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CISO Checklist for First 100 Days of Cybersecurity Program Management

This checklist provides key steps for a new Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) to take to set a cybersecurity program up for success.

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  • Cybersecurity
  • Cybersecurity Resources
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Potential for Phishing Campaigns After Multiple Bank Collapses

The recent bank failures creates a unique social engineering opportunity for bad actors as clients of these banks are eager for information and updates, and more likely to fall victim to phishing attacks and email compromise.

Cyber Alert
  • Cybersecurity
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Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, and Silvergate Bank: Responding to Market Disruption with a Stronger Compliance Program

Six key areas your firm should focus on now: the decisions that compliance professionals make this week after recent bank collapses will have important implications for their firms, the clients that they serve, and the capital markets generally.

Compliance Alert
  • Compliance
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The SEC Proposes Big Changes to the Custody Rule

Responding to changes in "technology, advisory services, and custodial practices," the SEC’s proposal expands the current rule’s coverage to all client assets where the adviser has custody.

Compliance Alert
  • Compliance
  • SEC
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ESG Issue Brief: Gender Equality

Achieving gender equality would benefit the economy, prevent violence against women and girls, and stimulate social progress. Unfortunately, inequality is a global plague.

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  • ESG
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SEC Amends Rule 15c6-1 to Reduce Settlement Time

The SEC recently adopted an amendment to reduce the time to settle a security purchase or sale from T+2 to T+1 and added Rule 15c6-2.

Compliance Alert
  • Compliance
  • SEC
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Tip for Updating Your Compliance Program: MNPI Compliance Issues

In the third article in our series of tips for understanding the SEC's 2023 focus areas, we discuss our recommendations for MNPI and Code of Ethics compliance.

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  • Compliance
  • SEC
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LastPass Provides Action Items in Response to Breach

The update serves to assure customers and business administrators of what LastPass will do differently in the future to avoid similar incidents.

Cyber Alert
  • Cybersecurity
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Tip for Updating Your Compliance Program: Continuing Education Requirements

In the second article in our series of tips for understanding the SEC's 2023 focus areas, we discuss our recommendations for keeping tabs on continuing education requirements.

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  • Compliance
  • SEC
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Tip for Updating Your Compliance Program: SEC Focus on Hedge Clauses

In the first article in our series of tips for understanding the SEC's 2023 focus areas, we discuss the regulator's focus on hedge clauses in advisory agreements.

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  • Compliance