How many security leaders can say they've fielded calls about risks posed by a balloon? A few months ago, probably almost zero - today, that number is probably much higher.

For an example of how quickly geopolitical risks can emer...

Alert fatigue is a significant challenge for security officials in governments and organizations worldwide. Where the principal challenge in safeguarding operations and personnel used to be collecting sufficient actionable intelligence and data,...

To the list of threats facing American businesses, add this one: populism.

Increasingly, civil-led protests and actions are disrupting business operations. If leaders don't give them as much attention as economic risks such as highe...

It's been almost two years since President Biden issued an executive order that directs federal agencies to beef up their digital offerings and improve the "customer experience." Yet websites remain clunky and opaque, with functionality med...

When a Russian missile slammed into the busy Amstor shopping mall in Ukraine on June 27th, hundreds of relatives of the dead and missing were left in a state of agonizing uncertainty over the fate of their loved ones.

This type of tra...

Market volatility and inflation are forcing companies to slash spending. In uncertain times like these, there's a tendency toward across-the-board cuts, so every department shares in the pain. But if you plan to include cybersecurity in your cu...

As cybersecurity threats surge in frequency and sophistication, most MSPs have incident response plans in place. But not all plans are sufficient - something that quickly becomes clear when attackers succeed in breaching their defenses.

Cyberattack warnings have become so frequent that it's easy to tune them out. Your company has loaded up on security tools and run its Red Team drills. You're confident you've done all you can.

Executives at Microsoft and the ch...

As data sources proliferate and regulators expect companies to screen relevant risk areas, business leaders are leaning on artificial intelligence technology to help lighten the load. That's for good reason: AI can supercharge the compliance pr...

As Russia looks set to ramp up its cyberattacks in the United States, companies and its founders should be asking themselves: Do we have adequate cybersecurity insurance? Do we even have cybersecurity insurance? The answer to both should be yes.<...

The cyberattack on Kronos is a portent of things to come.

First, criminals broke into the timecard management company's network. Then they shut down employee payroll systems at thousands of its customers. Months after the initial br...

Our wastewater can signal when a community is sick, sad, or polluting. It also offers important signs for when life is getting better.

Just about everything ends up at a sewage facility before being cleansed and discharged into a loca...

Compliance professionals are increasingly weighed down by limited resources, competing demands, and urgent orders from company leaders to fight new fires.

As we head into 2022, these pressures on compliance teams are only set to grow,...

COVID-19 unleashed the worst public health crisis of our lifetimes, but it also revealed some of our strongest heroes and assets.

Much-deserved praise has gone to healthcare workers, vaccine scientists, and the supply chain employees...

Over the last few years, U.S. authorities and their foreign counterparts are expecting companies to make sure ESG standards are observed.

In preparing for such scrutiny, companies must look beyond their internal operations to their su...

Young Americans are emerging from the pandemic with a new view of work. A job is no longer just a paycheck. It's a chance to do something meaningful, to make an impact on society while also making a living.

As many engineers search...

Water utilities have become America's unexpected source of front-page news, enduring multiple 'once-in-a-century' events in recent years. Droughts, pollution, unprecedented cold, flooding, and storms all take their toll on our infrastructur...

he spread of Covid-19's Delta variant threw return-to-office plans into disarray, again. Offices tore up their re-entry plans, and some decided to make remote work arrangements permanent.

By 2025, 36.2 million Americans will be workin...

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning have revolutionized our lives, but some sectors have been slower to adopt smart solutions than others. Despite AI systems underpinning everything from power grid regulation to Google's search to...

The Denver Department of Public Health and Environment's decision last week to close Sloan's Lake to recreation and fishing because of blue-green algae bloom brought into stark focus the dangers of fertilizers and other chemical pollutants en...