Finance Priorities in the COVID Era – Digital Dominance and Flexible Labour Models

The finance labour model of the future has passed a major test – and it was a massive one. The results of Protiviti’s latest global survey of CFOs and finance leaders show that finance organisations which leverage a diverse talent pool of full-time employees, contract and temporary workers, expert external consultants, and managed services and outsourcing providers are able to respond to external disruptions, such as the COVID-19 global pandemic, with greater speed and agility.

The Top Risks for the Next Decade: A Global Perspective

New issue of Board Perspectives: Risk Oversight summarises key takeaways for the next decade from our global survey of C-level executives and directors about macroeconomic, strategic and operational risks.

SEC Indicates Greater Interest in Climate Change Disclosures

SEC staff will use insights from this review to consider whether updates to the 2010 guidance are necessary, taking into account developments of the past decade as well as current circumstances and market expectations.

Microsoft Discovers Multiple Zero-Day Exploits Being Used to Attack Exchange Servers

On Tuesday, March 2, 2021, Microsoft released four out-of-cycle security updates for on-premises Microsoft Exchange Servers to address vulnerabilities that have been exploited in limited and targeted attacks by a previously unknown Chinese espionage group. Upon validating the attacks, Microsoft immediately shared patches of all affected systems with customers and the security community. The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) attributed the attacks to Hafnium and explained that the attackers are seeking to gain access to organisations’ on-premises Exchange servers to access email accounts, exfiltrate data and install malware to maintain this access.