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
Five practical ways SMBs can strengthen cyber resilience in the age of AI
AI tools are exposing smaller firms to faster scams and data leaks, making basic controls and staff training vital to stay resilient.
Watching the Agents: AI Observability Has to Evolve for the Agentic Era
Blind spots in agentic AI could turn routine tasks into breaches, as Canadian firms ramp up use faster than oversight can keep pace.
Six Canadian banks explore tokenised deposit system
Canadian customers could gain faster, programmable payments as six major lenders test digital bank money within existing regulatory safeguards.
MindBridge adds AI tools for finance & audit teams
The update aims to cut setup complexity and keep finance teams and auditors in control as AI takes on more oversight work.
TD's Layer 6 invests CAD $25 million in Cohere AI tie-up
The bank's AI push aims to improve staff productivity and client service as it tests secure tools with Cohere and its Layer 6 unit.
Canada faces ransomware rate more than twice global
Canadian firms are being hit by ransomware at 18.2% versus a 9.0% global average, with web-delivered attacks now overtaking email.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to Risk & Compliance
CFOs urged to take disciplined approach to AI spend
Netskope launches control to block risky AI agent actions
ABBYY launches FineParser for enterprise AI document parsing
Akto named pioneer in Gartner's AI security quadrant
F5 named Market Shaper in Gartner AI security quadrant
Featured News
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.
Lumana's focus on vertical applications for AI video surveillance platform
Lumana's Principal Product Manager says its camera-agnostic AI platform is expanding beyond security into retail, healthcare and smart cities.
Check Point: Be the best, or get out the way
Rising AI-driven attacks are compel security buyers to cut vendor sprawl, though Check Point warns over-consolidation can still raise risk.
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Check Point: Hackers are already in. Act accordingly
Hackers are exploiting vulnerabilities in hours or minutes, leaving many organisations compromised before defenders spot the breach.
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OnBoard says board AI policy key, but lags behind in adoption
Most boards are using AI, but formal guidelines are still missing as adoption races ahead of governance, OnBoard's survey found.
John Margerison on the new class of employee: AI managers
Businesses should treat AI like a new hire, as weak oversight could expose sensitive data and leave staff needing fresh skills to stay relevant.
Vector Institute launches open-source writing bias detector
The free tool could help organisations curb discriminatory wording in news, healthcare and HR content as trust in AI remains low in Canada.
How this Ont. town is using AI from bylaw to trash pickup
Data silos and staff time are being cut as the township uses AI agents to speed calculations, analyse waste and answer residents online.
Expert Columns
Five practical ways SMBs can strengthen cyber resilience in the age of AI
Some AI risks more subtle than others
Watching the Agents: AI Observability Has to Evolve for the Agentic Era
How businesses can avoid widespread harm from cloud outages
From Clipboard to Cloud: Why manual temperature checks are a food safety gap of the past
The autonomous SOC takeover
Why firms are now looking for AS9100 certification
An open letter to the next gen of accountants and bookkeepers
Your AI Scaling Problem is Actually a RAG Problem
How security leaders should measure AI SOC performance
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the networkRecent Risk & Compliance News
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Brickken joins Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust
Interoperability gaps could slow tokenised finance as the Barcelona-based firm adds its standards work to a wider open-source debate on digital assets.
Procurement leaders face widening gap in resources
Rising savings and resilience demands are outpacing staffing, data and technology in large procurement teams, a survey finds.
Tech Race Summit explores personalisation, AI and cybersecurity
AI and personalisation are reshaping Softswiss's product, engineering and security priorities as the group warns of higher cyber risk and tighter data demands.
Form3 launches AI payments platform with read-only access
Banks can query payment data via AI without risking unauthorised transfers, as Form3's new layer keeps agents on read-only access.
Keeper launches Google Chat tool for access approvals
Access approvals can now be handled in Google Chat, as Keeper brings privileged requests and just-in-time elevation into Workspace workflows.
Databricks buys Row Zero to add live spreadsheets to Genie
The deal keeps finance and operations teams in governed data as Databricks adds a spreadsheet layer to reduce risky file exports.
Most digital asset treasuries lag direct crypto holdings
Most listed digital asset treasuries now trade at a discount to their crypto holdings, leaving direct token owners better off in most cases.
RDC.AI targets North America with banking software
Banks are broadening use of RDC.AI's software as the Australian-founded group reports more than 120 per cent growth in existing customers.
Citrix adds AI browser session insights for agents
Security teams can now trace risky browser activity by staff and AI agents, as Citrix adds visual session records and policy guidance.
Ropes & Gray teams with OpenAI on due diligence AI
Deal teams could get issue-level diligence reports in hours as the law firm builds an OpenAI-powered tool for review under tight deadlines.
Anthropic launches Claude Opus 5.5 with lower costs
Lower running costs and faster output are aimed at businesses using Anthropic's latest Claude model, which starts at USD $4 per million input tokens.
Wipro launches CISO Command Centre with CrowdStrike
Enterprises facing faster AI-driven attacks could get a single view of cyber risk as Wipro and CrowdStrike tie security operations to board priorities.
Mastercard survey sees SMEs shifting to fintech payments
Cross-border payment competition is intensifying as SMEs prioritise faster, more reliable transfers, with 91% planning to switch provider within two years.
Procurement leaders face rising demands amid data gaps
Rising savings demands are colliding with staffing shortages and poor data, leaving procurement teams struggling to keep pace.
HeadFirst rebrands as Vertage in staffing shake-up
Customers will keep existing contracts and delivery teams as the staffing group folds 11 brands into Vertage on a single platform.
Fastly launches AI controls as machine traffic surges
Machine-generated requests now account for more than half of Fastly's network traffic, intensifying pressure to govern AI costs and security.
StackHawk launches Wingman to fix flaws in AI coding
Security teams may cut backlogs as Wingman finds, fixes and verifies flaws inside AI coding tools before pull requests are opened.
Keepit tops USD $100 million ARR on AI Truth Cloud
The Danish cloud data protection group's nine-figure run underscores demand for independent backup as firms link AI adoption to data trust.
Bitdefender launches AI visibility & control for firms
Security teams can now spot unsanctioned AI use across Windows estates, as Bitdefender adds risk ranking and policy controls to GravityZone.
Azul launches AI assistant for Java security checks
IT teams can now spot unpatched Java versions and Oracle licensing exposure in live production data, cutting the risk of audit surprises.
