This is an important notice for publicly traded companies and cyber professionals. Under the Securities and Exchange Act 1934 The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged Pearson a the UK based public company, with making misleading statements and omissions to…
A great read if you are working within the Energy Oil and Gas sector. Many focus on the US DoD and cyber but its not a sector specific issue. By way of example The World Economic Forum (WEF) has created…
Could ESG be an opportunity for companies which are distressed, seeking capital, maybe? With ESG increasingly part of the investment decision, distressed companies are ready for change and transformation. As companies exist a distressed situation the adoption of ESG may…
One impact of regulation is that those being regulated will find a way. In this case ESG regulation has led to a re-allocation of funds claiming to be ESG compliant. That may not have been as compliant as fund managers…
The drive towards environmental funds during lockdown has been a success story. With European, Asian and then US markets holding over $400 Billion in Environmental, Social and Governance Debt. With Europe and Asia increasing their holdings faster than the US.…
You don’t normally associate ESG funds with the Aerospace and defence Industry. However environmental funds do hold a small percentage of their investments in Aerospace and Defense and in 2022 European ESG might start reporting investments in defence firms. But…
A great read, ‘Chocolate-Covered Cicadas’. ESG aims to bring predictable measurable prescriptive regime to provide markets with the information they need to make informed investment decisions. The SEC sets out a number of thesis, creating a balanced perspective on the…
Are we heading towards a clash between what public company regulators expect and what public companies are able to disclose given their lack of knowledge and cyber maturity. Reporting to much may put the company at odds with its shareholders,…
The increase in the sophistication, frequency and costs of cyber attacks is a cause for concern. SolarWinds, the Exchange hack, Colonial Pipeline, JBS and more recently Kaseya hacks have demonstrated that current cyber incident response legislation is not working. The…
It’s an observation only but when you read the enclosed 2 thoughts come to mind. The first is that NIST are aligning their risk management thinking along with other sectors such as financial services for federal agencies. Formalising risk governance,…
