Insight Search Search Submit Sort by: Relevance Date Search Sort by Relevance Date Order Asc Desc Blogs June 13, 2025 How Microsoft Copilot Can Supercharge Internal Audit These days, it’s easy to get caught up in the routine of risk assessments, planning, fieldwork, and reporting during the audit lifecycle. Microsoft’s Copilot for M365 is changing the game for internal audit teams across Australia. By automating repetitive tasks, enhancing analysis, and simplifying documentation, Copilot not only saves time but also helps organisations uncover deeper insights and… Blogs July 14, 2023 Smart contracts part 1: What is a smart contract? In recent years, there’s been considerable talk of blockchain and its use cases in the business world. While some of these topics have specific use cases – metaverse, decentralised finance, etc – there is one topic that underpins everything in the blockchain and decentralised space: smart contracts. Smart contracts are behind-the-scenes applications that route data, track changes and settle… Blogs July 15, 2025 Australian Public Sector Integrity Frameworks: Rebuilding Trust Amid Ongoing Scrutiny In the wake of high-profile failures — ranging from unlawful debt recovery programs to politicised grant schemes and procurement missteps —the Australian government has rolled out a series of reforms, including the Australian Public Service (APS) reform agenda, the establishment of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) and the ongoing focus of the Auditor-General on public sector… Blogs December 20, 2024 How managed services can revolutionise SAP GRC operations As organisations transition to SAP S/4HANA and SAP cloud solutions, they often discover that GRC capabilities and processes also need to be updated on a more frequent basis. One example of a continuously changing dataset is the segregation of duties (SoD) ruleset. With S/4HANA, the GRC ruleset now supports monitoring many new access types including Fiori apps and HANA database access. Survey April 17, 2025 Risk insights for human resources teams As chief human resources officers (CHROs) assess near-term and longer-term risks, their sights are set on macroeconomic variables and strategic challenges. These elevated CHRO perspectives closely align with the risk concerns of board members, CEOs, CFOs and other C-suite leaders in our latest annual Executive Perspectives on Top Risks Survey. Podcast October 3, 2024 NSW Health Pathology CEO: Patient empowerment, AI, Big Data are trends to watch in healthcare In this VISION by Protiviti podcast, we welcome Vanessa Janissen, CEO of New South Wales Health Pathology, where she leads Australia’s largest public pathology and forensic science service. Employing more than 5,000 people, NSW Health Pathology performs over 100,000 clinical and scientific investigations each day across 60 laboratories and more than 150 collection centers. Janissen is interviewed… Newsletter September 29, 2023 Private Equity Insights Q3 2023 In our latest issue of Private Equity Insights, we offer Protiviti’s latest thinking on ESG issues – specifically, assessing sustainability through an investment and value creation lens. We offer further thoughts on AI (including generative AI) from the board’s and the CFO’s point of view, and we bring the general counsel into the mix through an informative discussion on building legal operations… Research Guide November 25, 2024 FAQ Guide on the Use of AI for Financial Crime Compliance Ask financial crime professionals what the most challenging part of their job is, and most will likely say it is the timely identification of suspicious activity. As much as companies have worked to improve their detection capabilities given their compliance obligations, their desire to protect their reputations and their understanding, as corporate citizens, of the impact of financial crime on… Whitepaper December 23, 2025 Internal Audit Benchmarks Protiviti and the Association of Healthcare Internal Auditors (AHIA) partner to conduct an annual study examining internal audit functions across a wide range of healthcare provider, payer and integrated delivery systems. The results of the study, with 79 organisations participating this year, are split into a two-part publication. The first, Evolving Risk Landscape Refocuses Healthcare Audit… Podcast January 8, 2025 Podcast | Running Classical Binaries on Qubits — with Horizon Quantum Most applications businesses rely on are complex, with subroutines, loops, etc. Is it possible to run a binary like this on a quantum computer? Not quite, but one company has a tool that identifies portions of code where quantum computing circuits could make a difference and then manages the necessary handoffs. Join host Konstantinos Karagiannis as he discusses the future of running programs on… Load More