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June 11, 2019

Marketplace – Finding a New CEO for a Troubled Company isn’t Easy

By Ben Bradford

Fortune – Remember Options Backdating? Nissan Gets Caught Using a Very Old CEO Pay Trick

By Erik Sherman

Danger, Danger, No Cyber Ranger: Why Boards Need More Cyber Experts

The notification of a data/privacy breach from your company is never well received by stakeholders. After all, no one wants their social security number, healthcare and other private information available for public consumption. Yet, almost daily there is a headline story of personal data inadvertently exposed by employees or hacked by crooks, foreign governments, 15-year-old kids, etc. We’ve learned over the years that cyber intrusions can come from anywhere. Ask Sony Corporation, which experienced a devastating hack in 2014.