The Ultimate Guide to Risk & Compliance
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What to know about Risk & Compliance
Risk & Compliance is a critical domain encompassing the strategies, tools, and frameworks organisations use to identify, manage, and mitigate risks while ensuring adherence to regulatory standards and internal policies. This area has grown increasingly complex with evolving technology landscapes and cyber threats, making it essential for businesses to stay informed and adaptive.
Recent developments highlight the dynamic nature of risk and compliance, including innovations like AI-powered suites enhancing governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) management, as well as emerging security challenges such as growing API vulnerabilities in financial sectors and the targeting of cloud resources by cyber-attacks. Organisations must navigate an expanding regulatory environment, with new standards and certifications marking benchmarks for data protection, operational resilience, and cybersecurity readiness.
Beyond technology, risk and compliance involve critical considerations around human factors, corporate governance, and the alignment of security practices with business objectives. Insights into cloud governance, supply chain security, and identity management demonstrate the multifaceted approach required to manage risks effectively in a digital-first world.
For readers, exploring stories tagged with Risk & Compliance offers valuable perspectives on cutting-edge solutions, regulatory changes, and strategic guidance. It is an essential resource for professionals aiming to understand and implement robust risk management frameworks, enhance cybersecurity posture, comply with evolving standards, and ultimately safeguard their organisations against the multifarious risks of today’s interconnected environment.
UK Risk & Compliance News
Regional stories with direct local relevance
Know your business (KYB) for UK firms
Relying on Companies House alone can leave UK firms exposed to hidden ownership, weak screening and regulatory scrutiny.
Mindgard raises USD $30 million to boost AI security
Customer demand is helping the Boston and London startup expand as enterprises race to secure AI systems against fresh attack risks.
Cytix launches risk platform after GBP £5.2m funding
UK security leaders are warning that AI-generated code is outpacing controls, with a quarter already seeing incidents from flaws it introduced.
Flagstone adds US dollar & euro SME savings accounts
SMEs with overseas suppliers or customers can now earn interest on dollar and euro cash without juggling separate bank relationships.
FE fundinfo boosts Nexus for advisers with AI tools
Advisers could save hours a week as FE fundinfo adds AI research, modelling and reporting tools to its Nexus platform.
Napier AI & Delta Capita join forces on compliance
The tie-up could cut onboarding delays and duplicate checks for banks by linking customer due diligence with AML monitoring in one workflow.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to Risk & Compliance
CrowdStrike named leader in IDC MarketScape MDR study
Citrix adds managed observability & developer services
IBM launches Apptio AI tool to track ROI of spending
Orient launches meaning layer for enterprise AI systems
Google named Forrester AI Platforms leader on strategy
Featured News
AI will fade, says Dell Technologies' ephemeral Chief AI Officer
Dell says agentic AI should shift routine tasks below the machine line, freeing staff for expert work while making the role temporary.
Schrodinger's ERP both dead and alive, says Rimini Street
Businesses can avoid costly ERP rip-and-replace projects by layering AI and automation onto existing systems, Rimini Street says.
Lumana's focus on vertical applications for AI video surveillance platform
Lumana's Principal Product Manager says its camera-agnostic AI platform is expanding beyond security into retail, healthcare and smart cities.
Semperis' Hargraves says real-time documentation boosts cyber resilience
Real-time logging during cyber incidents helps firms rebuild events accurately and close gaps faster after attacks, Marie Hargraves says.
Check Point: Be the best, or get out the way
Rising AI-driven attacks are compel security buyers to cut vendor sprawl, though Check Point warns over-consolidation can still raise risk.
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Check Point: Hackers are already in. Act accordingly
Hackers are exploiting vulnerabilities in hours or minutes, leaving many organisations compromised before defenders spot the breach.
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OnBoard says board AI policy key, but lags behind in adoption
Most boards are using AI, but formal guidelines are still missing as adoption races ahead of governance, OnBoard's survey found.
John Margerison on the new class of employee: AI managers
Businesses should treat AI like a new hire, as weak oversight could expose sensitive data and leave staff needing fresh skills to stay relevant.
Humanoid robots, 0-day defence among Info-Tech trends for '27
Agentic AI, zero-day surge, sovereign cloud, and humanoid robots will define IT strategy in 2027, Info-Tech Research Group warns.
Exabeam: Ruthless efficiency can make agentic AI malicious
Behavioural analytics is becoming essential as AI agents can pursue tasks so efficiently that they may cause damage without any malicious intent.
Quantum computers aren't here yet. But the data threat is
Hackers are already stockpiling encrypted data for Q-Day, when quantum machines could break RSA and ECC in minutes.
Check Point Technologies: On vigilance, Mythos and beyond
AI-driven vulnerability scanning is forcing firms to rethink complacency as Check Point says existing defences still help against Mythos.
Exclusive: Reco COO on securing the AI inside your SaaS stack
Reco COO Zoe Hillenmeyer says enterprises typically underestimate their AI agent exposure by a factor of ten and that gap is widening.
Expert Columns
Know your business (KYB) for UK firms
The invisible trust layer: Why payments are becoming a systems problem
Dupe culture is creating a new challenge for toy and gaming brands
The psychology of better decision-making in the real-time enterprise
Why smarter payments data is becoming the iGaming CFO's best friend
The new architecture of money: Stablecoins, AI and Europe's payments future
Cloud-based connectivity as a business enabler in the IoT age
When AI memory, simulation and provenance collide
Customer data integration: A data quality checklist
Supercharged security: Cyber risk in the age of frontier AI
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the network
AI will fade, says Dell Technologies' ephemeral Chief AI Officer
Schrodinger's ERP both dead and alive, says Rimini Street
Lumana's focus on vertical applications for AI video surveillance platform
Semperis' Hargraves says real-time documentation boosts cyber resilience
Check Point: Be the best, or get out the way
Recent Risk & Compliance News
Creditspring gains FCA broking approval to widen lending
The approval lets the lender refer unsuitable applicants to selected rivals, widening access to borrowing and sharpening its focus on affordability.
Dupe culture is creating a new challenge for toy and gaming brands
Viral lookalikes are spreading fast across toy and game marketplaces, with cheaper copies now posing safety and reputational risks for brands.
UK firms face GBP £525m revenue risk from old content
Outdated web pages and poor product data could erode customer trust and leave large UK businesses exposed to GBP £525 million in lost revenue.
Why smarter payments data is becoming the iGaming CFO's best friend
Real-time financial data could help operators curb churn, sharpen affordability checks and lift margins as acquisition costs climb.
Blockchain ties up with Adclear on UK compliance checks
Stricter UK crypto ad rules are pushing firms to automate checks before publication, reducing the risk of compliance breaches and delays.
Krystal warns UK data centres face extreme weather risks
Extreme heat, flooding and grid strain could knock critical UK hosting services offline, Krystal warns, as older sites face rising climate pressure.
Park Place gains fourth Nutanix verified solutions badge
The recognition bolsters Park Place's cloud credentials as enterprises seek tighter control over data location, governance and operational risk.
Ecommpay warns UK fraud review ignores platform liability
Losses still ran to GBP £703.4 million as Ecommpay said ministers must widen the fraud review to cover platform liability and SIM-swap crime.
British firms warned over digital disruption risks
Outages in cloud, payments and software could stop British firms trading within minutes, Everywhen said, even with premises still open.
UK cyber leaders tackle third-party risk, resilience and AI
UK CISOs and senior cyber executives will examine resilience, third-party risk and practical AI use at a London cyber security forum.
The new architecture of money: Stablecoins, AI and Europe's payments future
Faster transfers are exposing a gap in Europe's payments systems, where firms still struggle to link money movement with data, controls and accountability.
Half of UK tech leaders say outages threaten revenue
Outages are now a board-level risk for many UK firms, with most technology leaders saying network resilience is critical to revenue and operations.
Cloud-based connectivity as a business enabler in the IoT age
Remote device management is becoming a core cost and security issue as firms scale IoT fleets across countries and networks.
Trimble launches Arc Agent to automate logistics workflows
Logistics back offices could cut time spent on emails and spreadsheets as the tool targets the manual tasks 70% of firms flag as a pain point.
AI agent used fake identities to push malicious code
Cybersecurity experts warn single-person approvals are now vulnerable after an AI agent used fabricated identities to slip malicious code past checks.
IBM launches Apptio AI tool to track ROI of spending
Boards seeking proof of generative AI returns now have a tool that links token spend to revenue, productivity, risk and cost.
Modulr joins FCA scale-up unit for solo-regulated firms
Direct access to the UK watchdog will help the payments firm tackle scaling issues as it handles more than GBP £180 billion a year.
Globant launches Glob.AI marketplace for AI services
Enterprises can now buy AI work by output, as the new marketplace aims to cut project costs and speed delivery across functions.
Keepit launches AI Truth Cloud to verify data for AI
Enterprises get a tamper-proof backup layer for AI use, as Keepit says verified data can reduce risk and support audits.
UK firms lack modern slavery safeguards, IOSH warns
A YouGov survey of 1,011 senior decision-makers found 70 per cent of firms have no formal way to assess modern slavery risks.
Job Moves
Hyperlayer names first Head of AI as banks push AI
Paylink appoints new Senior Leaders as business evolves platform
D2 Legal Technology names Daniel Heymann to lead law firm AI
Barrier Networks names Maggie Titmuss as Board Adviser
Sterling appoints Alistair Kirk as Non-executive Adviser
One.site appoints Mitchell Smith as Managing Director
Clue appoints Mark Watson as Chief Operating Officer
IRIS names first Chief Data & AI Officer Surya Sagi
Gresham names Spiros Giannaros as Chief Executive Officer
