How The New Questionnaire Is Changing Visa Screening As part of his ongoing extreme vetting effort, President Trump recently rolled out a new supplementary questionnaire. While many have touted the questionnaire as invasive or overly burdensome, others believe it’s the key to limiting the risk that comes with visa programs. While these programs are…
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Comprehensively Managing Risk Using Risk Data as a Service We are living in the age of the acronym. It seems that every day, a new service is created that’s designed to address business issues—though it’s not always entirely clear how. This is especially true in the “anything as a service” industry. These services are…
DetailsManaging FCPA Compliance When Dealing With Subcontractors In India India is one of the biggest countries for finding outsourced talent, due to its high population and the educational background of many of the individuals seeking work there. It can be a good place to create a corporate office due to low property costs and…
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What Are the Limits of Nondisclosure Agreements and the Security Implications for Your Company? “It’s fine, I got a nondisclosure agreement.” I heard that recently from a friend who’d revealed his source code for a new software to a contractor and it made me flinch. We tend to put a little too much credence…
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FCPA Disgorgement and Restitution: The Impact of the Recent Supreme Court Decision The main reason that companies choose to participate in the FCPA’s voluntary disclosure program is because when they do, they can minimize their financial losses. FCPA disgorgement and restitution costs are always much higher than the fines that are levied. However, a…
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Combating Segmented Risk as One of the Top Priorities in the Third Offset Strategy When it comes to managing priorities in the Third Offset Strategy, the US military has to prioritize risk. Some risks are more likely and more prevalent than others. The Third Offset Strategy is designed to stay ahead of these risks;…
DetailsHow to Protect Company Data in Use from Potential Employee Threats Data breach threats are one of the biggest threats to businesses—and these are increasingly becoming insider threats. In a recent poll of UK workers, about 52% admitted to accessing data they shouldn’t have. While often this is done innocuously, it still presents a…
DetailsIndustry Innovators: Jake Harriman Explains How Technology and Innovation Can Fight Poverty Together Innovation is the cornerstone of security and technology. At Clearspeed, we want to highlight and gain insight from leaders who are revolutionizing their fields. Our Industry Innovators series seeks out the best and the brightest to explore how they are paving…
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How Brokerage Firms Can Use RRA to Reduce Liability for Insider Trading If you keep an eye on the financial news, you might notice a trend. It seems that more and more company executives are getting caught engaging in insider trading. It is not that brokers are acting more unethically now than they did…
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How FCPA Enforcement Can Impact Overseas Clients It can take a long time for the Supreme Court to decide on something. It makes sense, since it’s the highest court in the US and it’s the one that sets the case law all the other courts must follow. The final decisions of the Court…
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