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The Pegasus Project Lands NSO Group on the US Entity List

Caleb Conlin — Fri, 19 Nov 2021 20:28:00 +0000

Related: The Pegasus Project — What the Investigation Has Revealed So Far The US Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) released a final rule on November 3, 2021, that added four foreign companies to the Entity List for engaging in activities contrary to the United States’ national security or foreign policy interests. One of the […]

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Export Controls in the Digital Space – Overview

Jeff Smith — Mon, 25 Oct 2021 14:48:04 +0000

What do Honeywell, Princeton University, and Keysight Technologies have in common? In the past year, all three entities have been found in violation of the US Export Administration Regulations (EAR). They could make it into the next edition of Don’t Let This Happen to You by the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS). Export controls comprise a […]

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Lessons From Theranos: Saga Nears Culmination as Elizabeth Holmes’ Trial Kicks Off

Caleb Conlin — Wed, 15 Sep 2021 12:51:43 +0000

Few fraud cases have garnered as much attention in the last decade as the Theranos scandal. The spectacular rise and fall of the biotech startup and its founder Elizabeth Holmes have already inspired a documentary and a best-selling book, while a Hollywood film starring Jennifer Lawrence is in the making. And now, as Holmes’ criminal […]

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ESG No Longer Just a Buzzword as Regulation Creates Emerging Supply Chain Risk

Jeff Smith — Fri, 10 Sep 2021 15:24:56 +0000

With the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) sounding a “code red” alarm on the future of humanity, the topic of environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) is more current than ever. Various surveys have demonstrated that consumers want companies to incorporate ESG practices and studies link higher ESG scores with lower cost of […]

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SEC Expands Use of Data Analytics to Detect Financial Reporting Misconduct

Jeff Smith — Tue, 31 Aug 2021 15:47:24 +0000

Data science has reshaped many industries in the last two decades. But it has notably entered the government sector too, as regulators increasingly rely on analytical tools to uncover and prosecute violators. One agency that seems to be at the forefront of data science adoption is the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The regulator has been using […]

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Jacob Zuma and Thales: An Arms Deal with Repercussions Decades Later

Jeff Smith — Tue, 17 Aug 2021 16:31:09 +0000

Breaking into new markets and winning major government contracts can be a daunting task for even the largest corporations, doubly so in emerging markets that are in political transition or have gone through a recent major upheaval. In the face of such challenges, some companies may decide that engaging in illegal activities, often taking the […]

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The Pegasus Project – What the Investigation Has Revealed So Far

Caleb Conlin — Mon, 09 Aug 2021 22:33:19 +0000

In 2020, a list of over 50,000 phone numbers was leaked to Amnesty International and Forbidden Stories, a nonprofit media organization based in Paris, France. The numbers are believed to belong to individuals identified as “people of interest” by clients of the Israeli cyber defense firm NSO Group. The leak set off a worldwide investigative […]

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COVID-19 Has Given Corporate America an Accountability Challenge

Jeff Smith — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 23:08:24 +0000

While COVID-19 has and continues to ravage economies around the world, corporations are scrambling to sustain operations and maintain their supply chains. While caught in the crosshairs of navigating the pandemic’s impact on their operations and financial sustainability, global companies seem to have overlooked accountability in their supply chains, specifically human rights compliance. In late […]

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Coronavirus have you rethinking your Global Supply Chain?

Jeff Smith — Mon, 23 Mar 2020 23:03:49 +0000

As Chinese manufacturing hits a record low amid coronavirus disease concerns*, American companies are forced to look elsewhere for product and component sourcing. In their quest for new sources, businesses have many concerns when it comes to supplementing (or all-out replacing) longstanding relationships with vetted suppliers. The concerns these companies have when looking to engage […]

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Kreller Report | Artificial Intelligence & Human Analysis: A Collaborative Relationship

Jeff Smith — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 22:15:58 +0000

While many industries have become fixated with the potential of AI – including the field of corporate Due Diligence – asking if it will replace the human component may be the wrong question. This new report from our sister company, Kreller Group, pinpoints what each model of investigation offers in support of the other, and […]

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