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    January 22, 2024
    The challenge: Companies in the energy and utilities (E&U) industry are moving fast to adopt artificial intelligence (AI), including generative AI, to increase their competitive edge. But while AI can help these firms to drive innovation, boost profitability and reduce certain risks, it also increases their exposure to cyber threats. Why it matters: Cybersecurity risk has become only more…
  • Podcast
    January 24, 2024
    NIST will release the standards for post-quantum cryptography soon, and all companies will have to start taking action to become crypto- agile and replace vulnerable ciphers. One of the first steps is gathering an inventory of the cryptography used in your organisation. Find out how to accomplish this, and monitor future changes you make, with AgileSec. It’s a dashboard approach to staying ahead…
  • Blog
    September 22, 2015
    Considering implementing predictive analytics in your organization but don’t know how to begin? Start with planning! I really can’t stress enough how important planning for the data is. Does your organization have the right data to answer the questions that you are asking? Before you invest in a strategy or tools, ask yourself the following: WHO… Will be doing the analysis? Will need to see…
  • Blog
    September 10, 2020
    Across the global economy, supply chains have been hammered by the pandemic, forcing businesses to restructure their procurement operations in order to build in resilience. Such restructuring often comprises a broad range of actions that may include increasing warehouse space, altering delivery methods and seeking more flexible supplier contracts, among others. While these changes are…
  • Blog
    September 17, 2020
    Thankfully, the stories we have all heard about the selfless acts of so many people, from front-line workers to caring neighbors, during the pandemic greatly outweigh the reports about people who have sought to profit from the circumstances. But, as the growing number (more than 50 cases involving $175 million in funds) of Department of Justice (DoJ) prosecutions related to Paycheck Protection…
  • Blog
    September 18, 2020
    As anyone involved with inventory knows, cycle counts are a great way to stay on top of inventory throughout the year without the disruption and extensive cost of the annual physical count. By simply counting different classes of inventory at an agreed-upon rate – 2 or 3 times a year depending on cost and turnover rates – organizations are able to validate their inventory’s existence throughout…
  • Blog
    September 21, 2020
    Of all the difficulties that the coronavirus pandemic has imposed on U.S. organizations, replacing offshore suppliers and vendors that have temporarily or permanently closed their doors ranks high on the list. Finding third parties that can meet quality, cost and delivery demands is challenging enough. But the failure to effectively vet the operations is becoming increasingly perilous amid the…
  • Blog
    September 22, 2020
    On September 19, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a notice related to post-payment reporting requirements for Provider Relief Fund (PRF) recipients who received payments of $10,000 or more in the aggregate. This notice is in support of the July 20, 2020, Post-Payment Notice of Reporting Requirements and provides the data elements that are…
  • Blog
    September 23, 2020
    There has been widespread media coverage of the release by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) of the so-called FinCEN Files earlier this month. In the world of anti-money laundering (AML), the ICIJ also made news in 2016 with the release of the Panama Papers and the Bahamas Leaks, both which exposed the dark side of offshore banking, a theme also addressed in the…
  • Blog
    September 28, 2020
    “Never let a good crisis go to waste.” This quote by Winston Churchill has been used often as we all have struggled to deal with the effects of COVID-19. While the leak of the FinCEN Files pales in significance to COVID-19, it has proven to be a public relations crisis – unfairly in our view, as we said in our initial blog on this topic – for the banking industry. But, we may as well learn all we…
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