agreed to pay $391.5 million to settle charges it misled millions of users regarding a setting that tracked location data without their knowledge, according to an agreement the company reached with a coalition of 40 state attorneys general.
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ArticleWells Fargo names diversity head as probes mount
Wells Fargo announced the appointment of Kristy Fercho as head of diverse segments, representation, and inclusion. She takes up the role as the Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission investigate the bank’s diversity hiring practices.
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PremiumESG Summit: Adapting businesses should look beyond what is financially material
Christopher Geiger, vice president of internal audit and enterprise risk at Lockheed Martin, explained how businesses must form resilience as they prepare for future risks regarding environmental, social, and governance during CW’s virtual ESG Summit.
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PremiumESG Summit: Holistic approach to supply chain risk an ‘investment differentiator’
Two experts explained how the C-suite as a whole—not just compliance officers—should be focused on the holistic approach to supply chain risk management during a session at CW’s virtual ESG Summit.
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Sparkster to pay $35M for selling unregistered crypto securities
Software development company Sparkster and its CEO Sajjad Daya agreed to collectively pay more than $35 million for the offer and sale of unregistered crypto securities.
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ArticleNAVEX survey: Remote work, whistleblower trends to test speak-up cultures
Maintaining a speak-up culture requires increased attention from businesses with many employees still working remote, putting more of an onus on the reporting function, according to the latest NAVEX study.
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ArticleReports: Ex-AB InBev compliance exec to join DOJ’s Fraud Section
Matt Galvin, the former head of compliance at macro brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev, has been tapped by the Department of Justice to join its Fraud Section as a compliance and data analytics counsel, according to multiple reports.
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ArticleTaronis Fuels to pay $5.1M in SEC fraud settlement
Industrial gas and water products manufacturer Taronis Fuels agreed to pay $5.1 million to settle fraud charges levied by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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ArticleSEC censures Farber Hass Hurley over accounting exam deficiencies
California-based accounting firm Farber Hass Hurley and two of its partners settled charges with the Securities and Exchange Commission alleging “repeated failures” in conducting custody examinations for two SEC-registered investment advisers.
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ArticleJudge OKs Robinhood $20M data breach settlement
Online stock trading platform and broker-dealer Robinhood Financial moved closer to paying $20 million as part of a class-action settlement with thousands of customers whose accounts were allegedly accessed by unauthorized users.
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ArticleSnap agrees to $35M settlement in Illinois biometric data lawsuit
Social media company Snap reached a $35 million settlement in principle to resolve an Illinois class-action lawsuit alleging violations of the state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act through the collection of “facial biometric identifiers” without users’ consent.