AI has produced no shortage of demos, claims, and new terminology. But after the initial wave of experimentation, TPRM teams need a more useful conversation: What is actually working?
Third Party Risk
KPMG report urges CCOs to collaborate and invest to boost operational resilience
Enhanced operational resilience is key to improving responses to interconnected cyber, third-party and regulatory risks, according to KPMG’s 2026 chief ethics and compliance officer survey.
Navigating the supply chain’s new normal
A supply-chain disruption can look simple: A supplier cannot deliver, procurement finds an alternative, engineering qualifies it and production continues. Geopolitical disruption rarely arrives labeled as a compliance problem. It arrives as a sourcing decision, engineering fix or logistics reroute before compliance becomes involved. Recent developments include: Enforcement shows what can be at stake. In […]
Ag company pays $10M and overhauls compliance under DOJ agreement
A U.S. agricultural supply company will pay more than $10 million and make significant compliance upgrades under a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) to settle a Department of Justice (DOJ) charge of bribing Mexican border officials. The DPA, signed by the Scoular Company, is the DOJ’s first in 2026 related to violations of the Foreign Corrupt […]
Remember the GDPR scramble? The EU Anti-Corruption Directive clock is already running.
This isn’t just a European story. GDPR caught global businesses off guard. This is for everyone. The directive is already in force. And like GDPR before it, the organisations caught off guard won’t be the ones who didn’t know about it. They’ll be the ones who assumed it didn’t apply to them.
U.K. financial firms urged to prepare for operational and third-party incident reporting changes
Financial services firms in the U.K. must prepare now for new reporting rules aimed to promote operational resilience in the face of increasing global threats.
The Safe Bridge to the Americas: How data technology protects American companies
The government procurement market in Latin America represents a multi-billion dollar opportunity for American corporations, especially in the information technology, infrastructure, and medical equipment sectors.
Iran blockade: 5 top tips for compliance officers
The continuing United States and Israel-led campaign against Iran and the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz have created numerous difficulties for companies both directly and indirectly. Experts set out the top five key issues that compliance officers face due to the ongoing situation in Iran:
The third party you forgot to vet: AI tools and the TPRM blind spot in manufacturing
AI tools are arriving through the back door of enterprise software — no contract, no due diligence, no TPRM trigger — and most manufacturing compliance functions have no idea they are already inside.
How to establish an anti-corruption and anti-bribery compliance program
The U.K. unveiled a new Anti-Corruption Strategy in December 2025, just as the EU unveiled its first Anti-Corruption Directive. Both jurisdictions have signalled that they are keen to push back on rising risks of corruption. But many organizations have no formal anti-corruption measures. Where should compliance start?


