Insight Search Search Submit Sort by: Relevance Date Search Sort by RelevanceDate Order AscDesc Whitepaper April 3, 2024 Boost Financial Performance: Automation & Emerging Tech in Account Reconciliation Accurate financial information is the backbone of good business decisions. Considering economic volatility and changing strategic priorities, executives need timely access to reliable financial data. The financial close process is the basis of financial transparency, ensuring the accuracy and timeliness of individual company’s figures so that they can be handed over to the group for consolidation… Flash Report November 1, 2023 White House Issues Executive Order to “Seize the Promise and Manage the Risks” of AI In this Flash Report, we summarise the key directives contained in the executive order, address key takeaways and concerns for organisations to consider, and outline steps businesses can take to prepare for changes in the AI regulatory landscape. Flash Report December 13, 2023 EU Lawmakers Reach Agreement on AI Act, Creating Regulatory Framework Addressing Risks of AI On December 8th, after two and a half years of negotiation, the Council of the EU and the EU Parliament finally reached a provisional agreement on the EU AI Act, which was first proposed by the European Commission in 2021. The agreement creates legislation that introduces harmonised rules and definitions for those using AI systems and putting those systems into service and bans certain types of… Survey July 10, 2023 Internal Auditing Around the World® The 19th volume of Protiviti’s Internal Auditing Around the World® builds on a theme we explored in-depth earlier this year in our 2023 Next-Generation Internal Audit Survey — internal audit relevance. Newsletter March 24, 2024 When Executives Stand in the Way — Create the Right Tone at the Top for Change In the race toward innovation and transformation, it can be easy for leadership to overlook their crucial role in driving change in the organisation, including fostering vital new mindsets and behaviors.What you should know: Executive engagement is a critical component to enable change. It’s important to make the distinction that leaders and managers don’t “manage” change; they “enable” change.By… Whitepaper March 11, 2021 COVID-19: Cyber Defense and Resilience during remote operations The business world is in a defensive huddle to take on nature’s version of zero-day malware in the form of COVID-19. The pandemic has brought many businesses to a halt. The effects of social distancing and travel restrictions are having an unprecedented impact on the operating model of organizations and forcing a severe disruption to the workplace. The key operational result due to the need for… Whitepaper November 24, 2023 CIO INSIGHTS CIOs have evolved into pivotal figures in shaping business strategies. They aretasked with the ongoing challenge of maintaining a forward-leaning position on thetechnology frontier. To keep their businesses competitive in a global marketplace characterized by perpetual change, they must harness the potential of new technologies, such as AI, ML, edge computing, 5G, cloud computing, IoT, the… Whitepaper February 21, 2023 ISO 27001: 2022 - Key Changes and Approaches to Transition This article will address the changes and updates to ISO 27001 standard published on October 25, 2022, and the approaches organisations can take to implement the changes introduced. There have been significant advancements in technology, as well as an increase in the complexity of security threats since the last iteration of ISO 27001 was published on September 25, 2013. The changes introduced in… Client Story September 6, 2023 Finance transformation expertise supports strategic initiatives The client was undergoing a strategic finance transformation initiative to globally align technology, policy, and procedures. As part of this initiative, the company had several strategic goals. Client Story September 14, 2023 Organisational Changes Drive Seamless Transformation of Back-Office Processes to Propel Business Strategy Protiviti partnered with leading technology company to assess, redesign, and standardise procurement, accounting, and finance functions. The company’s overall goal was to eliminate manual and disparate back-office processes to create capacity for strategic and growth objectives. Load More