Inside the 2025 Compliance War Room: How Deal Teams Stay Audit-Ready

Inside the 2025 Compliance War Room  How Deal Teams Stay Audit Ready

Dealmaking in 2025 has evolved from negotiation into a real-time compliance exercise. Every transaction, whether venture funding or a billion-dollar merger, now operates under simultaneous regulatory pressures: cybersecurity disclosure rules, AI governance frameworks, ESG reporting mandates, and cross-border data protection laws. These requirements have transformed due diligence from a discrete phase into a continuous audit … Read more

The 4-Day Breach Disclosure Rule: A 96‑Hour Incident Response Playbook

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Understanding the SEC’s 4-Day Breach Disclosure Rule In July 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted new cybersecurity disclosure rules that put public companies on a strict timeline. When a company determines that a cyber incident is “material,” it must disclose the incident via a Form 8-K within four business days of that … Read more

How To Encrypt Your Sensitive Excel Files to Keep Them Safe

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Microsoft Excel is the industry standard for organizing and laying out data sets. Not only do Microsoft Office Excel files often hold some of your most important and sensitive information, but that information is presented neatly in spreadsheet form, making it an easily exploitable asset for anyone with bad intentions. This means you must control … Read more