Results for Search Submit Filter by: Advanced Filter All results Solutions Industry Typelist People Client Story Insights/Blogs Sort by: Relevance Date Filter Search Sort by RelevanceDate Order AscDesc Blog April 17, 2018 New Security Threat Report by Protiviti Draws on Nine Years of Data, Offers a Road Map for Better Security Cybersecurity breaches of magnitude and consequences that used to be unthinkable a decade ago are happening with alarming regularity today. But while breaches have exploded in scope, the basic weaknesses that allow them to happen remain much the same and can be summed up in five categories — weak user provisioning, lack of employee awareness, a lag in patch management, ineffective system… Blog April 19, 2018 Making Fintech Fit — Banks Weigh Risks, Rewards of Fintech Forward-thinking banks are acquiring and partnering with fintech firms to survive and thrive in an increasingly tech-enabled marketplace. By adopting emerging technologies and enabling open APIs (application programming interfaces) to allow third parties to build applications and services around them — a concept known as open banking — banks are hoping to offer richer and more personalized… Blog April 20, 2018 Agile Risk Assessment: Reinventing RCSAs [caption id="attachment_5774" align="alignright" width="347"]Protiviti's Agile Risk Management Philosophy[/caption] Timely and accurate risk identification and assessment are critical to strategic decision-making. A risk and control self-assessment (RCSA) can be a practical tool for providing that information. Many organizations struggle, however, with the level of organizational resources… Blog April 23, 2018 Should All Energy Companies Be Planning for Blockchain? A quick Google search of “blockchain” and “oil and gas” predictably yields hundreds of thousands of results. Open some of these results and you will frequently see “Big Oil” and “BP” and “Shell.” As Big Oil represents only six of the thousands of energy companies, what does blockchain mean for everyone else? A dizzying number of new technology solutions are keeping companies across all… Blog April 24, 2018 Managing the New Currency: Developing a High-Performing Data Management Organization These days, the hot analogy in the analytics industry is that “data is the new oil.” Like oil, data must be found, extracted, refined and distributed. More companies are investing heavily in cutting-edge technologies like machine learning, artificial intelligence and big data processing to help them harvest, groom and apply data to the correct use case for maximum value. So why, then, in the… Blog April 26, 2018 Internal Audit Capabilities and Needs: Great “Tech-spectations” With a growing number of companies investing in cloud adoption, digitalization and data-intensive projects, Protiviti’s 2018 Internal Audit Capabilities and Needs Survey makes it clear that internal audit has arrived at a point where it needs to evolve its analytics and technological proficiency among all individuals within the function, as opposed to relying on a single technology “specialist… Blog May 1, 2018 Are You Ready for CECL Model Validation? The Answer Is a Resounding ... Maybe. Whether financial services organizations are prepared for the impact of the Current Expected Credit Loss (CECL) standard is a hot topic of conversation. The standard, issued in June 2016 by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and set to take effect in 2020 for SEC registrants and 2021 for all other banks, represents a significant shift in how organizations account for expected… Blog May 3, 2018 Risk, Strategy, Culture: Internal Auditors Shoot for the Stars It is an amazing and exciting time to be an internal auditor. This is not a facetious statement. Stakeholder expectations are rising, creating opportunities for internal auditors to expand beyond their traditional role of policing internal control frameworks and consult at a high level in the organization and on a wide range of executive and board priorities. Audit plans are becoming… Blog March 12, 2014 Today’s IT Organization – Delivering Security, Value and Performance Amid Major Transformation Today, Protiviti released the results of its 2014 IT Priorities Survey, and in it, there are some remarkable findings. Indeed, if there is one word to describe the state of IT organizations in 2014, it is transformation. We found that nearly two out of three organizations are undergoing a major IT transformation. Consider the change and disruption this undoubtedly is creating within IT… Blog March 19, 2014 Assessing the Top Priorities for Today’s Internal Audit Functions Protiviti’s research train keeps on rolling! Today we released the results of our latest Internal Audit Capabilities and Needs Survey. We’ve been conducting research to identify internal audit priorities and trends for eight years and have been very pleased with the response we continue to receive from the market. In looking at the major findings in our 2014 study, I expect this year will be no… Load More
