The Ultimate Guide to Risk & Compliance
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What to know about Risk & Compliance
Risk & Compliance is a critical domain encompassing the strategies, tools, and frameworks organisations use to identify, manage, and mitigate risks while ensuring adherence to regulatory standards and internal policies. This area has grown increasingly complex with evolving technology landscapes and cyber threats, making it essential for businesses to stay informed and adaptive.
Recent developments highlight the dynamic nature of risk and compliance, including innovations like AI-powered suites enhancing governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) management, as well as emerging security challenges such as growing API vulnerabilities in financial sectors and the targeting of cloud resources by cyber-attacks. Organisations must navigate an expanding regulatory environment, with new standards and certifications marking benchmarks for data protection, operational resilience, and cybersecurity readiness.
Beyond technology, risk and compliance involve critical considerations around human factors, corporate governance, and the alignment of security practices with business objectives. Insights into cloud governance, supply chain security, and identity management demonstrate the multifaceted approach required to manage risks effectively in a digital-first world.
For readers, exploring stories tagged with Risk & Compliance offers valuable perspectives on cutting-edge solutions, regulatory changes, and strategic guidance. It is an essential resource for professionals aiming to understand and implement robust risk management frameworks, enhance cybersecurity posture, comply with evolving standards, and ultimately safeguard their organisations against the multifarious risks of today’s interconnected environment.
Canadian Risk & Compliance News
Regional stories with direct local relevance
ServiceNow launches tool to speed legacy CRM migrations
The software could cut enterprise CRM migration projects from months or years to weeks, easing a costly barrier for businesses modernising customer service.
Canadian firms race ahead on AI, but readiness lags
Despite strong AI uptake, only 22% of Canadian organisations are ready to manage external risks, highlighting a widening governance gap.
What Cybersecurity Leaders Can Learn from Naval Operations
For cybersecurity teams, the lesson is that resilience depends on disciplined communication, trusted expertise and clear decision-making under pressure.
Integrity360 launches managed OT security services
Industrial operators can now outsource continuous protection as the new service set aims to reduce cyber risk without disrupting production.
BDO Canada teams up with ServiceNow on AI governance
Canadian firms struggling to turn AI trials into profit may gain tighter controls as BDO Canada and ServiceNow join forces on governance.
SAP Concur Canada flags grey areas in travel claims
Canadian firms risk slower reimbursements and weaker oversight unless they tighten expense rules around food delivery, lounge access and tips.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to Risk & Compliance
Nol8 launches AI data plane for enterprise controls
AI software development adds hidden governance costs
Four Steps CISOs Can Take To Secure AI-driven Software Development
Collins urges new thinking on cybersecurity decisions
Gartner flags 10 tech trends for 2027 as AI governance
Featured News
Kyndryl VP: Canadian firms face barriers to modernising for AI
Kyndryl's Umair Dinarwala says Canadian firms have the ambition to modernise, but budgets, resistance to change and capacity hold them back.
How Harvey AI's next generation deals with Canadian data
Canadian law firms can keep client files walled off, while choosing data storage and processing become key topic for AI in law.
Celonis banking head: Banks want proof before scaling agents
Celonis argues frontier AI models are too generic for regulated banking, urging firms to weigh cost, risk and process gains before scaling deployments.
Interview: Cloudera says AI agents reshape zero trust
Enterprises must update identity controls as software agents generate more requests and need tightly time-limited access to sensitive systems.
Exclusive: ABBYY says AI build costs will drive buying
Enterprises could cut AI spend by up to 80% by shifting document workflows away from custom builds and into standard platforms.
Exclusive: ABBYY launches hybrid AI document models
Enterprises under pressure to curb AI risk and cost are being given a hybrid option that blends generative models with OCR and rules-based extraction.
Exclusive: Cloudera builds Hadoop-free future platform
Existing customers get six years of support as Cloudera shifts new AI and analytics workloads to a Hadoop-free platform due in November.
Mimecast CEO: Agentic AI threat novel but not entirely new
Hidden AI risks are already widespread in workplaces, with Mimecast saying users are driving shadow tools and most exposure still starts with people.
AI will fade, says Dell Technologies' ephemeral Chief AI Officer
Dell says agentic AI should shift routine tasks below the machine line, freeing staff for expert work while making the role temporary.
Schrodinger's ERP both dead and alive, says Rimini Street
Businesses can avoid costly ERP rip-and-replace projects by layering AI and automation onto existing systems, Rimini Street says.
Expert Columns
AI Literacy And Governance: The Workforce Skills Enterprises Need For Responsible AI
How tax authorities use AI to audit transfer pricing, and why your paperwork is now the risk
Beyond mail delivery: Why address data matters for government security
Securing the AI Systems of Tomorrow
Data Governance in Banking: A Framework for Better Data Quality
What Cybersecurity Leaders Can Learn from Naval Operations
Digital sovereignty in practice: three examples of balancing control with global reach
Cybersecurity Awareness: The Importance of Getting the Basics Right
Why revenue leaders need a connected commerce chain
The crown jewels of cybersecurity: What can your business not afford to lose
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the networkRecent Risk & Compliance News
Caseware launches engagement review agent for auditors
The tool is designed to save auditors three to four hours per engagement by spotting missing items and inconsistencies in workpapers and statements.
Thomson Reuters taps CUBE for legal AI regulatory data
The deal broadens CoCounsel Legal's regulatory coverage to more than 150 countries, giving legal teams verified source material for cross-border work.
Banks must rebuild around governed AI agents, report
Banks face mounting pressure to prove AI pays off as Backbase says governance and accountability will decide which institutions scale agents.
Vicarius launches vRx 2.0 to speed vulnerability fixes
Most security teams still miss known weaknesses, with Vicarius saying 79% of organisations suffered a related incident last year.
Axway launches AI platform to rein in costs & risk
Rising AI bills and stricter oversight are pushing enterprises to seek tools that can track usage, data access and compliance.
IBM index finds sovereignty proof gap in enterprise AI
Fewer than a third of firms could resolve their toughest sovereignty problem without disruption, highlighting weak proof of control in AI and data governance.
Legal leaders warn AI outpaces governance, survey finds
Boards are struggling to keep pace as 59% of legal leaders say AI adoption is outstripping governance, the survey found.
Vialto launches AI platform for global workforce management
Only 3% of company leaders are using AI strategically for global work, as Vialto's new platform aims to fix fragmented data and compliance risks.
Commvault adds agent recovery for Bedrock & Foundry
It aims to help enterprises trace and undo unintended actions by AI agents before they spread across data, applications and infrastructure.
OKX publishes 49th monthly proof of reserves report
Four years of monthly disclosures have helped reassure users after sector collapses put exchange solvency under scrutiny.
Cloud Security Alliance launches verified AI assurance level
Organisations now have a third-party check on AI governance as businesses face tighter scrutiny over how systems are monitored and controlled.
Latin America red tape overtakes tax as expansion hurdle
Regulatory and administrative hurdles are deterring Latin American expansion more than tax, with friction averaging 61 against 26 across eight markets.
Rubrik extends Google Cloud backup to BigQuery & Storage
The move gives organisations a separate recovery path for analytics and AI data, after attacks on cloud backups and identity systems have risen.
AI edge in group protection hinges on data quality
Poor member records could blunt insurers' AI gains, leaving group protection providers unable to improve underwriting, claims or service consistently.
OneSchool Global expands Dayforce to unify workforce
The rollout should cut admin for teachers and give leaders a single view of vacancies, recruitment and compliance across 20 countries.
Uptiq launches GovernAI for financial institutions
The tool is meant to ease board and regulator concerns by giving lenders audit trails, approvals and user controls for AI agents.
Nuix launches AI agent for forensic investigations
The new tool aims to speed legal and regulatory casework while preserving a traceable record of each AI-generated answer for scrutiny.
Xero expands Chaney partnership with Melio payments
The move could simplify cross-border giving and bill payment for churches, while helping Chaney & Associates add about 50 clients a year.
Google Cloud adds Anthropic-managed Claude deployment
Customers can now choose between tighter compliance controls and faster access to new Claude features on Google Cloud without changing billing.
Kyndryl & AWS launch modernisation service for firms
Many organisations are lagging on technology upgrades, and the new Kyndryl and AWS offer is meant to cut the risk of large-scale modernisation.
