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    November 19, 2018
    A Guiding Principle for a Smooth Transition: Get Smart While Getting Things Done!
    The merger and acquisition (M&A) fairytale goes like this: “I’m going to combine these companies and achieve great economies of scale – lower costs, less complexity.” The M&A reality is more like this: “Disentangling key dependencies takes longer than expected, the best people leave at the worst time, processes don’t align to system changes in a few client-facing areas, security…
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    November 20, 2018
    Next Generation Internal Auditing: Addressing Risk in the Midst of Rapid Change
    At the  SIFMA Internal Audit Society Annual Conference earlier this month in Nashville, Protiviti sponsored a breakout session of future-minded internal auditors talking about innovation in the profession. The panel was moderated by my colleague, Protiviti Managing Director Michael Thor, and featured Michael Bidun, Executive Director in charge of internal audit innovation at Morgan Stanley;…
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    November 26, 2018
    Enhancing Security Strategy for Cloud-Based Technology
    As part of our Cybersecurity Webinar Series last month, we presented a webinar on enhancing security strategy for cloud-based technology. Here is a summary of the topic discussed. For the full discussion, including questions from the live audience, click on this link to listen to the archived version of the webinar. State of the Industry Digital innovation is a double-edged sword: while it…
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    November 27, 2018
    The Responsible Tech Firm Series Part 4: Corporate Social Responsibility
    Until fairly recently, companies rarely took public positions on anything but their products or services. That’s changing, particularly in the technology industry, as customers, shareholders and employees demand corporate social responsibility (CSR). Companies that want to build strong brands need to address CSR issues or face the prospect of losing investors, employees, and even the ability to…
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    December 3, 2018
    2018 Finance Trends: Security, Privacy and Governance of Finance Data Are Top Concerns, for Good Reason
    Data security and privacy is receiving a lot of attention at the highest levels of organizations these days. Boards are asking about it, executive management is concerned about it, and a growing number of regulations are placing demand on organizations to respond and comply appropriately. We are not surprised then that finance data security and privacy ranked as the top priority for the finance…
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    December 5, 2018
    U.S. Bank Regulators Encourage Innovation in the Fight Against Financial Crime
    In welcome news to the banking industry, the U.S. federal banking regulators (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the National Credit Union Administration), along with the Financial Crimes Enforcement  Network (FinCEN, and collectively the Agencies) issued a joint statement on December 3, 2018,…
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    December 6, 2018
    Digital Readiness, Talent Retention Top Executive Concerns in 2019, New Survey Reveals
    Looking to the year ahead, boards and C-suite leaders across the globe are most concerned about their company’s ability to transform its operations and infrastructure to successfully compete with organizations that are “born digital.” This is according to results from the 2019 Executive Perspectives on Top Risks survey conducted by Protiviti in collaboration with North Carolina State University…
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    May 25, 2018
    Maintaining Staffing Equilibrium With a Flexible Workforce
    Veterans of finance and accounting recognize that as the business world moves forward, an accelerating rate of change calls for similar speed, flexibility and innovation in the finance department. Along with this imperative, the demand for a dynamic and competent workforce continues and, in many cases, becomes even more critical. Historically, accounting has been a straightforward function. Even…
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    May 31, 2018
    Hong Kong Issues Its First Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Risk Assessment Report
    On April 30, 2018, the Hong Kong government published its first Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (ML/TF) Risk Assessment Report. The publication of the risk assessment precedes an expected Financial Action Task Force (FATF) mutual evaluation review of Hong Kong later this year. The assessment report concludes that Hong Kong is subject to a medium-high level of money laundering risk…
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    June 4, 2018
    On the Road to Digital Transformation, One Map Does Not Fit All
    It seems that everywhere one looks today, another organization is going through a digital transformation. And that is, in fact, true. According to a recent global Gartner survey of over 3,000 chief information officers (CIOs), 95 percent of respondents can feel the effects of digitalization and expect their job to change because of it. The underpinning factors of digitalization (technical agility…
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