Time For EDGAR Next?

Last week, the SEC proposed changes to the EDGAR system designed primarily to enhance EDGAR security, specifically related to EDGAR filer access and account management. In his Statement, SEC Chair Gary Gensler observed that a "lot has changed in the three decades since the Commission first required mandatory EDGAR filings in 1993." While the SEC has updated EDGAR several times, it's been over ten years since the SEC updated EDGAR login, password and other account access protocols in any significant way. Currently, Gensler reminded us, "registrants have one login per company. This is like having a family passing around one shared login and password for a movie streaming app. You know where that can lead. That's simply not the most secure system—for filers and the Commission alike—when it comes to information relating to financial disclosure. By contrast, today's actions would further secure login protocols by requiring every person filing something into EDGAR to login