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  • Blog
    May 31, 2023
    Smart Contracts Part 1: What is a Smart Contract?
    In recent years, there’s been considerable talk of blockchain and its use cases in the business world. While some of these topics have specific use cases - metaverse, decentralized finance, etc – there is one topic that underpins everything in the blockchain and decentralized space: smart contracts. Smart contracts are behind-the-scenes applications that route data, track changes and settle…
  • Blog
    June 5, 2023
    Using Microsoft Azure to Do More With Less
    At a Glance The big picture: Leaders are now reconsidering their use of cloud resources and seeking opportunities to optimize cloud operational costs. Why it matters: At a time when leaders are looking to optimize spend while honing in on high-value capabilities, Microsoft Azure offers technologies, tools, and services that enable companies to make smart cloud expenditures. Bottom line: An…
  • Blog
    June 6, 2023
    How Application Modernization Fuels Innovation and Profit Acceleration
    At a Glance The big picture: Application modernization is a business innovation enabler. Why it matters: Technology leaders are struggling with finding the right balance between upgrading legacy systems and investing in new technology while managing the perspectives, and expectations, of the business, its stakeholders, and the board. The bottom line: Upgrading the back end of legacy systems…
  • Blog
    June 7, 2023
    A Guide to Pen Testing and Red Teaming: What to Know Now
    Penetration testing and red teaming are essential cybersecurity practices that bolster an organization's security posture by uncovering vulnerabilities within their systems, networks, and people or business processes. These methodologies have distinct objectives, scopes, approaches and technologies employed. Despite the significance of both penetration testing and red teaming to bolster an…
  • Blog
    June 13, 2023
    How to Incubate a Winning Innovation Program
    When leaders consider how technology has enabled transformation of business models over the past several years, few would disagree that the world has changed dramatically. Retail, entertainment, music and banking have largely moved online. It’s a familiar story: Netflix beat Blockbuster; Amazon beat Borders. More recently, Tesla has transformed the experience of buying, owning and driving a car…
  • Blog
    March 19, 2020
    Utilizing Robotic Process Automation for Compliance
    The use of new technology continues to be a big focus for Protiviti’s SAP Ecosystem solution in 2020. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) are poised to help our clients make dramatic shifts in performance, shareholder value and business development over the next several years. The ultimate goal is to eventually get to cognitive automation, where software brings automation to…
  • Blog
    June 14, 2023
    Simple is Secure: Streamlining Smart Contract Design and Why Contract Standards Matter
    For security teams looking to implement and design smart contracts, there are many intricacies and nuances that can be overwhelming. Using established standards for the secure development of smart contracts/decentralized applications (dApps) is instrumental to effectively launch smart contracts. In an earlier blog, I introduced the basics of smart contracts; today, I’m diving into existing…
  • Podcast Transcript
    June 16, 2023
    Transcript | ESG and Data Management – with Alyse Mauro Mason and Mark Carson and Zachary Unger
    Data management is a critical component of an organisation’s reporting and required disclosures, whether they are for regulatory authorities or stakeholders. The needs are no different when it comes to environmental, social and governance (ESG) – an area of growing global importance for organisations worldwide. In this podcast, Protiviti Associate Director Alyse Mauro Mason interviews Protiviti…
  • Blog
    June 12, 2023
    How to Implement an Aligned Assurance Model to Build a Collective View of Risk
    The big picture: Aligned assurance can create multiple benefits, including: Giving stakeholders a common view of risks and issues across the organization Reducing repetitive, manual testing, which allows more focus on high-value activities By the numbers: In a recent Protiviti webinar on aligned assurance, only 14% of the audience members reported that collaboration across the three lines…
  • Blog
    June 14, 2023
    Finance Transformation’s Front-End Alignment
    The big picture: Finance transformation reimagines how skills, processes and technology can be leveraged to drive long-term value. By the numbers: CFOs and other finance executives view the implementation of advanced automation with more urgency than do other finance managers and professionals. Math and magic: Achieving success starts with establishing a compelling finance transformation story…
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