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 April 18, 2017 Fintech Perspective: Balancing Speed to Market With Sound Risk Management As financial institutions develop innovative technology, in-house or by partnering with fintech companies, they need to carefully consider regulatory requirements for both third-party risk management and information security. Protiviti hosted a Fintech Innovation webinar on April 5, which addressed the need for banks and other financial institutions to balance sound third-party risk management… Blog April 19, 2017 Cyber Safety Tips for Private Equity Managers Cybersecurity vendor FireEye, in March, reported an increase in fake emails targeting lawyers and compliance officers with malware disguised as a Microsoft Word document from the Securities and Exchange Commission. That, on the heels of a reported uptick in fake drawdown requests targeting private equity clients, prompted us to put together a list of ways private equity firms and portfolio… Blog April 24, 2017 IT Audit Webinar: Your Questions Answered Following up on a recent blog post discussing the results of the 6th Annual IT Audit Benchmarking Study from ISACA and Protiviti, I want to revisit the subject by answering some of the audience questions we were unable to address live during the webinar, which I co-hosted with my Protiviti colleague David Brand and ISACA director Ed Moyle. (I want to stress that we receive many great… Blog April 25, 2017 Proving Procurement’s Value to Stakeholders: Show Them the Money There is no doubt that procurement organizations deliver value, through strategic sourcing, category management and other means. What distinguishes procurement organizations perceived as top performers from the rest is how well they quantify the value they deliver to the company. Recently, I had the opportunity to moderate a panel discussion about the challenges of demonstrating procurement’s… Blog April 28, 2017 What's the Latest on Fintech Charters and What About That Russian Laundry? In the April edition of Compliance Insights, we discuss the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's draft supplement, released in March, which further outlines the application guidelines for fintech bank charters (covered previously in our January issue). We also lay out previously unknown details of the "Russian Laundromat" money laundering scheme, as reported by the… Blog May 1, 2017 The First 100 Days of the Trump Administration – What Actually Happened and What Does It Mean to Business? On Saturday, we marked the 100th day of Trump’s presidency. While this artificial benchmark is often made out to be more important than it really is, Protiviti takes a look at the major business-related developments under the new administration in a hot-off the-press Flash Report. In our report, we examine what’s happened along a wide variety of fronts, including healthcare and tax reform, trade… Blog May 2, 2017 When Bad Things Happen to Good Companies — the Case For Culture Assurance May is Internal Audit Awareness month. Over the course of the month, we will be taking a closer look at the internal audit profession from various perspectives, including industry, technology, and the “future auditor”— an embodiment of those skills and capabilities most valuable to the future of the internal audit function. Subscribe to our blog to follow the discussion. … Blog May 3, 2017 Manufacturers Must Focus on Workforce Planning to Accelerate Digital Transformation Efforts Global manufacturing has been expanding, new orders are up, and the sector is experiencing an uptick in job growth. Even U.S. manufacturing appears to be on the rebound; in March, the industry posted its strongest two-month advance in three years. Leading the way in output were manufacturers of fabricated metals, machinery and plastics, paper, and rubber production. Despite this growth,… Blog May 3, 2017 In the UK, 2017-2018 Priorities for Financial Services Firms Published The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued its annual business plan for fiscal year 2017-2018. The FCA is the conduct regulator for 56,000 financial services firms and financial markets in the UK and the prudential regulator for over 18,000 of those firms. Its annual business plan and mission statement gives firms and consumers greater clarity about how the regulator intends to… Blog May 5, 2017 Cyber Risk Management: No More Quiet Backrooms Last month, in New York City, Protiviti hosted a gathering of scores of financial service industry representatives to discuss the recently enacted New York Department of Financial Services’ (DFS) Part 500, Cybersecurity Requirements For Financial Services Companies. Similar in design to the previously enacted DFS Part 504, Transaction Monitoring and Filtering Program Requirements and… Load More
