As with most established technologies, recent evolutions of the VDR incorporate artificial intelligence and machine learning. DFIN’s Venue, however, is the only solution that intuitively adapts to your specific needs. It has a number of AI functions that create significant efficiencies, drive increased accuracy and give you more insight into your business and data.
For almost a decade, Dannie Combs’ day-to-day decisions had life-or-death implications. In his role with the United States Air Force, Combs managed cybersecurity operations and information risk activities for military and governmental organizations as a member of the North American Aerospace Defense Command, National Security Agency, Air Intelligence Agency, and more, participating in missions ranging from homeland defense to offensive operations around the world.
Scott Pinkner has assisted with many IPOs over his career. As a managing director at DFIN, he and his team of experts have helped many firms navigate their transition from private to public companies.
Here’s news worth monitoring. Ohio lawmakers passed a handful of bills before heading into the 2018 summer break. One of those, Senate Bill 220, includes legal protection for companies that suffer a data breach, provided they had reasonable security controls in place when the incident occurred. Governor John Kasich signed the legislation in early August.
Dealmaking in the life sciences sector is a hot topic again. After a torrid streak that saw more than 2,000 M&A transactions worth over $820 billion between 2014 and 2017, some regrouping and a lull in volume was anticipated; and sure enough, quarterly figures that revealed a slight, if choppy, decline beginning in 2016 soon developed into a slump for much of last year.
But the slowdown didn’t last long. Executive confidence and deal appetite did not go away, for one thing, and they were helped by favorable market conditions.
It’s a familiar tune, with a twist. In today’s fast-paced digital world, there’s an ever-growing demand for cybersecurity to become more automated, integrated and accelerated. Now, industry stakeholders like Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN) are responding with security orchestration — a shift in the application of technology that allows security tools to work together seamlessly as an independent system, with minimal human involvement.
The European Union’s GDPR took effect in May 2018. As the first major update to data protection laws in the EU since 1995, it combines previous data protection directives into a single, comprehensive regulation — one of its main advantages.
But what if your organization is based outside EU borders? Do you need to concern yourself with all that the GDPR covers?