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    SEC Guidance on SPAC Warrants: More Than a Financial Statement Consideration
    On April 12, 2021, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a staff statement regarding the financial reporting considerations for warrants issued by special-purpose acquisition companies (SPACs). This new guidance advises that warrants that lack an embedded feature (specifically, those that are options to purchase shares at a predetermined price within a defined time period)…
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    Flash Report: President Biden Executive Order to Strengthen U.S. Cybersecurity Will Impact Federal Agencies and Public and Private Organizations
    On May 12, President Joe Biden issued the Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity. This executive order (EO) is the most recent action by the administration to strengthen U.S. national cyber defenses and address cybersecurity threats and attacks that continue to grow in magnitude, impact and frequency. It is intended to protect networks in the federal, public and private…
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    There’s a Culture Shift Happening in Medical Device Manufacturing. Are CISOs Ready?
    There’s a fundamental sea change happening in the medical device security world. Driven by the increasing threats of cyberattacks, corporate competition, and the ever-growing need to protect the massive volumes of valuable patient data, chief information security officers (CISOs) are rethinking how they defend against these evolving challenges.…
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    Vulnerability Management for Manufacturers: Don’t Wait for an Event to Trigger a Response; Start Building a Program Today
    When Verizon released its Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) last May, it found 381 of the 3,950 data breaches confirmed in the prior year occurred in manufacturing businesses. Hackers’ motivations were largely financial, although espionage played a part as well. Nearly a quarter of incidents in manufacturing involved ransomware, which is especially damaging to those needing highly…
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    E-Commerce Boom Heightens Privacy Risks, Creates Opportunity for Retailers to Enhance Data Practices
    At no time in history has customer data and privacy protection been a greater concern for consumers, businesses and regulators alike than in the current pandemic environment. The massive shift to online commerce and contactless payments that began in early 2020 spurred by confinement measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 has dramatically escalated security and privacy risks associated with…
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    Industry Focus: Solving Information Security Challenges in Consumer Products and Retail
    This blog is part of Protiviti’s CISO Next Initiative. To learn more, visit us. Emerging from an unprecedented year that presented arduous hurdles to overcome, consumer products and retail companies confront a formidable cluster of unique information security challenges. Overcoming these obstacles requires chief information security officers (CISOs) to do more than ply their…
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    Human Capital Reporting in a Changing World
    The COVID-19 pandemic. A new administration in the U.S. with, so far, a markedly different tone than the previous one. The MeToo and Black Lives Matter movements. Environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting. It would be easy to attribute the emergence of human capital reporting requirement by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to a wave of accountability demands in a world rife…
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    Top Security Pitfalls for Medical Devices at Healthcare Providers
    Today, medical devices are used throughout the world for the diagnosis and ongoing treatment of medical conditions. Technology advances and medical treatment innovations have led to many of these devices becoming more connected (and interconnected) to healthcare provider networks via various mechanisms. This is achievable through both wired and wireless information communication vehicles and…
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     The Three Cs of a Quality Cloud Audit
    Cloud adoption surged in 2020, driven by COVID-19 disruption and the need to quickly shift to a remote-work footing. That pace is expected to accelerate in 2021 as more and more companies make the move to a cloud environment, hoping to achieve the cost savings, operational flexibility and on-demand scalability of infrastructure as a service (IaaS) that others have already experienced. As…
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    Organizations Zero In on the Digital IQ Gap, a Long-Term Risk Threatening Digital Transformation Success
    Organizations are placing an enormous amount of importance on digital transformation as they look for ways to enhance efficiency, boost productivity and trim expenses. Yet many of them are quickly discovering that they need to better develop their workforce’s “digital IQ” to fully optimize these technological investments. This message came through crystal clear in the recently released Executive…
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