Biden and Xi discuss AI as Executive Order Implementation Begins

The executive order attempts to harness AI’s technological advances across a wide variety of industry sectors while mitigating significant national security risks and challenges associated with misuse.
SEC Enforcement Action Against SolarWinds and its CISO

The SEC filed a civil complaint alleging that SolarWinds and its CISO, violated federal securities laws by misstating the company’s cybersecurity practices and its heightened cybersecurity risks.
Michael Chertoff discusses the threat of Iranian Cyberattacks on U.S.

“I could envision the possibility — we have to be prepared for this — of an effort to attack our critical infrastructure or our electric grid, our, for example, air traffic system, water,” said Michael Chertoff, the former secretary of Homeland Security under the Bush administration.
Chertoff Group’s Lee Kair appears on BEST8A Podcast

Lee Kair the leader of Federal Strategies and Security Risk & Resilience at The Chertoff Group joins host Ezekiel Russell, on the BEST8A Podcast to discuss federal contracting best practices.
Michael Chertoff discusses the potential for homeland threats with Catherine Herridge of CBS

CBS’s Catherine Herridge interviewed Michael Chertoff on federal law enforcement’s warning of growing risks here in the United States given the Israel-Hamas war.
Supply chain resiliency is crucial as geopolitical risk grows, says Chertoff Group’s Chad Sweet

Sweet discussed the cascading effects from the Middle East crisis and the growing need for risk management and business continuity planning.
Bureau of Industry and Security Releases Updated Semiconductor Export Controls

BIS issued interim final rules that restrict exports of a greater range of semiconductors and semiconductor manufacturing equipment to China and expand licensing requirements to U.S. arms embargoed countries.
The Future of Cities Partially Hinges on the Effectiveness of Retail Security Programs

Retailers are at the forefront of this struggle for the future of cities. They face a complex set of risks: proximity risk to nearby criminal activity, on-premises crime against customers and employees, and persistent theft that is both organized and opportunistic.
Impacts to Business Given the Evolving Situation in Israel (October 11)

Israel is now an active war zone and has established an emergency unity government with a war cabinet.
Future of Democracy Discussion with Rice and Chertoff

Michael Chertoff, former Secretary of Homeland Security and co-founder and executive chairman of The Chertoff Group recently participated in a panel discussion on the Future of Democracy at the Global Emerging Technology Summit.