DURHAM – November 02, 2026 -- Edinburgh-headquartered Abbott Risk Consulting (ARC) Ltd. has joined ISASecure, the certification program that validates conformance to the ISA/IEC 62443 series of cybersecurity standards for industrial automation and control systems (IACS), the International Society of Automation (ISA) announced.

St. Petersburg – November 02, 2026 -- Perplexity Enterprise and API Platform has become the first cloud service offering to earn a fully CR26-compliant FedRAMP 20x Class C Certification, with 360 Advanced acting as independent assessor. FedRAMP confirmed the certification on October 28, 2026.

HOUSTON – November 02, 2026 -- Executive coach and author Dr. Brandi R. Muñoz has released a five-role career support model, the SPECS framework, that gives employers a structure for sponsorship, coaching and advocacy programs.

Published in the book "Who Are Your SPECS? Redefining Career Empowerment for the Future of Work," the framework stands for Subject Matter Expert/Mentor, Peer, Executive Sponsor, Coach and Spokesperson/Advocate. Muñoz calls the combined roles the "Circle of Success."

Dallas – November 02, 2026 -- Thunderly's "American Dreamers: The Stories of Franchising" campaign has reached its fourth topic, family legacy, with November installments featuring two franchise-owner families.

Berlin – November 02, 2026 -- Almost 82% of surveyed trade fair visitors say fairs let them experience things that are not possible in the digital space in the same way, the highest agreement score in a new study by German trade fair association AUMA. The survey of 1,855 respondents is the first of its kind. It was launched because winning visitors for exhibition stands increasingly appears as a challenge in AUMA's annual exhibitor and organiser surveys.

Germany hosts more than 300 trade fairs a year, drawing around 13 million visitors.

New York – November 01, 2026 -- Nicely Network, a Reddit marketing and AI-SEO agency, reports more than $150M in tracked sales revenue as it is named Best Reddit Marketing Agency for Enterprise Brands for November 2026 by Better Business Advice. The portfolio figures are agency-reported and come from the company's own media kit and pitch deck.

York, Pennsylvania – November 01, 2026 -- S corporation owners who pay themselves too little salary risk having the IRS reclassify shareholder distributions as wages, which can bring back payroll taxes, interest and penalties, according to accounting expert David Riggs of York, Pennsylvania.

Riggs' insights appear in a HelloNation article on how salary and distributions affect payroll taxes.

Tokyo – October 31, 2026 -- NTT DATA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT CONSULTING, Inc. has launched SPARK (Strategic Perspectives on AI Research and Knowledge), an AI-powered consulting service for knowledge workers in strategy and other business roles, with its first offering, AI Foresight & Intelligence, available from launch day.

United States – October 31, 2026 -- Cyber intrusions targeting the legal sector nearly doubled between 2023 and 2026, according to the CrowdStrike 2026 Legal Threat Landscape Report, as eCrime and nation-state adversaries pursue privileged communications, corporate transactions, intellectual property and financial records.

The report covers activity observed from September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2026. CrowdStrike expects AI advances to let adversaries increase the scale and sophistication of their operations.

KUALA LUMPUR – October 31, 2026 -- ASEAN Records and ASIA Records presented Certificates of Appreciation to nine media partners at the 10th Gather of Achievers Gala Night 2026, held at Hyatt Regency Kuala Lumpur at KL Midtown.

Nine titles from six media groups receive certificates

Founders Gillian Ooi and Eldrick Koh handed a certificate to each partner. Tun Seri Setia Dr. Haji Mohd Ali bin Mohd Rustam, Yang di-Pertua Negeri Melaka, and Deputy Minister of Entrepreneur and Cooperatives Development Datuk Mohamad bin Alamin witnessed the segment.