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COVID-19
As the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to grow, organisations across the globe find themselves in various stages of the crisis management lifecycle. Understanding the longer-term implications of the COVID-19 pandemic, and how you need to respond will be critical to a rapid commercial recovery.
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How a new German anti-fraud act may force companies to investigate themselves
Almost two years after Germany’s coalition parties announced plans to introduce fresh legislation to fight corporate crime, the Federal Ministry of Justice published a first draft of the “Association Sanctions Act” in August 2019.
Africa Risk-Reward Index 2019: Reforms and Resistance
With ambitious reform agendas, unfilled demand for good and services, infrastructure gaps and one of the world's fastest growing populations, Africa presents an abundance of opportunity and possibility for business. Download the fourth Africa Risk-Reward Index for a comparative snapshot of some of the continent's largest and emerging markets.
Hong Kong: where do we go from here?
As social unrest in Hong Kong enters the sixth month, confrontations between protesters and the police continue to lead to extensive disruption and other operational challenges for businesses.
CORE political violence and violent organised crime report Q4 2019
We are pleased to release our fourth quarter report on political violence and violent organised crime incidents around the world.
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COVID-19: What to focus on now, what to focus on next
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues businesses and organisations are in various stages of crisis response or recovery across the globe. Regardless of which stage you are at right now, there is a growing body of knowledge and lessons learned that can help your crisis response.
Leadership in the COVID-19 crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic is a crisis different from anything a business leader will have faced in over a century. Effective leadership in a prolonged crisis is absolutely necessary. Our experts use their experience, several previously from the FBI's Critical Incident Response Group, to offer constructive advice for leadership in this time of crisis.
COVID-19 and cyber security
Cybercriminal and Nation-state activity related to COVID-19 has ranged from phishing campaigns to steal credentials and commit financial fraud, to more sophisticated attacks focused on stealing financial or other sensitive data and conducting distributed denial of service and ransomware attacks.
COVID-19 and remote working
COVID-19 has turned working from home into the norm for organisations around the world. But as organisations learn how to manage their whole workforce working remotely, attackers are also adapting to this new reality and exploiting it to target the confidentiality, integrity and availability of data and systems.
COVID-19: Sports and major events
Companies across the world are grappling with the consequences of the restrictions imposed to manage COVID-19, with decision-making around major events and sports fixtures particularly time-sensitive and contentious given the considerable impact on organisers and participants.
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