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    July 31, 2023
    Building a ‘metaverse for good’ requires an ethical foundation
    Nina Jane Patel, Bloomberg's technology columnist, recently entered the metaverse environment Horizon Venues, a newly launched virtual-reality social platform, to have a look for herself. She found the virtual, extended, augmented and mixed reality, along with other Web 3.0 tools, engaging but also a little too real. She unfortunately experienced some “creepy” encounters that included groping,…

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    April 26, 2023
    COSO issues supplemental guidance on internal control over sustainability reporting – With examples
    Last Thursday, the Committee of Sponsoring Organisations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) released interpretive guidance on how to effectively apply the 2013 Internal Control — Integrated Framework (ICIF) — which is currently applied to financial reporting — to sustainability reporting. The guidance results from a project approved by the COSO…

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    April 10, 2024
    Private Equity Insights Q1 2024
    After decades of globalisation shaping the world order, businesses are now forced to accept a new reality. Organisations are increasingly focused on mitigating risks from non-linear, disruptive events stemming from bleeding-edge innovation, political uncertainty, new and emerging technologies, and geopolitical tensions and potential conflicts.

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    January 20, 2023
    2023 State of Play – Australian Privacy Reform
    Three years on from announcing it would be undertaking a review to “consider whether the scope of the Privacy Act 1988 and its enforcement mechanisms remain fit for purpose”, and a full year after its initial target completion date, the Attorney-General’s Department has completed its review and prepared the final report.

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    January 11, 2024
    Private Equity Insights Q4 2023
    As 2024 begins, the economy and markets are showing some encouraging signs, with inflation stabilizing and interest rates poised to remain where they are or even start to come down in the coming year. Private equity leaders are hopeful this leads to a more active IPO and M&A cycle this year.

  • Newsletter

    September 29, 2023
    Private Equity Insights Q3 2023
    In our latest issue of Private Equity Insights, we offer Protiviti’s latest thinking on ESG issues – specifically, assessing sustainability through an investment and value creation lens. We offer further thoughts on AI (including generative AI) from the board’s and the CFO’s point of view, and we bring the general counsel into the mix through an informative discussion on building legal operations…

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    December 9, 2022
    Six Pillars to Optimise Your Cloud
    With digital transformation remaining a top priority for organisations across industries, business and IT leaders around the world continue to work toward optimising their value extraction of cloud-based technologies and infrastructure. While the myriad operational benefits may be well known, many businesses are learning that cloud optimisation is a process of maturation that occurs over time.…

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    April 11, 2024
    The American Privacy Rights Act of 2024: Could this framework become the data privacy panacea?
    On April 8, 2024, U.S. Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) announced the American Privacy Rights Act. This act aims to establish a comprehensive set of rules that govern the usage of citizens' data. The bipartisan draft legislation seeks to create a national standard for data privacy and security, addressing the unregulated sale of online data.…

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2023
    For $62.59, the 8 Character Password is Still Dead
    Five years ago, we wrote a post called “The 8 Character Password is Dead,” which was an in-depth look at password cracking in 2017 and how eight-character passwords do not adequately protect organisations. In that analysis, we broke down the math and how quickly hardware purchased for under $5,000 could make an eight-character length irrelevant. Unfortunately, in just five years’ time, the…

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    August 20, 2024
    CFO Insights
    This month, gain insights on lessons learned from the SEC's cybersecurity rules, and discover perspectives on IPO preparation and strategic sustainable sourcing. 
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