Board reporting, sustainability assurance, and enterprise accountability

Executive briefing: Office of Management and Budget Memorandum M-21-07 sets September 30, 2025 as the fiscal-year deadline for agencies to operate IPv6-only networks for 80 percent of IP-enabled information systems. Program offices need validated inventories, transition plans, and acquisition clauses ensuring vendor products run natively on IPv6 with no mission degradation.

Key compliance checkpoints

• Inventory attestation. Update authoritative asset inventories to classify IPv4-only, dual-stack, and IPv6-only systems, including shadow IT and operational technology.
• Acquisition controls. Embed IPv6 requirements in new contracts and recompetes, aligning with FAR 52.239-1 and mandating supplier test evidence.
• Telemetry validation. Confirm security tooling, SIEM feeds, and TIC overlays parse IPv6 logs with parity to IPv4 coverage.

Control alignment

• NIST SP 800-119. Revisit IPv6 security considerations to harden access control lists, neighbour discovery protections, and transition tunnelling decommissioning.
• CISA TIC 3.0 overlays. Update zero trust target architecture diagrams to show IPv6 enforcement points and encrypted traffic inspection pathways.
• OMB M-22-09 Zero Trust Strategy. Ensure identity, device, and network pillars account for IPv6 telemetry so progress reporting remains credible.

Implementation priorities

• Execute phased shutdowns of legacy IPv4-only services, starting with development and test environments to validate automation pipelines.
• Stage IPv6 readiness assessments for managed service providers and cloud platforms supporting high-value assets and FISMA systems.

Enablement moves

• Deliver IPv6 operations training for network engineers, SOC analysts, and acquisition staff focused on troubleshooting, addressing plans, and monitoring metrics.
• Publish quarterly dashboards to agency leadership summarising coverage percentages, exception requests, and remediation timelines.

Sources

• OMB Memorandum M-21-07: Completing the Transition to Internet Protocol Version 6 (November 19, 2020)
• Federal CIO Council implementation guidance for OMB M-21-07 (January 2021)

Zeph Tech partners with federal programmes to rationalise IPv4 dependencies, modernise security monitoring, and evidence contractor readiness for the FY 2025 IPv6 adoption target.

Executive briefing: Article 48 of Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 requires companies placing rechargeable industrial or electric-vehicle batteries above 2 kWh on the EU market to operate a due diligence policy from August 18, 2025. Programmes must surface social and environmental risks across raw material sourcing, ensure grievance handling, and publish mitigation results for cobalt, lithium, nickel, and graphite supply chains.

Key compliance checkpoints

• Policy adoption. Establish a governance-approved due diligence policy covering risk identification, mitigation, and third-party engagement aligned with OECD guidance.
• Risk assessment cadence. Conduct recurring supply chain risk mapping and integrate mining, refining, and recycling partners into enhanced monitoring.
• Public reporting. Publish annual sustainability reports that summarise identified risks, mitigation actions, and effectiveness metrics accessible via corporate websites.

Control alignment

• OECD Due Diligence Guidance. Map Battery Regulation requirements to the five-step framework, documenting grievance procedures and risk mitigation triggers.
• ISO 14001 and 45001. Integrate environmental and occupational safety management controls into supplier audits to demonstrate ongoing conformance.
• ESRS E3. Update sustainability reporting workstreams so CSRD-aligned disclosures capture battery-specific due diligence indicators.

Implementation priorities

• Deploy traceability platforms that consolidate sourcing attestations, smelter audit certificates, and grievance investigations for regulated materials.
• Set contract clauses requiring suppliers to share corrective action plans and remediation updates that satisfy Article 49 monitoring expectations.

Enablement moves

• Train procurement, sustainability, and legal teams on the Battery Regulation annexes so risk scoring and escalation thresholds are applied consistently across regions.
• Prepare board briefings outlining capital and operational impacts of due diligence, including alignment with voluntary initiatives such as the Global Battery Alliance.

Sources

• Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 concerning batteries and waste batteries (July 12, 2023)
• European Commission Q&A: New EU Battery Regulation (July 2023)

Zeph Tech operationalises EU battery due diligence through supplier risk mapping, traceability data integration, and governance reporting that evidences Article 48 compliance.

Executive briefing: Tennessee’s Information Protection Act (TIPA) takes effect on July 1, 2025. Covered controllers—processing data on 100,000 residents annually or 25,000 with 50% of revenue from data sales—must deliver access, correction, deletion, and portability rights, honor opt-outs for targeted advertising and profiling, and stand up board-visible privacy programs with executive ownership.

Governance watchpoints

• Reasonable privacy program mandate. TIPA requires controllers to maintain written policies for data minimization, secure handling, and governance aligned to industry standards such as NIST or ISO frameworks, with executive attestation.
• Risk assessments. Controllers must conduct and retain privacy impact assessments for processing activities presenting increased risk of harm, including targeted advertising, data sales, and profiling decisions with legal or significant effects, and surface findings to leadership.
• Limited cure period. The Tennessee Attorney General enforces the law with a 60-day cure provision that sunsets after July 1, 2026, emphasizing early remediation readiness and board oversight of gap closure.

Program actions

• Reconcile opt-out workflows. Expand consent management platforms to capture Tennessee-specific signals and support universal opt-out mechanisms with governance metrics for audit committees.
• Document program governance. Align policy repositories, executive reporting cadences, and training logs with TIPA’s "reasonable privacy program" definition, tying accountability to privacy steering committees.
• Centralize assessment evidence. Integrate TIPA assessment triggers into enterprise DPIA tooling with links to remediation tickets and vendor oversight, maintaining a governance dashboard for attestation cycles.

Sources

• Tennessee Public Chapter No. 31 (SB73/HB1181)
• JD Supra: Tennessee Information Protection Act
• Husch Blackwell: Tennessee enacts privacy law

Zeph Tech is integrating Tennessee governance with consent orchestration, privacy program maturity assessments, and cross-jurisdictional remediation tracking for executive review.