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  • Blog
    May 2, 2022
    “Refugees are at particular risk for human trafficking – a consequence of their vulnerable status, the devastating losses they have experienced, and their precarious life situations until durable solutions become available.” The Ukrainian refugee crisis More than 5 million refugees – greater than 10% of the country’s population – have fled from Ukraine in the two months since the Russian…
  • Blog
    August 9, 2021
    Information security leaders face an enormous threat affecting organizations of every size and in every industry as ransomware is being used to extort capital from companies worldwide. The bottom line According to recent research, the average payment following a ransomware attack in 2020 is trending up with triple digit increases year over year. That same research shows that the size of the…
  • Blog
    May 3, 2022
    The CFO’s purview continues to expand amid the shifting tides of globalization. Supply chain risk management represents a newly vital, and growing, segment of that purview. To illustrate: When the Kremlin threatened to nationalize the assets of Western companies that pull out of their country in protest over its invasion of Ukraine, CFOs within those organizations sprang into action, quantifying…
  • Blog
    May 4, 2022
    C-suite executives from the consumer products and services (CPS) industry were remarkably prescient in their risk perceptions for 2022. After one quarter, many anticipated top risks —namely, disruptive technologies, supply chain bottlenecks, rising costs, labor shortages, data breaches and restrictive government policies — have not only persisted but also intensified. For example, inflation and…
  • Blog
    May 5, 2022
    A survey conducted by Protiviti and the Oxford Global Centre on Healthcare and Urbanisation at Kellogg College reveals that 74% of global business executives believe digital and emerging technologies will increase the size of the workforce by 2032 — an important counterpoint to a popular narrative that machines and automation will take workers’ jobs away. What’s more, an even larger number of…
  • Blog
    May 9, 2022
    When supply chains unravel, customer experience (CX) can crumble – unless retailers are prepared to respond. Many retailers today are feeling the pain where it hurts most in the form of fleeting customer loyalty. Persistent global supply chain challenges can trigger CX and customer loyalty downfalls – even for retailers at the helm of omnichannel. While supply chain disruption may be temporary,…
  • Podcast
    March 23, 2022
    Quantum machine learning, or QML, is one of the three major application categories for quantum computing, along with optimization and simulation. As we’re working with customers at Protiviti to find advantageous use cases in QML, we rely daily on a tool called PennyLane from Xanadu. Join host Konstantinos Karagiannis, and special cohost Emily Stamm, for a chat with Nathan Killoran from Xanadu to…
  • Flash Report
    March 23, 2022
    Since the crisis in Ukraine began, Protiviti has issued three Flash Reports. The first addressed Vladimir Putin’s initial foray into two Ukrainian regions with “peacekeeping forces,” the West’s initial wave of sanctions and the implications for companies worldwide. The second reported on the unprovoked all-out invasion of Ukraine, the economic fallout and other actions ostracizing Russia from the…
  • Whitepaper
    March 15, 2022
    An unprecedented wave of sanctions and export controls against Russia, and to a lesser extent Belarus, requires financial institutions from the West and other allied countries to take immediate steps to understand the impact of the complex requirements and ensure compliance.
  • Podcast
    March 12, 2022
    The past two years have seen unprecedented levels of innovation and transformation among organizations worldwide as they have pivoted and adapted in response to a historic global pandemic. Innovation and transformation are now mainstays in ensuring businesses stay relevant and competitive. This unquestionably is a mindset that CAEs and their internal audit teams must adopt – and many have.
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