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Audit committee best practices for understanding and acting on cyber-threats
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Maria L. Murphy2020-11-05T20:44:00
Cyber-security risk oversight is the area with the greatest increase in audit committee disclosures in proxy statements, so you better make sure you’ve got a handle on understanding your responsibilities.
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