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NIKE Group's data-driven approach and compliance platform help clients monitor new regulatory requirements and assist with compliance. The acquisition enhances Accenture's RegTech and compliance capabilities for clients in Italy and across Europe.
Specifically, as businesses spend tens of millions on compliance, over 90 percent have fundamental IT weaknesses that leave them vulnerable and potentially non-compliant. Most businesses have hired new talent, invested in workforce training and introduced new software or services to ensure continued compliance.
A-LIGN, a technology-enabled security and compliance partner trusted by more than 2,400 companies, announced the launch of A-SCEND 2.0, its propriety compliance management platform that enables an anytime, anywhere approach to compliance-for anyone. A-SCEND 2.0 centralizes evidence collection and standardizes compliance requests, making it possible to consolidate multiple audits at once.
The website, GDPR.EU, is an advice site for organizations that are struggling to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation laws that were imposed by the EU in 2018. "However, the irony of a EU-funded web site about GDPR having security issues isn't lost on us."
Since the onset of COVID-19, more than half of legal and compliance leaders believe that cybersecurity and data breach is the most-increased third-party risk their organizations face, according to Gartner. Which third-party compliance risk has increased the most at your organization as a result of COVID-19?
SOC 2 compliance is evaluated by independent third-party auditors who assess a company's ability to comply with these core principles. SOC 2 was developed by the American Institute of CPAs and designed specifically for service providers that store customer data in the cloud, meaning virtually every SaaS company operating today should consider achieving SOC 2 compliance.
The Neustar Identity Verification for CCPA and Neustar Identity Resolution for CCPA services enable organizations to fulfill CCPA requests with assurance of risk mitigation in terms of data breaches or fraud as well as non-compliance. While the act provides certain benefits and protections for consumers, it does introduce some risk: fraudsters may make CCPA requests in an effort to acquire sensitive personal information, and organizations with siloed consumer data may unwittingly find themselves out of compliance - and subject to fines - in cases of unmerged or outdated records.
Workiva, provider of the world's leading connected reporting and compliance platform, launched W for ESEF, a focused solution to help European companies simplify compliance with the European Securities and Markets Authority requirements for European Single Electronic Format reporting. W for ESEF - which is available in 23 European languages - offers a distinct subset of functionality for companies that want a targeted ESEF solution.
Traditionally compliance with regulations was the top driver for deploying encryption, but has dropped in priority since 2017, indicating that encryption is transitioning from a requirement to a proactive choice to safeguard critical information. With the proliferation of data from digital initiatives, cloud use, mobility, IoT devices and the advent of 5G networks, data discovery continues to be the biggest challenge in planning and executing a data encryption strategy, with 67% of respondents citing this as their top concern.
A European consortium based in Switzerland plans to this week launch an opt-in location-detecting app to expedite contact-tracing those who have encountered coronavirus carriers. The new group, named Pan-European Privacy-Preserving Proximity Tracing, promises a GDPR-compliant app that sounds a lot like Singapore's TraceTogether service, but also offers considerable detail on how the service is designed to preserve privacy.