Results for Search Submit Filter by: Advanced Filter All results Solutions Industry People Client Story Insights/Blogs Filter Blog Success Factor: The People Side of Digital Transformation What is the first thing that comes to mind when you hear “digital transformation”? Time after time, we ask participants at webinars and events to describe their idea of digital transformation, and the word “technology” inevitably tops the list. But the technological part of digital transformation is just the part that can be easily pointed to – what Protiviti Digital Leader Jonathan Wyatt… Blog Data and Digital Dominate Discussions at InsureTech Connect 2018 Protiviti Managing Director Shawn Seasongood attended the InsureTech Connect conference in Las Vegas earlier this month. He shares his impressions on what is exciting the industry in this brief podcast recorded shortly after the conference. [audio mp3="http://blog.protiviti.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/InsureTech-Connect-Podcast.mp3"][/audio] InsureTech Connect Podcast Transcript Kevin… Blog Cybersecurity: Navigating the Legal and Regulatory Landscape As companies around the world adapt to comply with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), legislators in the United States are under pressure from constituents to pass even more consumer privacy protection. That pressure increases with every major data privacy breach and has reached a point where the heads of major social media organizations were recently called to testify before the… Blog The Responsible Tech Firm Series, Part 3: Preparing for the Regulatory Wave As technology firms wake to the reality of increasing regulation, the question arises: “How do we prepare?” Protiviti has published a four-part series on key considerations for technology industry board members and executives interested in what the responsible technology firm of the future might look like. Our series focuses on the rapidly changing landscape that is altering the conversation at… Blog Finance Data Priorities: First Get It Right, Then Make It Pretty Baseball great Yogi Berra is fondly remembered for famously miscalculating that, “Baseball is 90 percent mental. The other half is physical.” Unfortunately, making similar miscalculations on data in the business world is neither funny nor fondly remembered – such errors can damage reputations and create conflicts with customers, investors and regulators. As we increase our reliance on data for… Blog Managed Services Can Help Emerging Tech Firms Scale for Growth and Maintain Momentum Growth is the goal for emerging technology companies. When it happens fast, however, it can be challenging for these businesses to manage that change and to scale, especially in back-office areas like accounting, finance and IT. Setting up or optimizing core functions with labor-intensive processes is about the last thing business leadership wants to think about as they’re focusing on generating… Blog The Financial Crisis of 2008 – May We Never Forget the Lessons Learned The subprime lending crisis of 2008, which led to significant distress in the financial markets, was a disaster of mega proportions. Its root causes are many, making it systemic in nature as opposed to a one-off situation in a specific company. Loan originators brokered financing of houses without regard to credit quality so they could get their up-front fees, take a walk and leave the inevitable… Blog New Survey by Protiviti Measures SOX Automation, Costs, Hours and More According to Protiviti's 2018 Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Compliance Survey, released today, most companies are not taking advantage of available tools and technology, such as automated controls and testing and robotic process automation (RPA), to reduce the time and cost expended to achieve SOX compliance. Less than one-third of organizations are using technology tools such as automated process… Blog New Small-Dollar Lending Guidelines and Tenants' Rights in Foreclosures: Listen to Our Podcast In the podcast below, Protiviti Risk and Compliance experts Steven Stachowicz and Tom Giltrow elaborate on two of the topics of the July issue of Protiviti's Compliance Insights newsletter – the OCC's new guidance on short-term, small-dollar loans and the restoration by Congress of certain tenant protection provisions in foreclosure situations. The full newsletter, which includes additional… Blog Preparing for the Acquisition Your CEO Hasn’t Announced Yet: Three Actions to Take Now More than halfway through 2018, we see corporations generally enjoying an influx of cash and improved business conditions, and benefitting from new tax laws. These trends are helping make 2018 one of the strongest years for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in history, with current M&A activity 50 percent above the 2017 pace. What does that mean for finance and accounting leaders? These… Load More
