New Research from Drata Shows 80% of Security Professionals Lack Full Visibility into Third-Party Security Posture
SAN DIEGO: Drata has announced its Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) offering, empowering customers to identify, evaluate, and monitor third-party risks in one centralized and integrated platform. TPRM and several other enhancements are showcased at Drataverse Digital on December 12, at 10 am PT, 1 pm ET.
Private equity firms expected to grow in confidence, with increased volumes in 2024
Claire Trachet, M&A expert and CEO/Founder of business advisory, Trachet, discusses the landscape for M&As as we shift into 2024
A recent Office for National Statistics (ONS) report reveals a fluctuating trend in M&A activity in the UK throughout 2023. The year began with a dip in July and a further decline in August, but September marked a pivotal moment as total numbers stabilised, indicating potential equilibrium. Factors such as strategic adjustments, enhanced regulatory clarity, and external economic influences contributed to this stabilization. Despite the challenges, legal experts anticipate a growing confidence in private equity (PE) deal activity for 2024. Claire Trachet, CEO/Founder of business advisory firm, Trachet, discusses what’s on the horizon for M&As in 2024.
The PE market has displayed resilience amid the overall M&A landscape. While larger buyouts have become less common, PE firms are expected to grow in confidence, with increased volumes in Q4 of 2023, underscored by the ONS report which shows a divergence in the PE market, where high-quality assets face aggressive strategies, while other assets experience extended processes marked by heightened due diligence.
The future of work is amorphic; companies must adapt their cyber security policies faster than WFH policies or risk cyberattacks.
According to a report in 2023, the amount of vacant office space across the UK have reached a 20-year high and will continue to rise in 2024, which raises concerns about the efficacy of current office designs and IT security measures. For employers to address these issues, they must rethink the modern office from the point of view of the office itself.
When the righteous are in power, a nation rejoices and celebrates, but when the wicked - thieves, armed robbers, bandits, terrorists, kidnappers, kleptocrats, plutocrats, paedophiles, drug dealers, murderers, destiny, and hope killers are in power, a nation weeps, groans, moans, murmurs, complains and gnashes its teeth.
- JOHN ODEY ADUMA.
John Odey Aduma is at the Doctoral School , SOAS, University of London.
When the righteous are in power, a nation rejoices and celebrates, but when the wicked - thieves, armed robbers, bandits, terrorists, kidnappers, kleptocrats, plutocrats, paedophiles, drug dealers, murderers, destiny, and hope killers are in power, a nation weeps, groans, moans, murmurs, complains and gnashes its teeth.
JOHN ODEY ADUMA.
“ Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.”
- Proverbs 14:34.
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