Results for Search Submit Filter by: Advanced Filter All results Solutions Industry Typelist People Client Story Insights/Blogs Filter Search Sort by RelevanceDate Order AscDesc Blog August 19, 2021 Four Steps to Keeping SAP’s Financial Processes Compliant: Step 2 Step 2: Optimize Internal Control Framework Protiviti has identified four key steps that organizations can take to improve their overall control environment and receive the benefits mentioned below. Each of these steps will be a focus in this four-part blog series. Step 1 covered analyzing configuration and processes. In this post, we review optimizing the internal… Blog October 27, 2022 What Can the Program Management Office Do to Remove Risk From an SAP S/4HANA Implementation? A traditional SAP S/4HANA transformation project has many decision points including strategic ones, such as choosing between a system conversion (brownfield), a new implementation (greenfield) or a hybrid approach and whether to move to the cloud or stay on-premise. There are key decisions related to handling custom developments, business process changes and reporting and analytics needs. These… Blog November 1, 2022 Are Citizen Developers the New Intrapreneurial Corporate IT Team? Consider this business colleague: She never studied IT but was great at Excel. Then she discovered macros, which piqued her interest to do even more. Now she’s regularly using data visualizations for decision-making. It’s likely that citizen developers are lurking throughout your organization. They are business users who take advantage of available low-code/no-code business application platforms… Blog November 8, 2022 For Telecoms, Cultivating Loyal Customers Requires Better Customer Data Management Understanding and mapping the customer journey is the starting point from which to identify the key opportunity moments where access to the right customer data can help anticipate a service need, resolve an issue without asking, or offer a customized product — in other words, make the difference between cultivating a happy, loyal customer or losing one to the competition. The telecommunications… Blog November 10, 2022 DevSecOps + IoT: A Buzzword Bonanza Overview (and a disclaimer) This conversation aims to identify opportunities to incorporate security controls into each phase of the DevSecOps methodology throughout the IoT device product development life cycle. Before proceeding, we should note two minor disclaimers: This post is not meant to define in any way how DevSecOps can or should be implemented for software-only applications. There… Blog November 14, 2022 Federal Trade Commission Commercial Surveillance and Data Security Proposed Rulemaking Commercial surveillance is the practice of collecting and analyzing information about people for profit. Over the past months, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has increased its focus on companies’ harmful commercial surveillance programs and on inadequate data security of personal information practices. Companies have been able to operate these programs with limited repercussions. Primary… Blog November 15, 2022 A New Value Chain Paradigm: Microsoft’s New Supply Chain Platform Protiviti was very pleased to announce its exclusive partnership with Microsoft as the launch of the new Microsoft Supply Chain Platform was unveiled. As a platform that integrates the value chain beyond an enterprise’s four walls, the Microsoft Supply Chain Platform enables collaborations with upstream and downstream partners to deliver transparency and orchestrate the movement of goods to… Blog November 16, 2022 Develop an Effective SAP Automated Controls Benchmarking Strategy Organizations are continuously working to improve their internal controls environments, increase efficiencies and reduce the cost of compliance activities. Internal controls, compliance and audit professionals are also looking to align organizations’ processes to important risk and industry trends. The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) releases auditing standards that establish… Blog November 28, 2022 Enterprise Architecture-Enabled Business Transformation Business leaders have realized that, in today’s world, with factors such as rapid advancements in technology, increasing social media presence, an ever-changing customer desire for product flexibility and eager adoption among Generation Z, technology is a key enabler in driving innovation and efficiency. Technology investments have demonstrated and continue to provide tangible and measurable… Blog December 5, 2022 FAIRCON22: Scaling a CRQ Program from Ideation to Execution As more organizations begin to adopt cyber risk quantification (CRQ) techniques to complement their existing risk management functions, renewed attention is being brought to how organizations can invest in CRQ in the most cost-effective ways. The Factor Analysis of Information Risk (FAIR) methodology remains the most widely accepted industry standard for CRQ and organizations continue to seek out… Load More