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    September 25, 2018
    GDPR: Dealing With the Mandatory 72-Hour Breach Notification Requirement
    Article 33 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requires that, in the event of a personal data breach, the data controller – without undue delay and, where feasible, no later than 72 hours after becoming aware of it – notify the appropriate supervisory authority. Organizations appear to be taking this requirement to heart. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK’s data…
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    September 26, 2018
    Aggressive M&A in the Oil Patch — Avoid a Dry Hole With a Playbook
    With sub-$50-per-barrel risk largely subsided, optimism abounds in the oilfield. (See figure.) Recent billion-dollar deals like Concho Resources’ $9.5B acquisition of RSP Permian and Devon Energy’s $3.125B divestiture of its stake in EnLink Midstream may put pressure on others to make deals to stay competitive. While certain deals are relatively safe, such as land swaps in the Permian basin,…
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    October 1, 2018
    The Responsible Tech Firm Series Part 2: Can You Hear the Regulatory Wake Up Call?
    Until very recently, technology firms have enjoyed a life relatively free of regulation and compliance worries. That’s about to change thanks to a growing demand for transparency, data security and privacy, and the fact that technology firms are partnering with other firms in highly regulated industries, such as financial services and health care. Regulation is coming. Get ready. This is your…
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    October 2, 2018
    Dispatches from the 2018 IIA Financial Services Exchange Conference
    Protiviti is attending, exhibiting and speaking at the 2018 Financial Services Exchange Conference, hosted this week by The Institute of Internal Auditors (The IIA) in Washington D.C. I’ve been attending some of the many sessions and speaking with clients and colleagues at the event, and I wanted to share some key learnings and takeaways from Day 1: A Conversation With Senator Chris Dodd Former…
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    October 3, 2018
    Creating Business Value Through Effective Third-Party Risk Management Auditing
    At The IIA Financial Services Exchange conference in Washington, DC on October 1-2, I had the honor of moderating a panel discussion on the role of internal audit in creating value through third-party risk management. The panelists were: Abel Clark, CEO of TruSight Amy Hellen, Head of Third-Party Risk Management at TD Bank Maz Kothari, Managing Director at JPMorgan Chase James McDonald,…
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    October 4, 2018
    Developing an Adaptive Risk Strategy for DevOps and Agile Environments
    Faster and more flexible business methodologies require equally adaptive risk strategies. While IT Development and Operations have been evolving into a continuous loop of development at many innovative organizations (aka DevOps and Agile), most IT control frameworks have remained rooted in the linear, or sequential, “waterfall” mindset of traditional software engineering — with cascading steps…
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    October 8, 2018
    Deploying Robots Upstream: How to Evaluate the Opportunities and Make the Business Case
    We recently discussed the potential cost savings, profits, productivity gains and other advantages that oil and gas companies can achieve by adopting robotic process automation (RPA). To illustrate how it worked, we linked to an introductory video. To further the conversation, we are delving into how different sectors within the oil and gas industry can use RPA, beginning with the upstream sector…
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    October 10, 2018
    Transforming AML Compliance with Technology – Takeaways From the Experts at the ACAMS AML Conference
    To those overhearing conversations at the ACAMS Conference in Las Vegas last week, terms like “robotic process automation”(RPA), “artificial intelligence” (AI) and “machine learning” (ML) may have sounded like buzzwords. While many anti-money laundering (AML) professionals in attendance recognize these terms as technological advancements that have the power to add efficiencies and realize major…
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    October 11, 2018
    Advanced Technologies, New Internal Audit Skills Among Top Discussions at ACAMS
    The 2018 ACAMS conference may be over but the conversations continue. In the podcast below, Protiviti managing directors Todd Pleune (Data & Analytics) and Ricci Franklin (Internal Audit) share their impressions of the most popular topics of conversation among attendees of the recent conference in Las Vegas. Complete transcript follows. [audio mp3="http://blog.protiviti.com/wp-content/…
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    October 15, 2018
    Fintech Charters, Iran Sanctions, Online Lending Crackdown in New York: Listen to the Latest Compliance Insights Podcast
    Protiviti Director Tom Giltrow, from our Risk and Compliance practice, offers a deeper perspective on some of the topics covered in a recent edition of Protiviti's Compliance Insights newsletter. Listen below. Full transcript follows. [audio mp3="http://blog.protiviti.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/protiviti-podcast-10.08.18-v2.mp3"][/audio] In-Depth Interview Compliance Insights Podcast…
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