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Procurement leaders now face a cybersecurity mandate. A sustained zero-day attack—likely tied to the ArcaneDoor campaign—has exposed a severe flaw in aging Cisco ASA hardware. Unlike typical vulnerabilities, this isn’t a problem IT can patch away. The only solution is asset retirement and replacement. “These devices sit at the edge of thousands of Canadian organizations,” warned senior adviser Mike Gropp, describing the flaw as “a front door breaking on the very devices that

Cisco VPN Gateways Exploited—Immediate Actions Required (ED-25-03) A 60 Second Executive Brief: Supply Chain Risk Rising Severity and...

Drones are no longer just couriers—they’re critical supply chain gateways. From mapping warehouses to carrying high-value cargo, they also expose new risks: espionage, sabotage, and diversion. Chinese-made systems face scrutiny under the 2017 National Intelligence Law, while U.S. agencies enforce bans and certifications like Blue and Green UAS. For procurement leaders, adopting military-grade standards is now a supply chain imperative.

The regulatory wave isn’t slowing down. If anything, the next two years will bring even greater disruption as governments sharpen their focus on supply chain transparency, climate accountability, and product safety. In Europe, attention is turning to product design and resource efficiency. The proposed Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) would introduce durability, repairability, and recyclability requirements — changes that directly impact electronics, pack

Sustainability and labor regulations are evolving at a pace few businesses can ignore. In 2025, companies face an unprecedented web of compliance requirements that extend far beyond climate disclosures into product design, labor practices, and supply chain due diligence. Our Global Sustainability Regulations Guide was created to help multinational organizations cut through the noise and focus on what truly matters. This guide highlights high-impact regulations across Europe,

Poor data quality has evolved into a full-blown crisis — and it’s stalling more than dashboards. It’s derailing supply chain resilience, blocking AI adoption, and quietly siphoning millions from company profits. Anyone who’s lived inside a supply chain knows the pattern: leaders leap from one fire drill to the next, reacting to the biggest and latest disruption. Data quality ends up at the bottom of the to-do list, left to IT or analytics teams to patch up when problems beco

Data: It’s your most valuable asset — and likely your dirtiest secret. It’s not Beyoncé, women, or spreadsheets that run the world; it’s data. And most of it is dark and dirty, silently sabotaging supply chains, AI models, and even the health of the planet. The truth is harsh: most companies are sitting on mountains of “dark” data they never use, while the data they do rely on is often incomplete, inconsistent, or riddled with errors. In fact, earlier Experian research foun