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  • Blog
    February 4, 2021
    I am passionate about SAP, support, data, cloud and analytics and I’m fortunate enough to assist my clients in these areas and more. On the topic of analytics, I have had the opportunity to help develop an Analytics Center of Excellence (COE) for several global companies. While some organizations might call their COE an analytics hub or a BI Competency…
  • Podcast
    March 22, 2023
    Is your organization post-quantum ready? NIST’s finalists for PQC ciphers are expected in 2024, and time is running out to prepare for their implementation. Regulators will force this migration long before quantum computing hardware actually cracks encryption. The path to being ready for post-quantum cryptography will require assessing your organization’s crypto agility, and will certainly…
  • Blog
    March 23, 2021
    Robotic Process Automation (RPA), when deployed correctly, can significantly expedite what would otherwise be heavily time-consuming tasks. When applied to SAP Basis testing, almost the entire data extraction aspect of the testing process can be automated. Not only does deploying an automated solution for testing increase efficiency and quality, it also frees up time for employees to focus…
  • Leadership
    Robert Giacobbe is the lead for Protiviti’s Supply Chain Operations & Performance (O&P) team. Robert has a 31-year history of working in supply chain consulting across a mix of strategy, management consulting and technology. He’s worked across functions such as manufacturing, fulfillment, planning, asset management and the aftermarket, but also helped clients with cross-functional…
  • Whitepaper
    March 21, 2023
    The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has long warned that criminals leverage virtual assets not only for predicate or money-laundering offenses but also to evade financial sanctions and raise funds to support terrorism. Even so, the number of recent headlines about criminal activity and sanctions evasion in the crypto industry is alarming. Cryptocurrency-based crime hit an all-time high of $20.…
  • Blog
    December 10, 2020
    Many organizations have now started their journey to SAP S/4HANA or are currently in the midst of an implementation. It is important to integrate controls early in the implementation, rather than going through the effort of trying to incorporate these after go-live. This is referred to as a “design in” approach, opposed to a “retrofit” approach. Controls are integrated throughout the…
  • Blog
    February 17, 2021
    Having worked with different clients throughout the years, across industries and varying sizes, we notice there are many thematic “hot topics” and concerns that come in waves. Much of this has to do with evolving audit requirements, increased regulatory compliance and ensuring there is accountability, transparency, and…
  • Survey
    November 13, 2019
    Protiviti and the International RegTech Association (IRTA) conducted a global study to investigate the effectiveness of existing (AML) know your customer (KYC or AML/KYC) processes, their impact on customer experience across various jurisdictions and the efforts by financial institutions to innovate KYC controls. This study focuses on the optimization of KYC processes. It provides a blueprint for…
  • Survey
    March 27, 2023
    Beginning in 2020, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and several states provided temporary relief from the operational challenges of conducting on-site branch inspections during the pandemic, allowing firms to utilize technology to fulfill their inspection obligations remotely. Now, FINRA has proposed a voluntary, three-year remote…
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