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AI governance, agentic misalignment and the lessons from ‘Star Trek’

2025-08-19T14:07:00+01:00By

Does sci-fi predict the future of compliance or simply provide commentary on the current state of compliance? What is the role of corporate compliance around AI governance?

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Navigating compliance: A guide for small teams to tackle CMMC

2025-03-28T14:22:00+00:00By Thomas Graham, CW guest columnist

Many small organizations within the Defense Industrial Base are struggling to meet the rigorous requirements validated through the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification, writes Thomas Graham, CISO at Redspin. If you haven’t been tracking it closely, CMMC was finalized in October, with an effective date of December 16, 2024.

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Why are CFOs struggling to stay compliant?

2025-03-11T14:37:00+00:00By Markus Hornburg, CW guest columnist

CFOs are tasked with overseeing an organization’s entire financial processes, not least ensuring that financial operations remain compliant with the multitude of global regulations. It’s a heavy burden to carry that might be alleviated slightly with the help of artificial intelligence, writes Markus Hornburg, head of compliance at Basware.

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As DOJ pivots away from white-collar enforcement, is FCPA still relevant?

2025-03-05T13:00:00+00:00By Iris Bennett and Claire Rajan, CW guest columnists

While executives and boards will never conclude that bribery is a legitimate way of doing business, understandably many have questions about how to direct their FCPA compliance program efforts and resources, write Iris Bennett and Claire Rajan, partners at law firm Steptoe.

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How compliance monitoring can create a stronger foundation for AI, emerging technologies

2024-11-15T13:00:00+00:00By Yasmine Abdillahi, CW guest columnist

The era of artificial intelligence adoption is testing the old ways of doing compliance, underscoring the need for continuous monitoring. Compliance isn’t a one-and-done activity, but sometimes organizational incentives and goals fail to prioritize the importance of this.

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Strengthening BSA/AML defenses: Critical role of ERTs in modern day compliance

2024-09-04T14:15:00+01:00By Ruchi Kumar, CW guest columnist

Enforcement actions in the first half of of 2024 by the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network highlight the importance of proactive measures in Bank Secrecy Act compliance rather than just being compliant.

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How fintechs can overcome major compliance hurdles in embedded finance

2024-07-01T15:45:00+01:00By Margaret Holmes Tibbets, CW guest columnist

Margaret Holmes Tibbets, chief compliance officer at financial technology company Pipe, explains how firms are facing an existential compliance crisis, and to survive they’ll need to overcome not one but two hurdles.

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Want to be an ethical supply chain influencer? It’s all about the ‘collab’

2024-03-13T12:10:00+00:00By Gwendolyn Hassan, CW guest columnist

Supply chain and ethics and compliance professionals could take a page out of the social media influencer playbook and look to collaborate with suppliers more to create their own win-win scenarios.

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Compliance’s role in managing challenges related to employee side hustles

2024-02-26T15:00:00+00:00By Camelia Gardot, CW guest columnist

Employees engaging in side businesses—part-time jobs or new company creations—can introduce a myriad of risks for a company.