Upcoming Webinar

The Role of COLPs & Managing Risk in Practice 

In Webinar 2 of the Net-Defence 'Compliance in Law Firms' series, Debra Cairns, Managing Director at Net-Defence, will explore why accountability and control are rarely aligned, and why good compliance professionals still struggle to evidence compliance in practice.

The Role of COLPs & Managing Risk in Practice 

The Role of COLPs & Managing Risk in Practice 

Webinar
The Role of COLPs & Managing Risk in Practice 

Date and Time
03 September 2026, Thursday @ 12:00pm


Why good people still struggle to demonstrate compliance in practice.

Who is responsible when something goes wrong?

Compliance is often owned by a small number of individuals, but the risks that affect compliance sit across systems, suppliers, people and processes.

In Webinar 2 of the Net-Defence ‘Compliance in Law Firms’ series, Debra Cairns, Managing Director at Net-Defence, will explore why accountability and control are rarely aligned, and why good compliance professionals still struggle to evidence compliance in practice.

This practical session will examine where responsibility really sits, what regulators increasingly expect, and why compliance is often a structural challenge rather than a people challenge.

The session will cover:

· Where compliance accountability sits
· Why operational risk often exists outside compliance teams
· The challenges of managing third parties and technology providers
· The importance of governance, visibility and oversight
· What regulators expect firms to evidence

Register your free attendance by clicking here and completing the registration form.


About the Contributor
Debra Cairns believes that security shouldn’t be a luxury and IT should never be a roadblock. Following a nearly twenty-year career at Procter & Gamble (P&G) where she honed her expertise in finance and IT, Debra took the helm as Managing Director of Net-Defence with a clear-cut mission: to build a team of IT, cyber,...

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