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Data Localization Requirements Driven by Concerns over Privacy, Security, Surveillance and Law Enforcement
The confluence of globalization and digital transformation presents many new compliance issues for in-house counsel. One such challenge comes from data localization requirements. As companies become more global, they are also beginning to leverage information to create value in a variety of new...
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Continuous Compliance Improvement Using Psychology and Behavior
Although building a culture of compliance has been a goal and topic of discussion at many companies for several years, creating a sustainable culture of compliance requires that companies regularly re-evaluate compliance strategies and tactics. This helps compliance professionals remain vigilant...
Read MoreWhen You See Something, Do Something: Companies must address financial reporting problems fast – or face the wrath of an invigorated SEC
With nearly 15 years in the Division of Enforcement at the Securities and Exchange Commission, including five years as Chief Accountant, AlixPartners’ Susan Markel knows a thing or two about financial fraud. Below, she discusses the state of the SEC, its Financial Reporting and Audit Task...
Read MoreInformation Governance Insights: Vendor Security Certifications – Is Your Data Properly Protected?
Data breach headlines are putting more pressure on corporate counsel to ensure that the company’s data is properly protected. This includes data managed by third party vendors, which have been spotlighted by the large number of breaches resulting from the exploitation of a vendor’s...
Read MoreInformation Governance Insights: Data with a Difference
Today’s headlines are filled with the news, stories and predictions of the power and value of big data analytics. Most companies are scrambling to develop new ways to monetize their information assets. Yet often, big data seems to be falling off the radar when it comes to legal and risk...
Read MoreE-Discovery in Asia - Playing the Long Game: Navigate local regulations and foreign obligations in a patchwork region
If you must play, decide on three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time. – Chinese proverb The fundamental mechanics around e-discovery have long been settled as a process: Collect data, search it, review it and use the fruits of the review...
Read MoreInformation Governance Insights: Information Management Is Asset Management
Most companies have struggled to dispose of unnecessary data accumulated over the last decade and find themselves retaining excess data, applications, servers and backup tapes that no longer have any utility and significantly add cost and risk to the company. Even though a company may have a long-...
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