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Daily Compliance News

Daily Compliance News: August 2, 2024 – The Meta Pays Texas Edition

Welcome to the Daily Compliance News. Each day, Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you compliance-related stories to start your day. Sit back, enjoy a cup of morning coffee and listen to the Daily Compliance News. All from the Compliance Podcast Network.

Each day, we consider four stories from the business world: compliance, ethics, risk management, leadership, or general interest for the compliance professional.

In today’s edition of Daily Compliance News:

  • Meta agrees to pay the state of Texas a $1.4 billion fine.  (Texas Tribune)
  • Glencore trader criminally charged by SFO for bribery. (FT)
  • Menendez loses his school’s name. (The Guardian)
  • CrowdStrike for causing outage. (Reuters)

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Compliance Into the Weeds

Compliance into the Weeds: Major Cybersecurity Incidents and Regulatory Challenges

The award-winning, Compliance into the Weeds is the only weekly podcast that takes a deep dive into a compliance-related topic, literally going into the weeds to more fully explore a subject.

Looking for some hard-hitting insights on compliance? Look no further than Compliance into the Weeds!

In this episode, Tom Fox and Matt Kelly take a deep dive into the dismissal of the SEC’s enforcement action against Solar Winds and CrowdStrike cybersecurity failures.

Tom and Matt begin with UnitedHealth’s costly ransomware attack, a federal judge’s ruling against the SEC’s lawsuit over SolarWinds’ cybersecurity practices, and CrowdStrike’s flawed software update impacting global corporations.

The episode explores the regulatory challenges of enforcing effective cybersecurity controls and the implications for companies and their compliance programs. The discussion highlights the need for better IT general controls and the role of different stakeholders, including Congress, regulatory agencies, and audit firms, in addressing these cybersecurity risks.

Key Highlights:

  • UnitedHealth Ransomware Attack Breakdown
  • SolarWinds Cybersecurity Lawsuit
  • Regulatory Challenges and Implications
  • Operational Risk Management and IT Controls
  • Call to Action for Compliance and Audit Professionals

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