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A Reason to Revisit Your Cybersecurity Risk
New guidance from the SEC nudges public companies to consider how forthcoming they should get about the costs and overall effects of potential and actual IT breaches.
November 3, 2011
Two months after EMC disclosed that its security division had experienced "an extremely sophisticated cyberattack" — putting its popular RSA SecurID tokens and the data-security needs of its corporate customers that use the authentication tools at risk — the Securities and Exchange Commission questioned whether EMC was holding back. In a comment letter, the regulator asked how the cost of protecting the storage giant against future breaches affected its financial results. Read more...
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Searching for Missing Supply-Chain Links
Not yet in effect, a new SEC rule has some companies bearing down on their suppliers for contractual changes and others just realizing the new requirements will apply to them. October 19, 2011
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Chipping Away at Ratings Reform
The SEC makes some progress on stripping out references to the credit-rating agencies in its own rules. July 27, 2011
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Auditors' Somewhat Raised Confidence
The number of going-concern qualifications has fallen by 4%, estimates Audit Analytics. July 25, 2011
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Sources of Misery
A controversial new rule requires companies to peer deep into their supply chains to see if they are unwittingly supporting violence in Africa. July 15, 2011
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How Many Investors Is Too Many?
The SEC is reconsidering the 500-shareholder threshold for when private companies must publicly disclose financial information. May 17, 2011
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At BP, the Cleanup Continues
The oil giant can't shake its crisis-mode status, as its annual meeting showed Thursday. April 14, 2011
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Will New Rules Nudge Up 401(k) Costs?
A proposed law could trigger pass-through costs from plan providers to sponsors. February 18, 2011
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Does the SEC Care if You're Green?
The regulator has made few comments in the past year about companies' disclosures of climate-change risk. January 24, 2011
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18,000 Tagging Errors in XBRL Filings So Far
But that's better than expected, say the SEC and XBRL US. October 12, 2010
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