"The Insider by DFIN" is a series of video interviews featuring the latest trends, topics and key perspectives on the global capital markets.

In the second part of this Security Insider series, Dannie Combs, CISO at DFIN, dives into the complexities of new cyber threats and how DFIN’s advanced security technologies help future-proof your business against bad actors.

According to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), when a Foreign Private Issuer (FPI) that has listed its securities in the United States, the FPI becomes subject to reporting obligations under Section 13 of the US Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act) – FPIs have two primary reporting obligations: 1.) filing an Annual Report on Form 20‑F within four months after fiscal year end, as required by Exchange Act Rule 13a‑1; and 2.) furnishing reports on Form 6‑K from time to time, as required by Exchange Act Rule 13a‑16

Revolution Medicines, an innovative biotech company, was looking for a software solution that would boost collaboration and optimize their SEC filing process.

DFIN’s strategies to protect your company’s dark data

Dannie Combs contributed an article for Cyber Defense Magazine to highlight the risk that storing dark data (information that an organization collects, stores for compliance or other reasons, and then doesn’t use, through neglect, lack of interest, or need) poses to a company.

Dannie Combs contributed an article for Brilliance Security Magazine to highlight the risk that storing dark data (information that an organization collects, stores for compliance or other reasons, and then doesn’t use, through neglect, lack of interest, or need) poses to a company.

Discover how DFIN helped Core Laboratories, one of the world’s leading providers of proprietary reservoir services for oil companies, streamline complex global filings with ActiveDisclosure.

Publicly traded companies and other entities are required by the SEC — or Securities and Exchange Commission — to file certain disclosure forms. These different types of SEC filings not only ensure regulatory compliance, but they also provide need-to-know information to the public. With the shift to the EDGAR Next system later in 2025, it’s more important than ever for companies to know what’s required of them.

DFIN’s third quarter 2022 financial results, released this morning, demonstrate that our continuing transformation into a software-centric company is going strong.

In a difficult market, with IPO and M&A activity down significantly, we achieved higher margins and made solid progress toward our goal of software accounting for 55% to 60% of DFIN’s total revenue by 2026.

Form 144 is a special form that must be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) when an individual who owns unregistered shares plans to sell these shares. The form must be filed by the time the individual places a sell order for those shares. What's more, the SEC made recent changes that impact Form 144.

Read on to learn about SEC Form 144, new filing requirements, and tips to make the filing process easier.