Navigating the New Risk Landscape: AI, Cybersecurity, Third-Party Risk & Regulatory Changes
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The episode discusses the interconnected risks CFOs face today, including AI governance, cybersecurity, and regulatory changes.
The risks keeping CFOs up at night aren't new. But the way they connect, accelerate, and amplify each other is. In the final episode of their three-part GRC series, Embark's Adam Olsen and Managing Director Allison Bradshaw break down the risk landscape organizations are navigating right now, and what it actually takes to get ahead of it. In this episode: AI governance frameworks: how to build tiered oversight proportional to risk, from chatbots to credit decisions, without slowing down adoption The "black box" problem: why explainability and transparency are now regulatory expectations, not just best practices Cybersecurity as enterprise risk: how to reframe board conversations around cyber exposure and what ransomware preparedness actually requires Identity, access, and the human element: why phishing remains the most common attack vector and what effective security culture looks like beyond annual training Data privacy in a fragmented regulatory environment: GDPR, CCPA, and the state-by-state patchwork, plus why privacy and cybersecurity programs are stronger when built together Third-party and vendor risk: how to apply a risk-based approach across a complex vendor ecosystem…
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