AC Global Risk Featured in Aite’s Crawl, Walk, Run: The Evolution of Insurtech AC Global Risk is proud to be featured in this week’s Aite Group blog publication on the evolution of InsurTech. A timely topic as we head into InsureTech Connect, the biggest insurance event of the year. Aite Group, an independent research and advisory firm focused…
NATIONAL HARBOR, MD June 18, 2019 – Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit 2019 — Chase Hughes, President at Ellipsis Behavior Laboratories and Alex Martin, CEO at AC Global Risk, an innovative developer and provider of technology-based human risk assessment tools, presented “The Growing Challenges of Human Risk” at this year’s Gartner Security & Risk Management…
“Due diligence” should be the first two words you think of when your firm receives an FCPA complaint due to business done overseas. That due diligence, if completed correctly, will help mitigate your firm’s damages and prevent similar issues in the future. As many firms who do global business know, ignorance is not a defense…
China is hugely popular for outsourcing, along with being a major hub for global business. As a result, if your business gets big enough, you’re eventually going to want to hire a team over there. This can be tricky due to the distance, language barriers, cultural barriers and more. However, technology makes hiring overseas in…
Often, the fault for an FCPA violation doesn’t lie with the company directly. Instead, it comes from a relationship that a company forms with an outside vendor or consultant. This is especially true in China, where it’s common for companies to hire business representatives to help them close deals and manage overseas relationships. These consultants…
Did you know someone who feels overworked can experience a 68% reduction in productivity? That’s a concerning statistic for any industry. When that industry is directly responsible for the safety of citizens, a reduction in productivity is a major problem. It’s something we’ve seen happen more than once, where backlogs have resulted in issues in…
A recent study found that 45% of respondents who handle risk compliance believe they spend too much time trying to locate issues. It certainly makes you wonder: If you spend all your time looking for risk, how much time to you have to mitigate it? Finding business risk is only part of the problem. The…
Hiring a third party to handle your overseas affairs doesn’t mitigate the risk of FCPA violations. In fact, it can make it worse. A recent court case, The US v. Bourke, showed us how bad a third-party relationship could go when not handled right. Keep in mind that whenever someone is acting as your agent,…
As part of his ongoing extreme vetting effort, President Trump recently rolled out a new supplementary questionnaire. While many have touted the questionnaire as invasive or overly burdensome, others believe it’s the key to limiting the risk that comes with visa programs. While these programs are designed to improve our economy and create a more…
We are living in the age of the acronym. It seems that every day, a new service is created that’s designed to address business issues—though it’s not always entirely clear how. This is especially true in the “anything as a service” industry. These services are about helping companies craft flexible computing strategies while limiting their…