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A look at some recent surveys and reports dealing with risk and compliance issues. Send surveys and reports to [email protected].

How Low Can They Go?: A survey of around 1,100 office workers at large companies in the U.S., U.K., Germany, France, Netherlands and Australia by access management firm SailPoint found 20% said they would sell their corporate passwords to an outsider–and of those who would, 44% said they would do so for less than $1,000. While 85% said they would be upset if their personal information was breached by a company, 26% admitted they uploaded sensitive company information to a cloud app for the purpose of sharing that information outside the company.

The survey “shines a light on the significant disconnect between how employees view their personal information and that of their employer, which could also include personal information of customers,” said Kevin Cunningham, president and founder of SailPoint. “Today’s identity governance solutions can alleviate the challenge of remembering several passwords and automate IT controls and security policies, but it’s imperative that employees understand the implications of how they adhere to those policies.”

Pay To Play: A report on corruption in India by the World Economic Forum found some companies spend on average half the cost for a project on bribes to speed up the approval process and to minimize delays.

Big Rule Blues: A survey of 535 board members and C-Suite executives by Protiviti and North Carolina State University found 60% listed regulatory changes and regulatory oversight as their top risk for 2016, with 57% saying it is the fear their organization isn’t properly prepared to manage cyberthreats.

No Help, No Money: A survey of 1,110 senior IT executives worldwide by data security firm Vormetric found 44% said the lack of skilled workers is the top barrier to their organization adopting better data security, while 43% cited a lack of budget.

Pirate Alert: There were 246 reported piracy incidents in 2015, one more than in 2014, according to a report from Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty’s 2016 shipping industry review.

Class Actions Are Now In Session: A survey of general counsels and senior legal officers at 381 large companies by law firm Carlton Fields found 61% of respondents said their organization faced at least one major class-action lawsuit in 2015, up from 54% in 2014.

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