Results for Search Submit Filter by: Advanced Filter All results Solutions Industry Typelist People Client Story Insights/Blogs Sort by: Relevance Date Filter Search Sort by RelevanceDate Order AscDesc Blog August 16, 2021 Disinformation Risk: Are Bogus Whistleblower Complaints from Bad Actors Causing Corporate Havoc? “Misinformation” and “disinformation” have long been mainstays in the political arena, the climate change debate and even in the public discourse over COVID-19 vaccines. Misinformation represents information that is wrong, a challenge every business must deal with from time to time, whether in the press, analyst communications, social media, discussions at government levels, or other venues.… Blog August 18, 2021 Four Steps to Keeping SAP’s Financial Processes Compliant: Step 2 Step 2: Optimize Internal Control Framework Protiviti has identified four key steps that organizations can take to improve their overall control environment and receive the benefits mentioned below. Each of these steps will be a focus in this four-part blog series. Step 1 covered analyzing configuration and processes. In this post, we review optimizing the internal control… Blog August 19, 2021 Demand Planning with SAP Analytics Cloud for the Consumer Products Industry Consumer products companies face many significant challenges. As markets and supply chains continue to become more global, and as customers continue to demand more convenience and personalization from consumer products companies, we see increased pressure to improve shrinking margins and meet customers’ evolving needs. One of the key processes that enables this balance is demand… Blog August 23, 2021 How CISOs Prioritize Cybersecurity Spend What drives cybersecurity spend and budget decisions? Too often, the reasoning behind these decisions is reactive in nature, rather than proactive. Often, CISOs see budget increases following a breach at their organization or in response to what is happening to industry peers. While this is not inherently negative, fear should not be the primary driver of security program budgeting and spend… Blog August 31, 2021 Have You Heard? A Conversation About Honeywell's Quantum Evolution Protiviti’s The Post-Quantum World podcast series debuted earlier this year and has already attracted a large following. Host Konstantinos Karagiannis, associate director in Protiviti’s Emerging Technologies practice, talks with some of the world’s leading quantum computing experts, covering a range of topics and industries. Recently, Justin Ging, chief commercial officer at Honeywell Quantum… Blog September 1, 2021 Succeeding With Data and Analytics: A Guide for Internal Audit Teams in the Manufacturing Industry Internal audit leaders at manufacturing and distribution (M&D) companies increasingly recognize the potential of bringing disparate data sources together to produce analytical insights that strengthen their practices. Outside of internal audit, M&D organizations are already applying analytics to production challenges like predictive maintenance of equipment or calibrating the supply chain… Blog September 7, 2021 C-Suite Shuffle: The CISO’s Evolving Role and Reporting Structure In 1994, Steve Katz became the world’s first chief information security officer (CISO) after Citicorp endured a string of cyberbreaches at the hands of Russian hackers. Katz is an undisputed legend in the CISO profession that he’s credited with launching. His origin story remains relevant today for CISOs adapting to new reporting structures and relationships with their C-suite colleagues. Prior… Blog September 9, 2021 Four Steps to Keeping SAP’s Financial Processes Compliant – Step 3: Implement Internal Control Governance Protiviti has identified four key steps that organizations can take to improve their overall control environment and receive the benefits mentioned below. Each of these steps will be a focus in this four-part blog series. In Part 1 and Part 2, we covered Step 1: Analyze SAP configuration and processes and Step 2: Optimize internal control framework. In this post, we will be covering the third… Blog September 13, 2021 Emerging Technology: Achievable Advantages, Manageable Risks In all industries, emerging technologies like quantum computing, Internet of Things and artificial intelligence and machine learning are creating new possibilities. They also involve new risks. In our Tech Insights webinar series, we explored the Risks of Emerging Technology. The common theme? Adopting – or ignoring – new technology both incur risk. The good news? The risks can be managed.… Blog September 14, 2021 Will Portfolio Optimization Prove Quantum Advantage This Year? Finding a specific use case that proves quantum advantage will radically kickstart the quantum computing industry. While universal gate-based quantum computers with error correction are a few years away, annealers – quantum systems from D-Wave – are proving excellent at specific types of problems today, especially in a hybrid approach aided by classical computers. Just how excellent are these… Load More
