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    Key Strategies to Mitigate Ransomware Impact
    Information security leaders face an enormous threat affecting organizations of every size and in every industry as ransomware is being used to extort capital from companies worldwide. The bottom line According to recent research, the average payment following a ransomware attack in 2020 is trending up with triple digit increases year over year. That same research shows that the size of the…
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    Amplify Customer Experience to Propel Next-Level Growth
    In today’s rapidly evolving business world, the lines between technology and business have blurred. Organizations need to modernize and transform their technology to compete successfully. CIOs play a critical role in transforming the world of work using automation and technology – but they can’t do it alone. Collaboration among the C-suite is critical. In this blog series, Protiviti’s Technology…
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    Cloud Optimization is Key to Cloud Cost Management
    More and more, we are talking to clients about the “surprise” of cloud costs. Organizations are constantly shocked by the cloud service provider’s (CSP) bill. Procurement and Information Technology scramble to understand why the bill is high. Finance scrambles to understand how to record every item to maximize CapEx and OpEx. Once this exercise is over, the following month is a rinse and repeat.…
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    Disinformation Risk: Are Bogus Whistleblower Complaints from Bad Actors Causing Corporate Havoc?
    “Misinformation” and “disinformation” have long been mainstays in the political arena, the climate change debate and even in the public discourse over COVID-19 vaccines. Misinformation represents information that is wrong, a challenge every business must deal with from time to time, whether in the press, analyst communications, social media, discussions at government levels, or other venues.…
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    Four Steps to Keeping SAP’s Financial Processes Compliant: Step 2
    Step 2: Optimize Internal Control Framework   Protiviti has identified four key steps that organizations can take to improve their overall control environment and receive the benefits mentioned below. Each of these steps will be a focus in this four-part blog series. Step 1 covered analyzing configuration and processes. In this post, we review optimizing the internal control…
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    Demand Planning with SAP Analytics Cloud for the Consumer Products Industry
    Consumer products companies face many significant challenges.  As markets and supply chains continue to become more global, and as customers continue to demand more convenience and personalization from consumer products companies, we see increased pressure to improve shrinking margins and meet customers’ evolving needs.  One of the key processes that enables this balance is demand…
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    How CISOs Prioritize Cybersecurity Spend
    What drives cybersecurity spend and budget decisions? Too often, the reasoning behind these decisions is reactive in nature, rather than proactive. Often, CISOs see budget increases following a breach at their organization or in response to what is happening to industry peers. While this is not inherently negative, fear should not be the primary driver of security program budgeting and spend…
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    Have You Heard? A Conversation About Honeywell's Quantum Evolution
    Protiviti’s The Post-Quantum World podcast series debuted earlier this year and has already attracted a large following. Host Konstantinos Karagiannis, associate director in Protiviti’s Emerging Technologies practice, talks with some of the world’s leading quantum computing experts, covering a range of topics and industries. Recently, Justin Ging, chief commercial officer at Honeywell Quantum…
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    Succeeding With Data and Analytics: A Guide for Internal Audit Teams in the Manufacturing Industry
    Internal audit leaders at manufacturing and distribution (M&D) companies increasingly recognize the potential of bringing disparate data sources together to produce analytical insights that strengthen their practices. Outside of internal audit, M&D organizations are already applying analytics to production challenges like predictive maintenance of equipment or calibrating the supply chain…
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    C-Suite Shuffle: The CISO’s Evolving Role and Reporting Structure
    In 1994, Steve Katz became the world’s first chief information security officer (CISO) after Citicorp endured a string of cyberbreaches at the hands of Russian hackers. Katz is an undisputed legend in the CISO profession that he’s credited with launching. His origin story remains relevant today for CISOs adapting to new reporting structures and relationships with their C-suite colleagues. Prior…
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