Results for Search Submit Filter by: Advanced Filter All results Solutions Industry People Client Story Insights/Blogs Filter Blog October 7, 2019 Emerging Technology Companies: Don’t Forget to Manage Security in the Cloud Data breaches only happen to other companies — that’s true right up until the minute your company, believing itself secure, gets hacked and finds that the personal data of millions of its customers has been exposed. A company’s reputation and competitive advantage — which may have taken decades to build — can be destroyed overnight. For an emerging technology company, a security breach could… Blog October 8, 2019 SOX Control Awareness and Communication Is One Way Organizations Can Help Reduce Costs and Hours Protiviti’s 2019 SOX survey shows that companies, with the help of technology, are finally beginning to make headway in the 15-year battle to rein in SOX compliance costs and rising control counts. A few weeks ago, we discussed some of the factors that contribute to the reduction in hours and costs, and we pointed to reducing and standardizing control counts as one of these factors. But a reduced… Blog October 9, 2019 The OCC’s 2020 Supervision Plan Targets Emerging Risks Facing Financial Institutions In its 2020 fiscal year bank supervision operating plan, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) identifies cybersecurity and operational resiliency, Bank Secrecy Act/anti-money laundering compliance management, commercial and retail credit underwriting practices, and commercial and retail credit oversight and control functions among its top supervisory priorities. In… Blog 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… Blog 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… Blog October 26, 2020 New Survey Reveals Four Habits of Highly Resilient CFOs Major crises expose the true nature of things. In the face of extreme pressure, organizations discover just how digital, agile and resilient they really are. And their finance groups are no exception. Protiviti has released the results of our latest Global Finance Trends Survey, which identify the top priorities for CFOs and finance leaders over the next 12 months. Our findings illuminate how… Blog October 27, 2020 Seven Key Factors to a Successful PMO Transformation Established enterprises and rapidly growing firms continue to adapt to changing business environments driven by competition, acquisitions, emerging technologies and new risks. The same changes that are transforming the project management role and skills, discussed in this previous blog, are also altering the program (or project) management office (PMO). The need for alignment, built-in quality… Blog October 30, 2020 FBI Warns of Ransomware Assault on Healthcare and Public Health Sector On October 28, 2020, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a Joint Cybersecurity Advisory regarding credible information of imminent cyber attacks to infect systems in the Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) sector with Ryuk ransomware. Ransomware campaigns using the… Blog November 3, 2020 PCAOB Issues Interim Analysis Report on Initial Impact of CAM Requirements On October 29, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) released an interim analysis report, along with two accompanying white papers, in which the board provides its analysis and perspectives on the initial impact of its critical audit matter (CAM) requirements and the insights learned from stakeholders. Protiviti has published a Flash Report in which we highlight the key… Blog November 4, 2020 Business Continuity Programs: Beware of Complacency Now that many companies have settled into the new normal — with staff working remotely and offices closed completely or operating below capacity due to restrictions from social distancing — the next looming danger is complacency. One of the biggest initial lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic is that businesses cannot afford to let their guard down and must use every opportunity to address any… Load More
