It's hard enough managing supply-chain risk within your own organization. But what about controlling the behavior of critical third parties?

Businesses need and want predictability - particularly when it comes to government regulations. So the fact that the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) updates its Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods every two years is both a blessing and a curse. A blessing because industry knows the changes that are coming, and a curse because there are changes coming.

A Federal Trade Commission attempt to rein in a poorly secured IoT device is raising questions over whether the U.S. regulator has the power to crack down on vendors suspected of shoddy practices.

Despite our best efforts to guard against them, cyberattacks are getting more malicious, damaging and frequent.

Procurement professionals need to protect their businesses from the growing legal risk of third party corruption. They need to deliver "high levels of professional skill, knowledge and integrity," said David Noble, group CEO of CIPS.

Laws and regulations to eliminate human-rights violations in global supply chains are multiplying. But companies shouldn't consider their current lack of "teeth" as a license to ignore them.

Whistleblowers play an essential role in uncovering corporate and government fraud. But they often pay a heavy price for their actions.