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 August 7, 2018 Managed Services Can Help Emerging Tech Firms Scale for Growth and Maintain Momentum Growth is the goal for emerging technology companies. When it happens fast, however, it can be challenging for these businesses to manage that change and to scale, especially in back-office areas like accounting, finance and IT. Setting up or optimizing core functions with labor-intensive processes is about the last thing business leadership wants to think about as they’re focusing on generating… Blog December 7, 2018 Regtech Roundup Regulatory compliance technology (regtech) for the financial services industry has advanced significantly over the past year, moving beyond proof of concept to a growing number of use cases. The challenge now becomes ensuring that the banks and their regulators are ready and able to capitalize on the promise of these tools, which include artificial intelligence, machine learning, blockchain,… Blog December 10, 2018 Tips for a Fraud-Free Holiday Season The festive season is a time for fun and good cheer. Your business is celebrating the end of the calendar year and staff are counting down the days before their extended holidays begin. But be warned – the holidays are also a peak season for cybercriminals and fraudsters looking to exploit your vulnerabilities at a time of skeleton staffing and “go slow” activity. Protiviti has found that a… Blog December 11, 2018 Armed with Artificial Intelligence, Hackers and the Guardians of IT Square Off on a New Digital Battleground Over the past few years, the transformational promise of artificial intelligence (AI) has begun to materialize in the business and consumer worlds. AI enables computers and machines to simulate intelligent human behavior. We’re seeing shippers turn to self-driving vehicles for 24/7 delivery, consumers adopt household voice assistants to make life easier, and surgeons use smart robotics to enhance… Blog December 12, 2018 Back Off, Inefficiencies: Conquering Chaos in the Back Office Is Closer Than You Think Whether through rapid growth, acquisition or some other business change, an organization’s back finance office operations can grow chaotic over time, and sometimes overnight. That chaos often culminates in emergencies, like a payments backlog, bad data or a process that no longer makes sense. Some of our most satisfying engagements with clients have started as emergencies that were resolved when… Blog December 13, 2018 Credit Report Access Freezes, Advanced Pension Products - What Should Lenders Watch For? Listen to the Podcast In the podcast below, Steven Stachowicz and Kat Sanchez of our Risk and Compliance practice discuss some of the recent topics in Protiviti's Compliance Insights newsletter series. For access to our latest issue, visit www.protiviti.com/compliance-insights. [audio mp3="http://blog.protiviti.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/protiviti-podcast-12.10.18.mp3"][/audio] Compliance Insights In-Depth… Blog December 18, 2018 Legacy Core Systems Outlook: Advancing Technologies Are Hastening the Necessity to Modernize Three years ago, when Protiviti began detailing why financial institutions should modernize their core systems, technological advances changing the way customers interacted with their financial providers were just starting to emerge. Today, these technologies, such as cloud computing and application programming interfaces (APIs) - software intermediaries that allow applications to talk to one… Blog December 19, 2018 FS-ISAC’s Fall Summit Delivers Insights on Cyber Resilience, the Cloud and Other Hot Topics Last month, Protiviti was a sponsor of the Fall Summit of the Financial Services Information-Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC) in Chicago. FS-ISAC is a global resource for the financial services industry, providing threat intelligence and analysis. FS-ISAC’s summit offered presentations, case studies and best practices by industry leaders, including actionable information for all attendees.… Blog January 2, 2019 Emerging Technology Companies: Create Your Game Plan Now for Going Public Technology startups can get so wrapped up in developing their product or service and trying to recruit top talent that they neglect to invest in their future in other critical ways. Specifically, they overlook — or simply put off — building their financial reporting infrastructure, particularly their financial and system controls. And that could cost them big in the long run. For one, neglecting… Blog January 8, 2019 Leveraging Technology to Ensure Sustainability of Privacy In London last November, Protiviti sponsored and spoke at the Data Protection World Forum. What was clear from speaking to the many delegates at the event was that many are now pausing for reflection, often after significant effort and investment to get compliant with the GDPR. They are now considering how they can continue to drive further remediation activities but also, importantly, how they… Load More