Results for Search Submit Filter by: Advanced Filter All results Solutions Industry People Client Story Insights/Blogs Filter Blog February 17, 2020 Succession Planning in Finance: Sourcing the Next Generation of Leaders According to Protiviti’s most recent Top Risks survey, succession planning is among leaders’ top concerns. At the same time, another survey conducted by Robert Half among chief financial officers (CFOs) only shows a startling 48% of them had not identified their own successors. Of those, 64% cited their own intentions to stay in their current positions as their rationale for not prioritizing… Blog February 18, 2020 Cybersecurity Trends in 2020: What to Expect and How to Prepare Cyber attacks continue to rank among the leading business concerns in 2020, according to the eighth annual Executive Perspectives on Top Risks, a joint survey by Protiviti and NC State University’s ERM Initiative. Drawing on responses from 1,063 board members and executives from around the world, the survey found that cyber threats represented a “significant impact risk” to senior managers, one… Blog February 19, 2020 Risks at the Intersection of Talent, Culture, Innovation and Technology Certain kinds of risks, if left unaddressed, inhibit organizations’ capacities to deliver on strategic targets. Particularly noteworthy are the crucial relationships between such risk areas as talent, culture, innovation and technology, which prompt further inquiry into how these areas intersect: What culture attracts top talent? What talent is needed to be agile, competitive, nimble and… Blog February 24, 2020 Innovating AML Compliance: The Next Regulatory Imperative? Incorporating innovative approaches into anti-money laundering (AML) and financial crime prevention remains a key agenda item for the financial services industry, trade associations, advocacy groups and, increasingly, the regulators. At the recent SIFMA AML conference, we joined industry panelists on stage to discuss not only the obvious benefits of integrating leading technologies into AML… Blog April 15, 2019 Companies Could Use More CFO Insight, And CFOs Could Use More AI “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” This famous defense of the status quo was popularized in 1977 by Bert Lance, a Georgia banker and Director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget under President Jimmy Carter. It is apt that such wisdom would come from a banker, especially one who served, albeit briefly, as America’s chief financial officer (CFO). Anyone who has ever wrestled with trying… Blog April 19, 2019 Top Risks: Winning the War for Talent It should be no surprise that finding and keeping workers with digital skills is a top concern for executives and directors. The more digital companies become, the fiercer the competition for workers with a digital mindset: an aptitude to flourish in this new environment. In the most recent Top Risks survey, conducted by Protiviti and North Carolina State University’s ERM Initiative in… Blog April 25, 2019 Pace of Change and Resource Allocation Continue to Challenge Companies’ Vendor Risk Management, New Survey Confirms Running just to stay in place – this is what it feels like today for many companies trying to match their vendor risk management (VRM) efforts to the fast-changing risk environment and pressing regulatory demands. Incremental improvements in VRM made last year have been all but wiped out by new cyber threats, and the costs of running a vendor risk management program are rising. This is the… Blog May 1, 2019 Podcast from FS-ISAC Summit: Board-level Concerns about Cybersecurity, War for Talent and More Protiviti Managing Director Andrew Retrum is attending the Financial Services Information Exchange and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC) Annual Summit this week in Orlando. In this podcast, he shares some of the notable trends he’s hearing at the event. Podcast - Managing Director Andrew Retrum discusses notable trends from the FS-ISAC Annual Summit. Kevin Donahue: Hello. This is Kevin Donahue,… Blog May 2, 2019 Bridging the Divide: Auditing Digital Risk May is Internal Audit Awareness Month. On the blog, we are focusing on next generation internal audit – what does it look like and how can auditors get there? Subscribe to follow our series. With longstanding brands collapsing or making significant adjustments to their business models under pressure from digital competitors (the number one risk identified in Protiviti’s most recent Top Risks… Blog May 8, 2019 Podcast from FS-ISAC Summit: More on Cyber Security and Resourcing Protiviti Associate Director Vince Dasta and manager Annmarie Rombalski attended the Financial Services Information Exchange and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC) Annual Summit last week in Orlando. In this podcast, they share some of the trends and takeaways they gathered from the event. Vince Dasta and Annmarie Rombalski on notable trends discussed at FS-ISAC Annual Summit Kevin Donahue: Hello… Load More
