The rise in cyber-attacks has highlighted the importance of developing robust policies, plans, and procedures to better protect your company from data breaches and efficiently recover from a cyber incident or significant business disruption. We can help your company implement a comprehensive information security program that enables you to identify and manage risks, foster a culture of security, and prepare for the unforeseen, but inevitable, incident with business continuity and incident response planning.
Aponix Protect helps firms address evolving cyber risks and threats to ensure that their cybersecurity needs are covered year-round. This solution is available in three tiers, each one designed to provide firms with a flexible, robust, responsive, and cost-effective cybersecurity program.
ACA confirmed several firms received a wave of phishing emails from fake FINRA email domains.
Immediate Action is Advised to address two critical, potentially exploitable vulnerabilities: CVE-2022-30136 and CVE-2022-30190.
Financial services firms face a bumpy ride in 2022, as the tectonic plates of regulatory change shift again within a rapidly evolving operating environment. Download our complimentary whitepaper to identify your GRC gaps before the regulator does:
The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) AA22-138B and Emergency Directive (ED) 22-03 alerting users to active vulnerabilities susceptible to exploitation in several VMware products.
The joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) advises that MSPs, are prime targets for cyber-attacks, a trend likely to continue for the foreseeable future, as threat actors aim to exploit the innate trust in MSP-customer relationships.
With new challenges and risks crypto poses to investors, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission endeavors to dedicate more resources to protect market participants from securities law violations related to crypto.
Marie Luchet has joined the firm as Managing Director of ESG, heading up the practice’s strategy and vision for Europe.
ACA’s Connected Black Professionals Employee Resource Group is proud to continue this dialogue within ACA to foster and promote the talents and strengths of our black employees.
ACA Group awarded Best Legal, Compliance and Regulatory Advisory firm at The Drawdown Awards 2022. These awards celebrate excellence and innovation within private capital fund operations.
Senior management in Financial Services firms have a responsibility to ensure their employees have sufficient knowledge and understanding of the Regulatory environment they are working in. This knowledge helps in emphasising the need for compliance with policies and procedures in order to protect the firm and the individual from failing to “do the right thing”.
Using proprietary data ACA collected over the past few months, our experts will explain the current state of the cyber insurance market, walk through how policies work, and provide key considerations for whether and how to obtain insurance.
The role of the Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO) is a mandatory position in all firms in the Financial Services Industry. This reflects the statutory objective that the Regulator(s) have for ensuring that firms behave with “Integrity”, particularly relating to financial crime prevention. The MLRO therefore plays a significant role in assisting Senior management to ensure that systems and controls relating to anti-money laundering (AML) and countering the risk of terrorist financing (CTF) are appropriate and effective. This course provides practical advice and guidance on the responsibilities of the MLRO, what is expected by the Regulators, both of the Senior Management and the MLRO, and how those responsibilities can be achieved. It should be noted that attendance at this course does assume a good knowledge of the UK’s AML/CTF regulations.