A NAVEX blog covering all things governance, risk and compliance related - including the latest regulatory updates you need to know.
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3 Feb 2026 Joe Murphy
This article, from the 2026 Top 10 Trends in Risk & Compliance, discusses the future of the Compliance and Ethics profession.
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9 Dec 2025 Jaclyn Jaeger
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4 Mar 2021 Bob Conlin
Earning and keeping the trust of our employees has never been more important. Findings from the most recent Edelman Trust Barometer show that trust has eroded globally in governments, media, and NGOs – while trust in businesses has increased.
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2 Mar 2021 Rebekka Krause
Germany’s “Law to Strengthen Business Integrity” regulates the criminal liability of companies under German law for the first time. The role of compliance management systems will prove crucial. Learn what the law is, what it means for affected companies, and what actions they should be taking now.
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25 Feb 2021 NAVEX Editorial Team
A risk-based approach is not new: Identify the greatest risks to your organization and prioritize the related controls, policies, and procedures. This is familiar territory for risk managers, but it may not be for compliance professionals. So, what does this phrase really mean in practice and how can compliance officers conduct risk assessments to identify, quantify and respond to risk?
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11 Feb 2021 French Caldwell
In the last five years, integrated risk management has gone from buzzword to practice. The primary driver of IRM across industries is uncertainty. After a year of uncertainty, organizations will direct GRC-related resources from compliance to a risk-oriented approach.
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9 Feb 2021 Matt Kelly
Planning for disruption has never been more important. To start creating a business continuity plan, you’ll need a risk assessment, business impact analysis, business continuity plan, and ongoing testing and communication.
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4 Feb 2021 NAVEX Inc.
2020 opened the pandora’s box of risks: cybersecurity, supply chain, health and safety, financial fraud, and regulatory compliance as well. If the experiences of 2020 taught us anything, it’s that a federated approach to risk is not enough. Compliance and integrated risk management need to come together under one roof.
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1 Feb 2021 Josh Reid
Organizations need to understand and manage the cybersecurity risk third-parties can present. Traditionally, security teams have used annual security assessments to assess third-party risk. However, this poses several challenges to security teams. Learn the benefits of monitoring cybersecurity risk continuously, and the risks of not doing so.
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27 Jan 2021 Jessica Wilburn
When it comes to data privacy law, change is the only constant. The global pandemic unleashed a new set of risks related to data privacy that companies will have to confront in 2021. Despite the COVID chaos, data privacy regulations around the world are becoming more strict, more prolific, and more stringently enforced.
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19 Jan 2021 Andrew Burt
In November, California voters passed the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). How does this new Act change CCPA, and what does it mean for businesses that use personal information? Here are 7 changes CPRA is making to data privacy, and what it means for your business.
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13 Jan 2021 Matt Kelly
Congress gave compliance professionals quite the gift on New Year’s Day: a new whistleblower awards program that will allow compliance officers an easier path to seek awards, regardless of whether you raise those misconduct concerns internally. Here’s what compliance needs to know.
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11 Jan 2021 MaryAnn Rains
As we embrace 2021, we would be remiss to move forward without pulling lessons learned from 2020. From organizational trust, to fraud risk, to supply-chain management - the lessons are not in short supply. Here are 7 top tips from our most popular blogs of 2020.
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5 Jan 2021 Andrew Burt
Every year, we make – and struggle to keep – New Year resolutions. Here are some useful commitments for your risk and compliance program that can help give you a strong start to the New Year.
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29 Dec 2020 Andrew Burt
2020 is (almost) over. But before saying goodbye, we should heed its COVID-inspired lessons – or risk being haunted by the ghosts of past, present and future compliance failures!
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22 Dec 2020 NAVEX Editorial Team
New frontiers and emerging technologies are changing the roles and responsibilities of compliance professionals, along with the risks they face - raising pressing questions that risk and compliance need answered. Luckily, our experts have done just that.
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3 Dec 2020 MaryAnn Rains
Navigating COVID-19 (and beyond) requires resiliency, flexibility, innovation, and a plan. Here are four steps to build an integrated risk and compliance based back-to-work plan – and the questions you should be asking along the way.
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