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Risk & Governance

Data, liability, and the plain-English policy almost nobody has.

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A Business Owner Spent Two Weeks Talking to His Partner Before Wiring Millions. The Voice Was Never His.

A Swiss entrepreneur wired millions to a business partner he'd trusted for years, built over two weeks of ordinary phone calls. The voice was never his partner's, and it's the fastest-growing fraud category the FBI tracks.

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38%OF ORGANIZATIONS HAVE A FORMAL, COMPREHENSIVE AI POLICY
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Only 38% of Organizations Have a Real AI Policy, Even Though 90% Say Employees Are Already Using It

ISACA's 2026 AI Pulse Poll of 3,400 digital trust professionals found 90% believe employees are already using AI at work, but only 38% of

ISACA: 2026 AI Pulse Poll · 4 days ago
73%OF DISCLOSED INVESTOR LOSSES CAME FROM AI-RELATED LAWSUITS
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AI-Related Securities Lawsuits Are on Pace to Nearly Double This Year, and They’re 73% of All Investor Losses

Cornerstone Research and Stanford's Securities Class Action Clearinghouse found investors filed 15 AI-related securities lawsuits in the first half of 2026, on pace to

Cornerstone Research & Stanford Securities Class Action Clearinghouse, 2026 · 1 week ago
$4.99MGLOBAL AVERAGE COST OF A DATA BREACH IN 2026
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The Average Data Breach Now Costs $4.99 Million, the Highest in 21 Years of Tracking It

IBM and the Ponemon Institute's 21st annual Cost of a Data Breach Report found the global average breach cost hit $4.99 million this year,

IBM & Ponemon Institute: Cost of a Data Breach Report 2026 · 3 weeks ago
22%OF DIRECTORS HAVE AI GOVERNANCE PROCESSES IN PLACE
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66% of Board Directors Now Use AI for Board Work. Only 22% Have Any Governance Process for It.

Corporate Board Member and Diligent Institute's 2026 'What Directors Think' survey of public company board members found 66% now use AI for board work,

Corporate Board Member & Diligent Institute: What Directors Think 2026 · 4 weeks ago
$18BMETA CHILD-SAFETY SETTLEMENT
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Meta will pay up to $18 billion over child-safety claims, spread over 10 years

Meta agreed to pay up to $18 billion to a coalition of state attorneys general over claims it knowingly exposed young users to mental

TechCrunch: Meta $18 Billion Child Safety Settlement, 2026 · 1 month ago
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What Happens If an AI Tool Gets Something Wrong? A Plain-English Liability Primer

In 2022, an Air Canada chatbot gave a grieving customer false information about a bereavement discount. A tribunal ruled the airline was legally responsible

2 months ago
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The Big 5 Disruptions that Business Leaders Must Address

This episode covers 'The Big 5 Disruptions That Business Leaders Must Address and what you can do.

4 years ago
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5 Choices Great Leaders Make To Manage Crisis

During a crisis, it might be tough to know what to do. In this episode, I share 5 Choices Great Leaders Make To Manage

5 years ago
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What Small Business Owners Must Do to Survive the Impact of the Coronavirus Outbreak

In this episode, I share my thoughts on what I think Small Business Owners should focus on as we go through the coronavirus outbreak.

7 years ago