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    September 9, 2021
    Are You in the Ransomware Sweet Spot?
    Over the July 4, 2021 weekend, the Russia-based REvil hacker group perpetrated a ransomware attack on Kaseya software. The software is used by managed service providers (MSPs) to operate their clients’ networks. This attack reportedly shut down 800-1,500 small-to-mid-size clients of around 50 Kaseya MSP customers. The attack illustrates the evolution of ransomware. Historically,…

  • Flash Report

    December 13, 2023
    EU Lawmakers Reach Agreement on AI Act, Creating Regulatory Framework Addressing Risks of AI
    On December 8th, after two and a half years of negotiation, the Council of the EU and the EU Parliament finally reached a provisional agreement on the EU AI Act, which was first proposed by the European Commission in 2021. The agreement creates legislation that introduces harmonised rules and definitions for those using AI systems and putting those systems into service and bans certain types of…

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2021
    The Complexities of Rapidly Evolving Wage Law: Act Now to Mitigate Your Risk
    Is Your Organisation Underpaying or Overpaying its Employees? No organisation wants to be headline news for underpaying its employees. However, many businesses are being publicly ostracised for violating enterprise agreements (EAs) in Australia. Not only are EAs incredibly complicated, wage law is also evolving rapidly, with Victoria and Queensland passing legislation in 2020. Unfortunately,…

  • Newsletter

    February 12, 2021
    Implementing Operational Resilience Across the Organisation: An Essential Checklist
    Like any enterprisewide organisational change, implementing an operational resilience programme across an organisation requires a careful and collaborative effort to be successful. Whether implementation has been in the works for several years or is just beginning, turning the resilience programme from concept to reality is hard work. Except for the most dynamic and change-…

  • Newsletter

    January 14, 2022
    The Top Risks for 2022: A Global Perspective
    Our global survey of C-level executives and directors highlights the influence of COVID-19, people and culture issues, the economy, and digital transformation on the near-term risk landscape. In the following table, we rank our survey’s highest-rated risk themes in order of priority to provide a context for understanding the most critical uncertainties companies face over the next 12…

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2023
    Hyperbole, hype and hope? Trillions of reasons why the metaverse matters
    Ever since Steven Spielberg put the metaverse on the mainstream map in 2018 with his science-fiction adventure film, Ready Player One, based on Ernest Cline's novel of the same name, there has been a slow but steady drumbeat of momentum building around the potential and possibilities of this brave, new, immersive world. Sure, the metaverse had been talked about long before 2018, but once…

  • Podcast

    November 30, 2022
    Risky Women Podcast | How Children Have Made Me A Better Compliance Leader: Lauren Munfa
    Denis Camilo, Risk and Compliance Director at Protiviti, talks with Lauren Munfa, Head of Americas Investment Bank C&ORC at UBS, about how much her parent management training translated to running a large compliance programme.Lauren Munfa is the Americas Head of Compliance & Operational Risk Control (C&ORC) for the Investment Bank Division of UBS, as well as the Chief Compliance…

  • Client Story

    March 30, 2022
    Journey to the Microsoft Cloud: Global financial services institution modernizes and protects data assets with Microsoft 365
    Faced with the technical, compliance and data security challenges of launching Microsoft 365 across their global enterprise, a large financial services and investment institution needed to successfully deploy Microsoft 365 to its 30,000 employees while ensuring governance, compliance and data security. Because of the size and complexity of their firm, the financial institution had concerns with…

  • Newsletter

    November 29, 2023
    Setting the 2024 Audit Committee Agenda
    Compared to prior years, our suggested 2024 audit committee agenda has taken a bit of a turn due to ongoing and recent market and regulatory developments.A complex business environment: The 2024 audit committee agenda includes important enterprise, governance, process, technology, and financial reporting and disclosure issues that merit consideration by the audit committee beyond its ongoing…

  • Survey

    March 10, 2023
    Talent, culture, cybersecurity and resiliency represent top risk issues for higher education institutions
    The level of uncertainty in today’s global marketplace and the velocity of change continue to produce a multitude of potential risks that can disrupt an organisation’s business model and strategy on very short notice. Unfolding events in Eastern Europe, changes in government leadership in several countries around the globe, escalating inflation, rising interest rates, ever-present cyber threats,…
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