Insight Search Search Submit Sort by: Relevance Date Search Sort by RelevanceDate Order AscDesc Podcast November 27, 2023 Risky Women Podcast | Strategic Risk Kimberly Dickerson, Executive Vice President - Global Head of Operations and Technology at Protiviti, speaks with Star McDade, Senior Vice President, Audit Services - Staff Agencies, Analytics & Insurance (SA&I) at USAA, about confronting stereotypes by demonstrating the positive influence of risk and assurance professionals, overcoming the challenges in the transformation of auditing… Flash Report June 2, 2022 It’s Time to Take a Critical Look at the Security of Your IoT Devices... Now! IoT Vulnerabilities on the Rise A recently discovered set of Bluetooth-related vulnerabilities could mean thousands of IoT devices are vulnerable to attack and could experience deadlocks, crashes, buffer overflows and bypass of certain security settings. Researchers at the Singapore University of Technology and Design uncovered a set of 12 vulnerabilities affecting seven major system-on-a-chip (… Flash Report November 15, 2022 Biden Doubles Down at COP27 Last Friday at the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference, or Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC (more commonly referred to as COP27), in Egypt, United States President Joe Biden asserted that global warming posed an existential threat to the planet and promised his country would meet its targets for fighting it. In his speech, he said, “The climate… Client Story February 16, 2023 From legacy systems to cloud-based native microservices: finding success with AWS Successware is an end-to-end business management solution for the home service industry that supports both independent and franchise owners of the three trades brands franchised by affiliates of its parent company, Authority Brands, Inc. Successware Classic is a legacy software system built with Citrix, VDI, and SQL server hosted in a data center. This solution has been in place since the 1990s,… Survey April 1, 2021 Executive Perspectives on Top Risks 2021 and 2030 — Retail Industry In the annual top risks survey conducted by Protiviti and NC State University’s ERM Initiative, retail executives identified pandemic-related government policies as their top risk issue for 2021 and beyond. Retailers also listed a deterioration in market and economic conditions, and talent retention and acquisition challenges among their top risks. Overall, the survey results reveal significant… Video February 24, 2022 Video: The Money Laundering Risks of E-Commerce Alleged criminals have identified the potential for laundering funds through e-commerce. After all, why would a money launderer hassle with the physical transport of ill-gotten gains or risk dealing with financial institutions with savvy detection capabilities when laundering money can be done with a few clicks of a computer in an environment that may not always be vigilant in detecting fraud?… Client Story May 23, 2024 Trusted Partnerships and Collaborative Efforts Drive Success in Data Privacy Initiatives We partnered with the client in building and maturing a data privacy program, including enhancing the company’s privacy rights process into a universal, globally scalable webform intake, 10+ custom workflows and an encrypted portal. Leveraged OneTrust autoblocking to establish baseline cookie compliance. Whitepaper September 16, 2020 Strategies for Reducing Retail Shrink During Challenging Times Shrink has long represented a significant challenge for retailers. Unfortunately, during a time of tightening margins and declining sales, the issue shows no signs of withering away. According to the 2020 National Retail Security Survey of the National Retail Federation (NRF), shrink is at an all-time high. In 2019, it accounted for an average rate of 1.62% of inventory, calculated at retail,… Client Story May 12, 2022 A National Retailer Takes on Inventory Shrink to Improve Margins Protiviti created a transparent end-to-end process flow by identifying gaps and providing recommendations for improvement and savings. A data deep dive reviewed elements of sales, markdowns and shrink data and a statistical analyses of shrink, damages and manual markdowns provided a total loss calculation. Client Story April 19, 2024 Rural Lifestyle Retailer Builds Customer Loyalty With Enhanced CIAM Strategy Protiviti partnered with a rural lifestyle retailer client to assess its Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) program and architecture. Load More