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    February 26, 2016
    2016 Audit Committee Agenda Webinar Q & A (Part 3)
    We are picking up our previous discussion of audit committee priorities as we continue to answer your questions from our popular January 7 webinar, The 2016 Audit Committee Agenda. This blog series answers questions we were unable to address during the webinar. In our first installment, we addressed questions regarding the relationship between the audit committee and independent auditors, new…
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    February 29, 2016
    2016 Audit Committee Agenda Webinar Q & A (Part 4)
    We are wrapping up our series of blog posts based on our popular January 7 webinar on the 2016 Audit Committee Agenda. This series answers some of the questions we were unable to address during the webinar. In our first installment, we touched on the relationship between the audit committee and independent auditors, new rules on lease accounting and board-level engagement with cybersecurity…
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    March 2, 2016
    Arriving at Internal Audit's Tipping Point Amid Business Transformation
    Protiviti just released its 2016 Internal Audit Capabilities and Needs Survey, the 10th year we have conducted this insightful study on internal audit priorities and trends. We'll cover many aspects of this study and the results in future blog posts. For now, I invite you to view our video and infographic, and visit our website to learn more and read our report.     [wpvideo…
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    March 8, 2016
    Procurement Power-up: Building an Internal “Brand”
    Procurement functions proclaim their value in “millions of dollars saved,” but it’s no secret that such savings are often questioned by internal critics who counter that actual savings were less than advertised, or came at the expense of quality. There’s no doubt that a good procurement team can generate genuine savings throughout the enterprise without sacrificing quality. The self-evident…
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    March 21, 2016
    Devices Are Mobile, Is Your Security Policy on Board?
    With 3.4 billion smartphones worldwide as of 2015 (and 78 percent of U.S. college grads owning smartphones), chances are your employees not only own one, but they’re also bringing them to work and using them to do work when not at their desks. It’s the BYOD – Bring Your Own Device – movement. And while many employees may find this trend convenient – and the applications and cloud services that…
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    March 22, 2016
    Executive Perspectives on Top Risks for 2016
    Protiviti, in partnership with North Carolina State University's ERM Initiative, has just published the results of its fourth annual global survey of board members and C-suite executives about the top risks organizations will face over the next 12 months. We'll be covering many of these issues in greater detail in future blog posts. For now, you can check out our video and infographic here. And…
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    March 24, 2016
    PreView: Checking the Rearview Mirror and Looking Ahead
    In risk management, like driving, the safest way forward is to keep your eyes on the road ahead. Every now and again, however, it’s a good idea to check your mirrors. That’s the premise behind the latest issue of PreView, Protiviti’s ongoing series on emerging risks. In our first ever “look-back” edition, we revisit some of the risks we’ve highlighted since we initiated the series in early 2014.…
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    April 5, 2016
    IT Audit Benchmarking Webinar: David Brand and Robert Kress Answer Your Questions
    It has been a few months since the release of Protiviti's  5th Annual IT Audit Benchmarking Survey (conducted jointly with ISACA) – documenting the top tech challenges of executives and IT professionals around the world. We covered the highlights in a webinar and a blog post back in December. We’ve said a lot on the topic, online and offline, but what’s needed is a dialogue. To…
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    April 11, 2016
    The Company You Keep: A Case for Supplier Codes of Conduct
    Las Vegas tourism promoters used to promise, “What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.” It’s much harder to make such a claim these days, when even the most benign shenanigans are only a smartphone video away from global critique. Corporations are being held accountable, as well - not only by regulators, but by citizen journalists, activists, whistleblowers and customers, empowered by social media…
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    April 15, 2016
    Guide to Public Company Transformation Answers What You Always Wanted to Know About the IPO and Beyond
    If you’re preparing to take your company public, you surely know you have a lot of new reporting and legal requirements to meet, and that your organization will require a number of changes. You may also know that you will need help in this process, or at least some good guidance. The latest edition of Protiviti’s Guide to Public Company Transformation: Frequently Asked Questions, released last…
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