All Compliance Week articles in Web Issue – Page 804
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Bank Executives, Boards Urged to Share Cyber-Risk Data
Bank executives and directors are getting another new guidance from the multi-agency Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council. The guidance encourages management and boards to ask questions about how accountability is determined for managing cyber-risks; the process for ensuring employee awareness; what is reported to the board on cyber-security events; the ...
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HSBC Legal, Compliance Costs Surpass $1.6 Billion
Image: Title: GulliverNov. 4—London-based HSBC Holdings has set aside more than $1.6 billion to cover legal costs in connection with regulatory investigations and to make enhancements to its compliance operations. Of that amount, HSBC set aside $378 million to resolve claims with the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority that the bank ...
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A Turning Point in the Standoff With Proxy Advisers?
Regulators are looking to curtail abuses by proxy advisory firms with new rules that include a mechanism for companies to complain about unfair treatment. While some CEOs and boards, many which have long loathed proxy advisers, may be eager to use these new tools as weapons against them, columnists Stephen ...
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Study Says CFOs Still Control Audit Fees at Many Companies
Image: Title: MauldinNew academic research suggests the CFO, not the audit committee, still often negotiates the audit fee, despite Sarbanes-Oxley Act provisions meant to put audit committees in the driver’s seat. “At many companies it is still primarily the CFO who calls the shots,” says Elaine Mauldin, professor at the ...
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Bio-Rad Laboratories Will Pay $55M to Settle FCPA Charges
The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Bio-Rad Laboratories, a life sciences research company, with violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act when its subsidiaries made improper payments to foreign officials in Russia, Vietnam, and Thailand to win business. The company, which self-reported the misconduct, agreed to pay $55 million to ...
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More Lessons From Ebola Mistakes
Image: Title: KellyA foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds—and also the sign of reckless policy management. Case in point: the quarantine imposed by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie upon Kaci Hickox, the nurse returning from Ebola work in Africa who was not sick. From poor risk assessment to ...
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LRN and Convercent Announce Partnership
LRN announced today that it will incorporate Convercent's helpline and case management modules into its suite of ethics and compliance education and advisory services.Convercent's helpline and case management software is part of an integrated governance, risk and compliance platform that centralizes anonymous helplines, web portals and in-person reports, allowing organizations ...
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Hampton Roads Names Chief Risk Officer
Hampton Roads Bankshares has named John Marshall as chief risk officer. He succeeds Robert Bloxom, who retired from the company as of Sept. 30. Details inside.
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Managing Cyber Risk: Are Companies Safeguarding Their Assets?
To get a better grasp on how U.S. boards are handling cyber security roles and responsibilities, NYSE Governance Services, Corporate Board Member and RSA, in association with EY, surveyed more than 200 audit committee members this spring on a variety of issues regarding their cyber risk oversight program. This paper ...
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e-Book: Employment Compliance & Payroll: Wrapping Up 2014
As 2015 fast approaches, getting a handle on new and existing employment tax compliance and payroll is as daunting a task as ever before. In this e-Book, produced by Compliance Week in cooperation with ADP, you will learn what companies can do to navigate a regulatory and accounting minefield that ...
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Risk Intelligence: Harnessing Risk, Exploiting Opportunity
This RSA white paper explains how organizations can change discussion about risk from the “risk landscape” to the “opportunity landscape.” Organizations need to show how proactively managing risk becomes an enabler to explore opportunities, rather than simply avoiding landmines.
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Netwrix Auditor 6.5 Helps Detect Insider Threats
Netwrix, a provider of change and configuration auditing software, recently announced the release of Netwrix Auditor 6.5. This new offering provides comprehensive monitoring and auditing capabilities that help to streamline compliance, strengthen security, and simplify root cause analysis across the entire IT infrastructure, including file servers and shares. Details inside.
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RSD Unveils Free Information Governance Tool
RSD, a provider of information governance solutions, today announced a free version of RSD GLASS Policy Manager to help companies create new policies and better govern their confidential data and intellectual property. The free version of Policy Manager lets customers access its key features at no charge in a cloud-hosted ...
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ZL Technologies Partners With Hearsay Social
ZL Technologies, an enterprise-class information governance provider, has formed a strategic partnership with Hearsay Social that pairs the strengths of ZL’s Unified Archive with Hearsay Social’s social media platform. Details inside.
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Former SEC Chairman Roderick Hills Passes Away at Age 83
Yesterday the SEC announced that former SEC Chairman Roderick M. Hills passed away on October 29, 2014, at the age of 83. The SEC stated that Chairman Hillshad a brilliant legal career and was a man of great character. He served as Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission ...
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Audit Staffing Concerns; Conflict Minerals Update; More
Coming in the Nov. 4 edition of Compliance Week: Internal audit staff shortages are causing a rise in audit fees and placing more demands on the IA function; also next week, CW’s Joe Mont provides a look at where companies stand in preparing for year two of conflict minerals compliance.
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Companies Need to Consider New Mortality Data in Pension Costs
Companies that sponsor retirement plans have some new, hard-to-ignore information to consider that promises to increase the cost of their plans. The Society of Actuaries has released updated mortality tables that show pension plan participants are living longer. The SOA estimates that could produce a 4- to 8-percent increase in ...