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    January 26, 2018
    Just as mechanical robots revolutionized assembly lines in the 1960s, robotic process automation (RPA) is revolutionizing office work. Any rules-based repetitive task can be handled faster, cheaper and more accurately by a software robot, and advances in artificial intelligence (AI) promise to increase this robotic productivity exponentially in the future. RPA is a tool that allows employees to…
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    January 29, 2018
    In October 2017, Saudi Arabia granted citizenship to a robot with facial features designed to look like the late British actress and humanitarian, Audrey Hepburn. The largely ceremonial gesture made the humanoid, named Sophia, the world’s first robot to be granted legal rights. Advances in artificial intelligence (AI), and technology in general, are coming at an increasing rate, creating far-…
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    January 30, 2018
    FinCEN’s Customer Due Diligence Rule. Sanctions Compliance. NYDFS’s Part 504. RegTech. Which of these issues is at the top of your institution’s AML compliance agenda for 2018? Thanks to everyone who attended Protiviti’s webinar, 2018: The Year Ahead in AML Compliance earlier this month. For anyone who may have missed the live webinar, you can listen to the replay by clicking on the link above…
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    January 30, 2018
    As cybersecurity concerns grow, leadership is searching for the metrics and insights that matter. At the end of last year, Protiviti sponsored a Cyber Summit in Chicago with speakers from Northwestern Mutual, First Midwest Bank, Zebra Technologies, and ParkerGale Companies. We were also joined by Doug Hubbard, author of How to Measure Anything in Cybersecurity Risk. The talks centered on how…
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    January 31, 2018
    “Disruption” and “utility” are two words that were never meant to go together. The always-on, 24/7/365 nature of water and power is the industry’s defining characteristic. It’s not surprising then that executives and board members in the energy and utilities industry group would find disruptive innovation, and its related effects on people, processes and culture, to be a “significant impact” risk…
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    January 31, 2018
    In this month's Compliance Insights podcast, Risk and Compliance experts Christine Bucy and Steven Stachowicz discuss the challenges around the customer due diligence (CDD) rule in force this May, and the dynamic developments related to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. More compliance news can be found in the January issue of Compliance Insights, available here. [audio mp3="http://blog.…
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    February 1, 2018
    In my previous post, I discussed how companies can leverage enterprise risk management (ERM) for strategic planning and risk-informed decision making. I want to continue this discussion here with focus on the ERM journey and its various stages of maturity. ERM as a journey Though the metaphor is a bit worn, I will nevertheless apply it here. Based on our experience, we know that ERM…
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    February 5, 2018
    As cybersecurity concerns grow, leadership is searching for the metrics and insights that matter. At the end of last year, Protiviti sponsored a Cyber Summit in Chicago with speakers from Northwestern Mutual, First Midwest Bank, Zebra Technologies, and ParkerGale Companies. We were also joined by Doug Hubbard, author of How to Measure Anything in Cybersecurity Risk. The talks centered on how…
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    February 8, 2018
    According to the U.S. Census, by 2050, the population age 65 and over is projected to be 83.7 million, almost double the estimated 43.1 million in 2012. In 2015, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) established a Securities Helpline for Seniors, which highlighted certain issues investment firms were facing with regard to senior investors, and their responses if they suspected a…
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    February 12, 2018
    As we approach the enforcement date for GDPR compliance, 25 May 2018, the European Commission has published a new website for applicable entities to help them understand and align their data handling practices with the new law. The EU Commission’s site contains a wealth of information and resources for GDPR implementation, along with additional background on enforcement and sanctions for multiple…
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