Topic: Regulatory Compliance
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Top 10 Email Marketing Tools for Financial Services in 2025
Effective email marketing in financial services requires balancing personalized communication with strict regulatory compliance, using platforms that centralize client data and automate compliant follow-ups. Leading platforms like HubSpot, Salesforce, and Zoho cater to different segments, offerin...
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Global Compliance Strategy: A Cross-Border Blueprint
Global compliance requires a forward-thinking strategy that integrates data protection with operational efficiency to avoid penalties and build trust. An ideal compliance platform must blend rigorous data protection with user-friendly design, ensuring scalability and adherence to international re...
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Balancing AI Progress and Protection: A Strategic Roadmap
Australian businesses must balance rapid innovation with strong information governance to ensure data remains secure and compliant while pursuing growth. A strategic roadmap integrating information management into innovation processes is essential for maintaining compliance and enabling secure pr...
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Mastering GenAI: Innovate Without the Risk
Global business leaders are embracing generative AI for its transformative potential and significant returns, with 78% of organizations using AI and achieving an average return of $3.70 per dollar invested. Despite the benefits, there is growing apprehension about AI-driven risks, including data ...
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Tame Unstructured Data with Policy-Driven Management
Unstructured data, which constitutes most digital information, is difficult to manage due to its volume, spread across systems, and complex formats, hindering business value extraction. Organizations must shift from manual, reactive data management to a proactive, policy-based model, using automa...
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Rulebase: The AI Coworker for Fintech, Backed by Y Combinator
Rulebase is a fintech startup focusing on back-office automation, using AI to streamline compliance, dispute resolution, and quality assurance in financial institutions. Founded by Gideon Ebose and Chidi Williams, the company secured $2.1 million in pre-seed funding and has achieved significant c...
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50 Companies' Biggest Cloud Identity Security Mistakes
Businesses face significant cloud identity security risks, with an average of 40 high-risk control failures per organization, exposing them to breaches and compliance failures. Common vulnerabilities include missing multi-factor authentication, excessive permissions, outdated credentials, and poo...
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From Traditional to AI: The Evolution of Credit Risk Analysis
Credit risk analysis has evolved from manual methods to AI-driven systems using real-time data to address global debt, regulations, and data growth. The shift includes digitization, alternative data sources, and machine learning for faster, more accurate, and inclusive risk assessments. Challenge...
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Go Beyond Checklists: Build a Mature Automotive Cybersecurity Program
A mature automotive cybersecurity program requires a foundation in established frameworks like ISO, but must go beyond compliance by developing a tailored risk management strategy that addresses unique threats and deploys proactive controls across the enterprise. Comprehensive threat visibility, ...
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Who Else Has Access to Your Wearable's Heartbeat Data?
The proliferation of smartwatches and connected medical devices enables remote health monitoring and personalized care, but it also introduces significant security vulnerabilities due to the constant flow of sensitive data. Ambiguity in health data ownership and sharing practices raises privacy c...
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Nutanix Cloud Clusters Now Available on OVHcloud
Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) on OVHcloud offers businesses in Europe and the Middle East a hybrid multicloud platform that emphasizes European data sovereignty, regulatory compliance, and sustainable infrastructure. The partnership provides a flexible and trustworthy alternative for workload migr...
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Mastering GenAI: Innovate Boldly, Manage Risk Wisely
Generative AI is widely adopted by businesses for innovation and efficiency, but its rapid integration introduces significant security risks like data leaks and a lack of specific protocols. High-profile incidents, such as breaches at JedAI and Samsung, demonstrate vulnerabilities including shado...
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Healthcare's Silent Cybersecurity Crisis
Healthcare organizations significantly underestimate their cybersecurity vulnerabilities despite facing increasingly sophisticated digital threats, creating a dangerous gap between perceived and actual security readiness. The reliance on technology for clinical outcomes means cybersecurity breach...
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Europe's Battery Startups: How to Compete with Asian Giants
The global battery market is projected to reach $400 billion by 2030, with European startups advised to leverage unique strengths like proximity to customers, regulatory expertise, and agility rather than competing on price. European firms should target specialized niches such as aerospace, medic...
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Supply Chain Shifts Challenge CPS Security Strategies
Cyber-physical systems face heightened risks due to supply chain instability and regulatory changes, with 46% of organizations experiencing third-party breaches in the past year. External regulations, rather than internal assessments, are driving security strategies, and 76% of organizations expe...
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Secure Your Data Offline with Acronis Cyber Protect Local
Acronis Cyber Protect Local is an all-in-one on-premises platform that integrates data backup, cybersecurity, and endpoint management for IT and OT environments, ensuring data sovereignty and reducing complexity. It supports legacy systems and modern hypervisors, offering broad compatibility, AI-...
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Microsoft 365 Copilot to Process UAE Data Locally
Microsoft will launch local data processing for Microsoft 365 Copilot in the UAE by early 2026, hosted in Dubai and Abu Dhabi data centers to enhance security and performance for organizations. This initiative supports the UAE's National AI Strategy and digital sovereignty by ensuring data remain...
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Exposure Management: The New Boardroom Test
Cybersecurity is now a critical board-level concern due to regulatory, investor, and reputational pressures, with exposure management providing a framework to address the gap between investment and escalating breaches. Exposure management shifts focus from counting resolved alerts to continuously...
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Sarmad Launches Thamar to Simplify Saudi Investor Services
Sarmad has launched thamar, a digital platform designed to modernize investor services for asset management firms in Saudi Arabia, aligning with Vision 2030 to enhance financial digitization. The platform streamlines operations by connecting asset managers with distributors, digitizing workflows,...
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DataLocker Enhances Security with DL GO & MySafeConsole
DataLocker has launched the DL GO encrypted USB drive and MySafeConsole cloud platform, offering enterprise-level security features at an accessible price for individuals and small businesses. The DL GO drive uses AES-256 XTS hardware encryption, supports biometric authentication, and has a rugge...
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Arcee Launches Custom AI Model AFM-4.5B for Enterprises
Arcee.ai launched AFM-4.5B, a 4.5-billion-parameter AI model for enterprises, offering free limited access for smaller businesses under a custom licensing agreement. The model is compact, instruction-tuned for tasks like chat and creative writing, and supports diverse deployment environments, wit...
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API Security: Why CISOs Must Act Now Before Regulations Hit
Businesses face increasing risks from unprotected APIs, exposing sensitive data and corporate assets due to widespread security gaps in API management. Many organizations unknowingly leak private data through poorly secured APIs, making them easy targets for cybercriminals, as seen in real-world ...
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Meta to Automate Product Risk Evaluations for Efficiency
Meta is developing an AI system to automate up to 90% of product risk assessments for platforms like Instagram and WhatsApp, aiming to speed up updates while ensuring compliance. The AI will analyze questionnaires from product teams to flag potential risks, though critics warn reduced human overs...
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RecordPoint Names Brett Hooker as Inaugural Chief Operating Officer
RecordPoint has appointed Brett Hooker as its first Chief Operating Officer to support global expansion and operational scaling amid rising demand for data governance solutions. Hooker brings extensive experience from TechnologyOne and will oversee end-to-end operations, enhancing systems and ali...
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Unlock Customer Sentiment & Risk Hidden in Your CRM Emails
Generative AI transforms inbound CRM email analysis by uncovering customer sentiment and risks, shifting focus from traditional outbound metrics to understanding actual communication content and emotional tone. Natural language processing reveals nuanced customer emotions, pain points, and buying...
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Excite and Nuix Land $1.35M Contract Deal
Excite Technology Services has secured a $1.35 million, 12-month contract to provide Nuix software solutions to an Australian Regulator through its subsidiary CBIT. The agreement involves delivering the Nuix Neo Discover platform to support the Regulator's discovery, workflow automation, and fore...
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AI-Powered Blackdot Videris Automates OSINT & Risk Detection
Blackdot Solutions has launched Videris Automate, an AI-powered platform that automates investigations and screening to help companies identify threats, uncover hidden relationships, and make faster decisions. The platform accelerates workflows by automating manual tasks, enabling efficient analy...
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F5 Acquires CalypsoAI to Secure Generative AI Systems
F5 is acquiring CalypsoAI for $180 million to enhance its security offerings with specialized capabilities for protecting generative AI systems against emerging threats. The acquisition aims to integrate CalypsoAI's technology into F5's platform, providing real-time threat defense, data security,...
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Waymo robotaxi investigated for driving around school bus
The NHTSA is investigating a Waymo autonomous vehicle for allegedly failing to stop for a school bus with activated red lights in Atlanta, raising concerns about its compliance with traffic safety laws. Waymo attributed the incident to a sensor failure that missed the bus's signals and has since ...
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The 'Papers, Please' Internet Is Here
Global mandatory online age verification is rapidly expanding from initial UK proposals to worldwide legislation, with the EU, Australia, and the U.S. Supreme Court enabling such requirements. Implementation reveals significant challenges including security vulnerabilities, loopholes, VPN usage, ...
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California Enacts Landmark AI Transparency Law SB 53
California has enacted the "Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act," requiring major AI companies to publicly disclose their safety protocols and updates within 30 days, marking a significant step toward accountability in the AI sector. The law includes provisions for whistleblower ...
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Airtel Chad Invests $90 Million to Supercharge Network Quality
Airtel Chad is investing $90 million to upgrade its telecommunications infrastructure in response to regulatory pressure and customer complaints about poor service quality. The multi-phase plan includes immediate network enhancements, fibre expansion to key towns, and a core network overhaul, wit...
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Bahrain's Fintologya Raises $1M Seed to Boost GCC Fintech Expansion
Fintologya, a Bahraini fintech infrastructure firm, has raised $1 million in seed funding to expand across the Gulf Cooperation Council region. The company, founded in 2024, provides secure, scalable, and regulation-friendly payment platforms to financial institutions. The investment will help br...
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Oumla Secures $2.4M to Develop Saudi Digital Asset Infrastructure
Oumla raised $2.4 million in seed funding, led by Core Vision with support from Avalanche and angel investors, to advance Saudi Arabia's digital asset infrastructure. The company provides custody, management, and tokenization solutions for digital assets, targeting corporations, banks, and govern...
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Qatar Launches Blockchain Pilot to Boost Islamic Finance Transparency
Qatar has launched a blockchain-based Digital Receipt System to enhance transparency and efficiency in Islamic finance, led by the Qatar Financial Centre. The initiative involves a consortium of partners and uses smart contracts to improve traceability and integrity in Shariah-compliant asset-bac...
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Future-Proof Cybersecurity: What Actually Works
Future-proofing cybersecurity requires strategic focus on core principles like reducing exposure, strengthening identity controls, and leveraging AI responsibly, rather than just adopting the latest tools. Visibility is foundational; organizations must maintain real-time awareness of assets, data...
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Master Your Data: Start with Visibility and Control
Organizations face increasing pressure to secure data as AI expands data volumes and strategic value, driving significant IT investments in cybersecurity and cloud infrastructure amid stricter regulations like Australia's updated Privacy Act. Fragmented data environments create security gaps thro...
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Post-Quantum Security: Why You Need It Now
Australia is at a critical technological juncture where quantum computing presents both opportunities and a fundamental risk to existing cryptographic systems, threatening the security of sensitive data. Quantum computers can break widely used encryption standards like RSA and ECC, potentially de...
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Crypto at Risk: The Dangers of Outdated Encryption
The cryptocurrency industry faces critical security vulnerabilities, with no tested applications supporting post-quantum encryption and millions of user records already circulating on dark web markets, creating a "Harvest Now, Decrypt Later" risk. Despite overall concerns, exchanges like Coinbase...
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Crafting an Effective Healthcare Cybersecurity Strategy
Focus on foundational cybersecurity controls like vulnerability management and network segmentation to maximize protection with limited resources, as they offer high-impact risk reduction. Cultivate a strong cybersecurity culture through staff training, making the workforce a cost-effective first...
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Mint Innovation Eyes ASX IPO for Expansion
Mint Innovation plans to list on the ASX as part of its global expansion, having received preliminary approval from the exchange pending standard conditions. The company uses its award-winning technology to sustainably recover valuable metals from electronic waste, addressing the global supply-de...
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Quantify Cyber Risk to Win Executive Buy-In
CISOs should translate cyber risks into financial terms to secure executive approval for security budgets by demonstrating potential monetary losses and investment returns. The evolving threat landscape includes AI-driven attacks and defenses, requiring constant vigilance and adaptation in cybers...
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Tarabut Opens New Regional Headquarters in Riyadh
Tarabut has launched its new regional headquarters in Riyadh, reinforcing its commitment to Saudi Arabia's open banking framework and Vision 2030 economic goals. The inauguration involved key Saudi banks and partners, showcasing Tarabut's integration and collaborative role within the Kingdom's fi...
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Top 10 Quotes from the September MarTech Conference
The MarTech Conference featured industry leaders discussing data and AI, with sessions now available on-demand and a follow-up event scheduled for November focusing on AI and intelligent agents. Experts highlighted critical organizational gaps, including the need for AI accountability, cross-depa...
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Maximize AI's Impact on Software Development: 5 Key Ways
AI is fundamentally reshaping software development, with most developers now using AI tools, prompting a reevaluation of roles and responsibilities as automation increases. Industry leaders recommend establishing flexible guardrails and clear communication to guide teams through the AI transition...
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Stop Malware Persistence: A Wazuh Defense Guide
Malware persistence allows attackers to maintain long-term access to compromised systems by using techniques like scheduled tasks, boot scripts, and system process modifications. Successful persistence leads to severe consequences, including extended undetected operations, data exfiltration, and ...
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ByteDance to Launch US-Exclusive CapCut Version
ByteDance is launching a U.S.-only version of CapCut to address regulatory pressures and comply with a 2024 law requiring separation from U.S.-based assets. The company is also developing a separate TikTok iteration for American users, likely in preparation for a potential forced sale to investor...
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Veeam Acquires Securiti AI to Unify Data Resilience and AI Security
Veeam Software is acquiring Securiti AI for $1.725 billion to merge data protection with advanced data security, governance, and AI trust capabilities. The acquisition addresses fragmented data management by providing a unified command center for secure data oversight, recovery, and AI innovation...
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Money Fellows Hits $1.5B in Digital Savings Transactions
Money Fellows, an Egyptian fintech, has processed over $1.5 billion in digital savings transactions and attracted more than eight million users, digitizing informal savings circles into secure financial tools. The platform offers a fully integrated experience with digital savings groups, smart sa...
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Barracuda Research: Your Hub for Global Threat Intelligence
Barracuda Networks has launched Barracuda Research, a centralized hub providing threat intelligence and cybersecurity analysis to help organizations identify risks and implement protective measures. A study reveals that 31% of businesses with up to 2,000 employees struggle to handle cyberthreat i...
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