Risk Management stories
Many firms are stuck in pilot purgatory as governance and workflow redesign lag behind AI ambition, limiting scale and value.
Britain's legal and accounting firms risk losing business as clients demand AI-led quality gains that few providers are delivering.
Most finance professionals now use AI, but 93 per cent worry its outputs may be inaccurate or biased, a new survey finds.
Rising AI bills are outpacing controls, with 72% of companies hit by surprise cost spikes and only 13% able to see spending clearly.
Businesses can now run and monitor AI agents for up to seven days as Google Cloud adds tighter identity and governance controls.
Proofpoint says underground forums are advertising tools that use indirect prompt injection across emails, PDFs, calendar invites and web pages.
KnowBe4 has backed the Open Secure AI Alliance, arguing AI security depends on governing agent behaviour as well as models.
The new tools aim to cut manual checks for finance and compliance teams while preserving audit trails across regulated disclosures.
Businesses using AI agents can now approve or block individual commands in real time, reducing the risk of authorised access doing unauthorised things.
Governance features aim to help security teams prove AI controls to boards and regulators as shadow AI and agentic risks spread.
Security teams can now block risky AI prompts in real time as Reco expands its platform from visibility into browser-level enforcement.
The new service could shorten invoice approvals for trade customers while giving suppliers earlier visibility on payment status and financing.
Enterprises are moving from workflow software to systems that make auditable decisions, threatening seat-based revenue models across the sector.
Back-office billing is emerging as an early AI win for finance teams, with one Servicely customer cutting invoice prep time by 92%.
Banks could cut operating costs by 20% to 30% by 2028, but only if they fix duplicated, outdated customer records first.
Clients in Perth and Brisbane have seen residential values nearly double as Reventon says early research can capture stronger growth cycles.
The deal gives regulated businesses extra protection against phishing, data leaks and rogue apps as work shifts deeper into browsers and AI tools.
The shortlist spans software, biotech and retail, highlighting the breadth of New Zealand firms vying for EY's 2026 entrepreneur prize.
Designed to curb data leakage and keep human staff in charge, the framework routes AI outputs by role inside Microsoft systems.
Security teams can now pull threat intelligence into existing AI workflows, reducing manual analysis across fragmented data and incident investigations.