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    Fintech Promises Faster, Easier Payments for People and Businesses
    Blockchain, globalization, digitization, cybersecurity, fintech, new customer demands, and more. Money 20/20, the largest global financial industry event focused on payments and financial services innovation for connected commerce at the intersection of mobile, retail, marketing services, data and technology, takes place Oct. 23-26. Once again, Protiviti is proud to be an exhibitor sponsor…
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    Prioritizing an Offshore Health Check
    Political, regulatory and media attention on the use of offshore jurisdictions by individuals and companies to evade taxes is intensifying. The issue was thrust into the spotlight when the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) released 11.5 million historical documents hacked from Panamanian law firm and corporate service provider Mossack Fonseca in April 2016. The release…
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    Is your refrigerator running? Yes it is, and it’s flooding the Internet!
    The distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack on October 21 offered a new twist on an old trick that should cause us to pause and pay attention. DDOS attacks are nothing new. They became popular in the late 90s, when all of us security experts were busy trying to figure out how to combat them. At the time, the attackers were taking advantage of outdated and unpatched operating systems of home…
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    PCI DSS 3.2 Kicks In Today: Do You Know What the Changes Are?
    Version 3.2 of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS 3.2), the information security standard that guides how entities process, hold and transmit cardholder data, comes into effect today, Nov. 1, 2016. In a post last month we discussed the details and implications of the new standard. Here, we want to point out one change of the new standard that has gone largely…
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    Compliance Insights Top News: Court Rules on RESPA Enforcement and CFPB Constitutionality
    In our most recent edition of Compliance Insights, we highlight the compelling news regarding the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit’s ruling in favor of a large, non-bank mortgage servicer seeking relief from an order by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to pay more than $100 million in penalties related to the assessment of mortgage reinsurance…
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    Are Wireless Technologies the Answer for Cyber-Secure Offshore Asset Utilization and Operator Profitability?
    A review by Siemens finds that wireless communications are well suited for the often remote locations of oil and gas industry production facilities, both on- and offshore. Previously, satellites provided producers with communications sufficient for transmitting telemetry data, but that method often fell short in system automation controls, which are increasingly required today. Siemens’ analysis…
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    Digital Transformation, Data Governance, and Internal Audit
    Digital advances, such as big data analytics, mobility and smart connected devices are radically changing not just business processes, but entire operations. Companies across industries are racing to migrate analog approaches to customer interactions, products, services and operating models to an automated, always-on, real-time and information-rich marketplace. For internal audit, this means that…
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    Navigating Risk and Complexity by Integrating Contract and Supplier Management
    Most organizations spend between 30 and 70 percent of their revenues procuring third-party goods and services. This level of expenditure can present significant opportunities to drive operational performance, value and innovation if managed effectively – or it can pose a significant risk if left unmanaged. To realize the former, contracts that govern these transactions and the…
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    New Evaluation Tool Enables Boards to Assess and Improve Their Risk Oversight
    Prudent risk-taking is essential to the success of organizations seeking market opportunities and executing aggressive growth strategies. Boards of directors have a growing role in overseeing risk in the companies they govern. In fact, risk oversight is an integral part of a board’s responsibility to ensure the company’s risk profile is aligned with its strategy. Yet according to a NACD…
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    COSO Guide Seeks to Elevate and Evolve Fraud Risk Management Practices
    For many organizations, fraud risk management consists of checking boxes and thinking positive thoughts: “We hire good people.” “We have a code of conduct.” “We comply with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX).” “Our hotline does not ring (for serious things).” “Fraud simply doesn’t happen here.” Of course, as forensic professionals, we know that this is not enough. So does the Committee of Sponsoring…
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