Results for Search Submit Filter by: Advanced Filter All results Solutions Industry People Client Story Insights/Blogs Filter Blog Cybersecurity and Data Privacy: 7 Challenges for CFOs to Address Along with their peers in the C-suite, CFOs have treated cybersecurity and data privacy as top strategic priorities for several years. Increasingly, regulators are embracing a similar approach and CFOs need to take note and be ready. Earlier this year, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed amendments to its rules on cybersecurity risk management, strategy, governance and… Blog New Internal Auditing Around the World Book Features Profiles of Internal Audit Functions Helping to Shape the Workforce and Organization of the Future What does the future hold for the internal audit profession? Protiviti explores this question at some level in every annual edition of Internal Auditing Around the World®. Protiviti’s release of Volume 18 of Internal Auditing Around the World gives us occasion to reflect on just how much has changed in the internal audit profession since our inaugural edition in 2005. The core mission for… Blog Digitizing the Oilpatch: Oilfield Service Companies Becoming the Next High-Tech Firms Mention leading technology companies in the world, and it is doubtful that oilfield service organizations jump to the top of your list. These companies are known for performing the gritty work of producing, maintaining and repairing oil-extracting equipment. They also provide drilling, energy discovery, well maintenance and other vital services to oil and gas companies. But a growing number of… Blog ESG Journey Just Beginning, but Leaders Have a Clear Competitive Advantage As companies come under growing pressure to make measurable, reportable (and reported) progress on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, there is increased demand on business leaders to implement effective sustainability practices that resonate with customers, partners and employees. Technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) companies have not been immune to the pressure.… Blog The Sarbanes-Oxley Act: Its Legacy Looking Back and Impact Going Forward Twenty years ago, the effects of the Enron era were enormous. Confidence in the capital markets and in financial reporting and corporate governance in general had deteriorated to a dangerously low level. Shareholder losses were staggering. People’s life savings were lost. The corporate frauds and abuses were numerous and egregious. The web of culpability cast a wide net. The blame game was in… Blog Why Now is the Best Time to Move to HANA 2.0 - Part 2: The Migration In this two-part series, we explore the factors organizations should consider before making the decision to upgrade to SAP HANA 2.0. In Part 1, we reviewed what can be gained from the move. Today, Part 2 covers the migration itself. Despite the deprecation, SAP HANA 2.0 retains support for XS Classic development objects, including use of the _SYS_REPO user and _SYS_BIC… Blog Streamline Project Management Tasks with Microsoft Power Automate Project execution activities, such as following up on project plan tasks, communicating task status and obtaining approvals can be tedious and time-consuming daily activities. Fortunately for organizations using Microsoft 365, Microsoft Power Automate’s predefined templates can be leveraged to automate many of these routine project tasks and includes predefined templates that can be integrated… Blog Taking a Test Drive of SAP Analytics Cloud Report Design When I talk about SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), one question that I am asked quite often is “How do I get my Web Intelligence reports into SAC?" My answer is typically that you can’t. SAP Analytics Cloud is a very broad product with a plethora of capabilities. While modernized data visualizations are one of the strengths of the platform, paginated… Blog Where Will the Customer Experience Take Us in 2021? Protiviti Experts Share Their Insights Recently, Tech Insights interviewed a number of Protiviti’s Technology Consulting leaders to get their thoughts on the “hot topics” on which CIOs and CISOs should focus in the year ahead. These insights are based on the conversations our experts have had with tech leaders throughout 2020. Today, in the final post of this series,… Blog Build an Analytics Center of Excellence with the Support of AMS I am passionate about SAP, support, data, cloud and analytics and I’m fortunate enough to assist my clients in these areas and more. On the topic of analytics, I have had the opportunity to help develop an Analytics Center of Excellence (COE) for several global companies. While some organizations might call their COE an analytics hub or a BI Competency… Load More
