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    September 28, 2020
    The FinCEN Files: What Can We Learn?
    “Never let a good crisis go to waste.” This quote by Winston Churchill has been used often as we all have struggled to deal with the effects of COVID-19. While the leak of the FinCEN Files pales in significance to COVID-19, it has proven to be a public relations crisis – unfairly in our view, as we said in our initial blog on this topic – for the banking industry. But, we may as well learn all we…
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    September 29, 2020
    Excellence Starts at Home: Why CEOs Should Hold Functional Leaders Accountable for Serving Their Internal Customers
    Imagine a scenario where a company decides that it needs a proprietary app to better engage with customers. It hires an outside developer to create the app but the developer fails to deliver on time or as specified. The company isn’t able to drive the adoption of the app as planned, and in turn its projected growth and customer retention suffer. There is a strong dissatisfaction with the…
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    October 1, 2020
    From Unprecedented Disruption, an Optimistic Vision for the Future
    How do you transform the internal audit function to serve the ever-changing landscape? That was the core question we at Protiviti aspired to answer through our interviews with internal audit leaders for Volume XVI of our Internal Auditing Around the World® profile series. We sought insight into how high-performing and forward-thinking internal audit teams are innovating and transforming…
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    October 9, 2020
    PCAOB Issues Staff Update and Preview of 2019 Inspection Observations
    On October 8, 2020 the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) published its Staff Update and Preview of 2019 Inspection Observations. In 2019, the PCAOB inspected approximately 175 audit firms and reviewed portions of roughly 710 public company audits in the United States and abroad. Through the inspections, the board identified potential areas of improvement for all firms and good…
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    October 14, 2020
    Gone Phishing: Elaborate Scams Are on the Rise, Are You Smart Enough to Recognize Them?
    During cybersecurity awareness month, we are showcasing several podcasts on security and privacy issues. In this podcast, Protiviti Managing Director Michael Lyons shares a personal experience with, and an in-depth analysis of, a sophisticated phishing scam. How can companies protect themselves against increasingly elaborate phishing attempts and other malicious actions? Listen to the story at…
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    October 15, 2020
    The Future Auditor Faces the Digital Imperative
    Audit committees and boards of directors are looking for deeper insights into the companies they govern. This need matches The Institute of Internal Auditors’ vision of internal auditing and is aligned with the next-generation capabilities of what we at Protiviti have been calling the “future auditor.” This opportunity is fleeting, however, and if audit leaders don’t act quickly, to capitalise on…
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    October 16, 2020
    As Organizations Transform, the Role of the Project Manager Is Changing
    Project management as a function is undergoing rapid and profound transformation, and organizations are reconsidering the value project managers (PMs) can bring to their programs and projects. Over the course of a series of blogs, Protiviti will explore the evolution of the project management function from an administrative role to a transformation agent, along with the impacts to…
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    October 19, 2020
    Helping to Save Lives – FinCEN Takes the Lead in Battling Human Trafficking Amid COVID-19
    Note. Carol Beaumier serves as an Advisory Board Member for the Anti-Human Trafficking Intelligence Initiative. Over the months that COVID-19 has been gripping the world, FinCEN has issued several advisories informing the financial services industry of the heightened risks of the current environment. These have addressed topics ranging from fraudulent sales of personal protective equipment and…
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    October 21, 2020
    How Firms Can Tackle Technology Risk Blind Spots to Build Resilience
    Contrary to popular belief, criminals — insiders or outsiders — are not the most common cause of major operational failures. Technology is the biggest culprit. The rapid adoption of artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, robotic process automation (RPA), cloud computing and other technologies continues to transform finance. It has created a mix of technological risks that frequently disrupt…
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    October 23, 2020
    M&A Outlook: Technology and PE-Led Deals Pick Up After Pandemic Pause
    Uncertainty created by the COVID-19 pandemic kept investors on the sidelines in the first half of 2020. During this period, merger and acquisition (M&A) volume dropped 32% compared to the previous year and total deal values declined by more than half to $901.6 billion, versus $1.9 trillion in the prior-year period. The first half of 2020 saw only $73.5 billion in technology deals, barely…
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