Results for Search Submit Filter by: Advanced Filter All results Solutions Industry People Client Story Insights/Blogs Filter Leadership Mark Peters Mark Peters is a Managing Director and serves at Protiviti’s Innovation Leader for Internal Audit & Financial Advisory. He has over 25 years of business, technology and operational risk consulting experience gained from serving a variety of companies across financial services, consumer & industrial and energy & utilities markets in the UK and Internationally. REPRESENTATIVE… Blog December 14, 2021 How Zero Trust Can Defend Against Ransomware As the number of ransomware attacks rise, the failure of businesses to properly invest in cybersecurity tools, technologies and trained resources continues to become more prevalent. Not only do the ransom demands continue to increase but the average cost of ransomware recovery continues to skyrocket. Sophos research revealed that the average ransomware recovery costs are $1.85 million compared to… Leadership Steven Stachowicz Steven is a Managing Director with Protiviti's Regulatory Risk Consulting practice and is located in Chicago. Steven has led internal audits, reviews, and assessments of our clients’ compliance management systems and technical compliance with consumer protection laws and regulations, including consumer and mortgage lending and servicing, deposit operations, consumer reporting, fair lending and… Blog December 7, 2021 5 Critical Questions for IoT Device Security It’s no surprise that the Internet of Things (IoT) is undergoing rapid growth, creating a scenario where the tools are in high demand, but as technology outpaces the IoT ecosystem’s expansion, a vast attack surface is being created. What those new to IoT may not realize is that many IoT devices are being hacked within five minutes of being connected to the internet. Why? Because they have very… Leadership Kathie Topel Kathie is a visionary leader with 20+ years in business transformation, innovative strategy, organizational change management, process design and efficiency and technology solutions. She is known for advising and supporting organizations to fundamentally change the way they operate and dramatically improve their performance and results. Kathie is an expert at working with and developing cross… Solution and Industry UK Corporate Governance Reform The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has issued the final updates to the 2024 UK Corporate Governance Code following a 12-week consultation period. The initiative is part of the 'Restoring Trust in Audit and Corporate Governance' reform package and is the first major update to the Code since 2018. As reported in November 2023’s FRC Policy Update, after receiving feedback, much of the existing… Leadership Tomoko Kuwahara Tomoko Kuwahara is a Director with over 15 years of experience, including J-SOX, US-SOX, and Internal Audit. She is experienced in year-1 and ongoing SOX compliance and in coordinating the global SOX projects. Leadership Aritoshi Fujisawa Aritoshi Fujisawa is a Managing Director and has over 20 years of experience in finance and accounting. He was a former member of the internal control committee in the Japanese Institution of Certified Public Accountants. Leadership Chris Monk Chris is one of the leaders of the Global Supply Chain & Operations practice and the leader of Protiviti’s Sourcing and Procurement offering. With over twenty years’ experience, Chris has a proven track record of analyzing, improving, and transforming organizations and delivering sustainable cost savings for clients across a range of industries. Major Projects Petrochemical company -… Leadership Arun Tripathi Arun Tripathi is a Director in Los Angeles office of Protiviti. Load More