Chief compliance officers today face growing data privacy regulations; cyber-security controls being stressed by remote work and surging ransomware attacks; and intensified attention being paid to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) disclosures. It’s all happening at a time when cash-strapped organizations are at their wit’s end.

It is against this backdrop that a panel of experts with Kroll held a Webinar on July 1 to explore key findings from the risk consulting firm’s “2021 Anti-Bribery and Corruption Benchmarking Report,” which garnered responses from 200 senior risk professionals from around the world.

Jaclyn Jaeger is a freelance contributor to Compliance Week after working for the company for 15 years. She writes on a wide variety of topics, including ethics and compliance, risk management, legal,...