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 December 7, 2020 The Role of the Business vs. IT in Supporting Cloud Applications For companies considering the move to a Cloud Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) or Software as a Service (SaaS) platform, one of the key drivers is likely the perceived opportunity for reduced IT overhead costs and maintenance responsibilities. While hosting and general monitoring activities are delegated to the SaaS provider, there will be both new and continued responsibilities for IT that… Blog December 10, 2020 How to Integrate Automated Controls in a Hybrid Agile SAP S/4HANA Implementation 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 December 14, 2020 A Leadership Perspective: Growing with the Client Fifteen years ago, I had the good fortune of winning a project to build a data warehouse for National Vision (NVI). The company had recently emerged from bankruptcy, been acquired by a private equity (PE) firm and purchased a like-sized organization named America’s Best. To say it was chaotic, exciting and disruptive to the industry would be an understatement. The catalyst for our project was a… Blog December 14, 2020 Flash Report: CISA Issues Emergency Directive to Mitigate SolarWinds Orion Code Compromise On December 13, 2020, the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an emergency directive detailing required action for federal agencies to mitigate the threat of the recently discovered compromise involving SolarWinds® Orion® Network Management products that are currently being exploited by malicious actors. (Read the SolarWinds Security Advisory here.) Given the nature… Blog December 16, 2020 Recharging Your Agile Transformation The seismic shift in project management functions from administrative to a consultative business partner is helping organizations transform across the enterprise and all areas of the project life cycle. In many companies, these transformational efforts are progressing well, coordinated by new lean-agile program management office (PMO) leaders. But for others, transformation is… Blog December 18, 2020 Flash Report: SolarWinds Vulnerability Update – Indicators of Compromise and Recommended Actions The news of the cyber attacks being experienced by government agencies and an expanding list of organizations continues to grow and change on almost an hourly basis. This is proving to be potentially one of the most significant cyber breaches in recent times. Following up on our December 14, 2020, Flash Report on the CISA advisory, and in response to numerous questions and… Blog December 21, 2020 2020 Privacy Wrap-Up for the European Union and the United States In a year rife with setbacks around the globe, due in large part to the COVID-19 pandemic, November was a fairly busy month for the global advancement of data protection, which will bring real short- and long-term consequences for global organizations. Key Privacy Developments in the United States California Consumer… Blog January 4, 2021 Three Steps to Build an Effective Industrial Control Systems Security Program If the year 2020 taught us anything, it was to expect the unexpected. During this unique time, we saw companies adapt to a new reality brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, making significant investments to ready their organizations to weather the next storm. We also saw substantial change in Industrial Control Systems (ICS) security environments,… Blog January 6, 2021 Best Tech Investments for 2021: Where to Focus in the Coming Year Protiviti Experts Share Their Insights Recently, Tech Insights interviewed a number of Protiviti’s Technology Consulting leaders to get their thoughts on the “hot topics” on which CIOs and CISOs should focus in the year ahead. These insights are based on the conversations our experts have had with tech leaders throughout 2020. Our 2021 Tech Priorities series continues… Blog January 7, 2021 Data-Driven Solutions Create New, Innovative Connections to Enhance Operations Like all businesses, wholesale and distribution organizations found themselves trying to manage sudden and extreme disruptions to their operations in 2020, due to the impact of COVID-19. For many, supply chains faltered as domestic and international vendors shut down just as demand was ratcheting up, particularly for consumer goods. The challenging environment forced wholesale and distribution… Load More
