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 September 27, 2022 Cyber Supply Chain Risk: What Technology, Media and Telecommunications Companies Can Do Now Any organization that uses hardware and software, which means every corporation, today is facing an increasing risk to its cyber supply chain — and it is only going to get worse before it gets better. The SolarWinds attack in 2020 highlighted the cyber supply chain vulnerability as it was the first attack that had both a regional and global impact. Since then, bad actors have found success… Blog August 2, 2022 Achieve Seamless, Efficient SAP GRC Access Control Operations through Managed Services With organizations transitioning to unlock the full potential of S/4HANA and SAP cloud solutions, GRC functionalities and operations also need to be updated. For example, updating the Segregation of Duties (SoD) ruleset to support S/4HANA transactions including Fiori apps; or to run risk analysis on HANA database users. While an implementation or upgrade project would typically include the… Blog August 24, 2022 Best Practices for Promotion Management Using SAP’s Content Network SAP Analytics Cloud contains a robust method by which content can be transferred among systems. Historically, content could only be transferred using a local file system on export. The same file would then be used to import into the destination system. The SAP Analytics Cloud promotion management procedure has been updated to include a cloud-based transport system called the content network,… Blog November 1, 2018 Quantifying Cyber Risk: Takeaways from FAIRCON18 At a time when cyber/information security risk looms large on the minds of directors and executives, quantitative risk assessments are gaining traction as a way to understand and measure that risk. While the need to measure this risk grows, most organizations are still at a low level of maturity regarding the proper use of risk terminology and risk modeling. Getting support and, more importantly… Blog September 7, 2022 Leveraging SAP Analytics Cloud Planning to Streamline FP&A Processes, Unlock New Capabilities Like many companies undergoing a digital transformation, Protiviti’s experts recently assisted a national financial services company struggling with error-prone Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) processes. These processes were mostly rooted in Excel, focused on allocations and reporting, and had received limited investment in innovative technology compared with profit-generating… Blog September 14, 2022 Case Study: Selecting a Conversion Type for SAP BW/4HANA Migration An SAP BW/4HANA migration is a significant investment for any organization. With several migration options available, selecting the right one will reduce project risk, streamline the timeline and can even eliminate long-standing technical debt. This client case study frames the considerations that led to a successful methodology selection and upgrade. Our client had a mission-critical… Blog September 22, 2022 Bringing SAP BW to the Public Cloud with DWC In this two-part blog (see Part 1 here), we discuss how to support customers’ enterprise data warehouse through DWC. In today’s business environment, many companies are seeking to realize the benefits of moving to the cloud. As SAP customers seek to bring on-premises technologies to the cloud, one of the existing enterprise data warehouses, SAP Business Warehouse (SAP BW), often comes into… Blog March 8, 2022 How CFOs Can Solve The Inflation Puzzle As concerns over the rise of economic inflation escalate, a stark reality emerges: There are legions of executives—even board members—who have never had to cope with persistent inflation. A rare environment of this kind presents a unique opportunity for leading CFOs to elevate scenario planning activities and other next-generation finance capabilities with the objective of contributing an… Blog August 1, 2022 Six Ways for the CFO to Become a Data-Driven Storyteller What’s your story? When analysts, shareholders and other stakeholders put forth this question about the company to the chief financial officer, a concise and compelling response is required. Having the right answer teed up—to that initial question as well as to follow-ups—requires a surprising amount of legwork. To that end, storytelling has emerged as an essential skill, even table stakes, for… Blog August 2, 2022 As ESG Goes Mainstream, We Explore What’s Behind Those Three Letters Sustainability strategist, author and globally recognized expert on megatrends, Andrew Winston, says sustainable business went mainstream in 2021 as companies embraced sustainability in new ways. While there’s no reason to doubt the accuracy of his statement — Winston is, after all, one of the most respected thinkers on sustainability in the world — it depends on one’s definition of “mainstream… Load More