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The deadline for European Union member states to pass the new EU NIS2 regulation into national law was October 17, 2024, yet only a few countries have transposed it into law, leaving others lagging behind, with regulations in draft or public consultation phases, or not at all. In the absence of certainty for firms (or what NIS2 calls entities), confusion is understandable, but steps can be currently taken considering what we already know.

The European Union’s (EU) AI Act (the Act) represents landmark artificial intelligence (AI) regulation from the EU designed to promote trustworthy AI by focusing on the impacts on people through required mitigation of potential risks to health, safety and fundamental rights. The Act introduces a comprehensive and often complex framework for the development, deployment and use of AI systems, impacting a wide range of businesses across the globe.

Note: These vulnerabilities remain under active exploitation and Kroll experts are investigating. If further details are uncovered by our team, updates will be made to the Kroll Cyber Risk blog. A critical authentication bypass vulnerability (CWE-288) affecting FortiOS and FortiProxy (FG-IR-24-535) allows remote attackers to obtain super admin privileges via Node.js WebSocket traffic.

For many organizations, their online presence is not only critical to their commercial success but a key element of how they manage public perception. Yet from typosquatting to domain hijacking, authentic business websites are at significant risk of exploitation, with serious potential consequences. Domain monitoring enables organizations to defend against these types of threats by identifying potential issues early and taking effective action to mitigate the risks.