#regulators recently issued #cybersecurity #disclosure guidelines to enhance #transparency and #accountability among firms. A study analyzed cybersecurity disclosure practices among a sample of Toronto Stock Exchange firms over seven years. Findings indicate a notable increase in disclosure after 2017 guidance by #canadian Securities Administrators. However, improvements are needed, especially in #governance and #riskmitigation disclosure. This study sheds light on policy's impact on cybersecurity transparency.
The essential role of #ai in #banking holds promise for efficiency, but faces challenges like the opaque "black box" issue, hindering #fairness and #transparency in #decisionmaking #algorithms. Substituting AI with Explainable AI (#xai) can mitigate this problem, ensuring #accountability and #ethical standards. Research on XAI in finance is extensive but often limited to specific cases like #frauddetection and credit #riskassessment.
Amid #digitalfinance's rise, its role in combating corporate #financialfraud gains attention. The study explores how digital finance curbs fraud via #transparency, #regulation, #riskcontrol, and trust mechanisms. Findings suggest positive impacts on deterring corporate #fraud, with implications for digital finance development and #fraudprevention
The current global #dataprivacy situation resembles the accountability crisis during the early 2000s US accounting scandals. Lack of oversight, #transparency, and #regulation has led to confusion and distrust. By emulating successful models like the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, companies can regain consumer trust by treating privacy policies like #financialstatements, standardized and audited. The proposal includes #privacy #controls similar to financial internal controls and a Privacy Cube framework for #riskmanagement, ultimately aiming to rebuild #consumertrust in #data handling.
The paper highlights the importance of #thirdparty #transparency in the #riskmitigation of #supplychain #climaterisks.