Skip to content.

Secondary navigation

Get Your Demo
Webinar

2026 Whistleblowing and Incident Management Benchmark Webinar

2.37 million reports. 4,000+ global organizations. Clear whistleblowing and investigation benchmarks you can use to compare your compliance program, brief the board and strengthen speak-up culture.

Duration: 90 minutes

Save your seat!

This form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply to the reCAPTCHA services. You can learn more about how NAVEX processes your personal data by reviewing the NAVEX privacy statement.

thank you

A diverse group of six colleagues stands around a table in a modern office, smiling and discussing something on a laptop. Large windows show a city skyline in the background.

Key takeaways you’ll get from the webinar

Trusted insights

Get expert analysis informed by the world’s largest hotline database.

Speak with certainty to the board

Translate data into a clear story that helps make informed choices.

Build trust and accountability

Explore how you build trust in a changing environment.

A woman sits on a couch by a large window, holding a smartphone and gazing outside thoughtfully. She is surrounded by green plants, with coffee and water on the table in front of her.

When conditions change, leaders need answers

When conditions change, you need answers. The 2026 Whistleblowing and Incident Management Benchmark – built from 2.37 million reports across 4,000+ global organizations – shows how speak-up behavior and investigations are changing and what that data means for you.

Register now
A person in a light shirt stands at a modern desk, typing on a laptop. Notebooks and a tablet rest nearby, with a dark blue background behind them. The image conveys a professional, focused work environment.

Reserve your copy & save your seat

Join the webinar to get the 2026 Benchmark on release, hear expert analysis of 2.37M reports, and walk away with board-ready priorities and practical next steps your team can take.

Save your seat
A person wearing an orange sweater types on a laptop at a desk, with a paper displaying colorful pie charts and a wristwatch visible on their left wrist.

Turn whistleblowing data into board-ready insight

Most benchmark reports stop at statistics. This session interprets the patterns behind the numbers so you can: 

  • Translate program performance to executives 
  • Identify risk exposure 
  • Defend investigation practices 
  • Prioritize resources with confidence 

Plus, you will walk away with a board-ready deck, with the latest benchmark data, to give you the data and metrics you need to compare yourself with industry peers.

Save your seat
A group of young adults sit on steps in a modern, open space. Three people in front smile and look at a laptop, while others in the background chat and work, creating a collaborative atmosphere.

Who is this for?

Attend a live session that translates data nuance into board-ready action. This webinar is designed for: 

  • Compliance and ethics leaders 
  • Human resource leaders 
  • Legal professionals  
  • Risk and governance leaders who support executive and board reporting
Save your seat
A group of five people sit around a table in a meeting room. They are looking at documents and laptops, engaged in discussion. A whiteboard with a geometric design is visible in the background. The atmosphere appears collaborative.

How benchmarking supports stronger incident management

Whether you manage your hotline internally or through a third-party system, benchmarking helps you: 

  • Compare your reporting rates to industry medians 
  • Evaluate investigation efficiency 
  • Detect potential retaliation risk signals 
  • Identify training and policy gaps 

For organizations using whistleblowing software and incident management platforms, these insights can guide smarter configuration and reporting.

Register now

Meet the 2026 Whistleblowing & Incident Management Benchmark webinar speakers

In this session, Jane and Carrie will walk you through the data, covering the latest developments in reporting rates and what changing speak-up behavior means for compliance leaders.

  • Carrie Penman

    Carrie Penman

    Chief Risk & Compliance Officer

    NAVEX

    Carrie Penman

    Carrie Penman

    Chief Risk & Compliance Officer

    NAVEX

    As one of the earliest ethics officers in the industry, Carrie Penman previously served four years as deputy director of the Ethics and Compliance Officer Association, now ECI. A scientist by training, she developed and directed the first corporate-wide global ethics program at Westinghouse Electric Corporation between 1994 and 1999. Carrie now leads NAVEX’s risk management processes and oversees its internal ethics and compliance program.   

    Carrie has extensive client-facing risk and compliance consulting experience, including more than 15 years as an adviser to boards and executive teams. Carrie was awarded the inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Compliance 2020 by Compliance Week magazine. In 2017, she received the ECI’s Carol R. Marshall Award for Innovation in Corporate Ethics for an extensive career contributing to the advancement of the ethics and compliance field worldwide.

    Get to know Carrie

  • Jane Norberg

    Jane Norberg

    Partner

    Arnold & Porter, former Chief of the Office of the Whistleblower and Senior Officer in the Division of Enforcement at the SEC

    Jane Norberg

    Jane Norberg

    Partner

    Arnold & Porter, former Chief of the Office of the Whistleblower and Senior Officer in the Division of Enforcement at the SEC

    As the former Chief of the Office of the Whistleblower and Senior Officer in the Division of Enforcement at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and a former Special Agent with the United States Secret Service, Jane Norberg brings her extensive civil and criminal government experience to help clients navigate enforcement, governance, regulatory and compliance issues, especially those associated with whistleblowers.

    Spotlighted by CNN as an “$800 million top cop”, recognized by Securities Docket as an “Enforcement Elite”, and shortlisted by Global Investigations Review as “Investigator of the Year”, Jane brings her unique governmental background and insights to assist clients in bringing internal investigations and government enforcement actions to a successful resolution.

Frequently asked questions about the 2026 Whistleblowing Incident Management Benchmark Webinar

  • What is included in the 2026 Whistleblowing Benchmark Report?

    The guide lists 12 core benchmark statistics including:  

    • Reports per 100 Employees — reporting frequency normalized by headcount. 
    • Report Intake Method — how reports were submitted  
    • Report Risk Categories & Risk Types — what is being reported 
    • Anonymous vs. Named Reporting — share of anonymous reports compared to named. 
    • Substantiation Rate — percent of reports that are substantiated 
    • Case Closure Time — time to close cases

  • Who should attend this whistleblowing webinar?

    This webinar is built for the leaders and practitioners who own or support whistleblowing, investigations and executive reporting — people who must read program data, make priorities and brief the board. 

    You’ll get real value if you are any of the following: 

    • Compliance and ethics leaders 
    • Human resource leaders 
    • Legal professionals  
    • Risk and governance leaders who support executive and board reporting

  • Will I receive the report?

    Yes, webinar attendees and registrants receive the report the moment it’s published (attendees may even get a head start).

  • Where does the data come from?

    The 2026 Benchmark is drawn from NAVEX’s global, anonymized dataset of 2.37 million reports collected from more than 4,000 organizations. It’s an aggregated view of real hotline and incident-management activity that NAVEX analyzes to produce reliable, comparable benchmarks.  

    • What’s included: incident and retaliation reports, program volume, resolution timelines, substantiation and other investigation-level metrics. These KPIs form the backbone of the benchmark and the webinar analysis.  
    • Coverage: global, cross-sector and cross-size. The dataset includes public, private, government and education organizations so you can benchmark against comparable peers.  
    • Privacy & treatment: all reports are anonymized and aggregated before analysis to protect reporters and organizations. NAVEX’s analysts then standardize and interpret the data to surface meaningful patterns and leader-focused insights.

Reserve your report copy and save your seat at the webinar

Attend live for first access to the 2026 report, clear expert interpretation of the data, and board-ready language you can use to defend investigations and secure resources.

Register now

See more on similar topics: