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  • Research Guide

    November 25, 2024
    Ask financial crime professionals what the most challenging part of their job is, and most will likely say it is the timely identification of suspicious activity. As much as companies have worked to improve their detection capabilities given their compliance obligations, their desire to protect their reputations and their understanding, as corporate citizens, of the impact of financial crime on…
  • In Focus

    July 19, 2024
    U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer has dismissed most of the charges made by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against software company and 2020 cyberattack victim SolarWinds and its chief information security officer (CISO), Tim Brown. In its original lawsuit, filed in October 2023, the SEC alleged that SolarWinds had defrauded investors by concealing security weaknesses in its…
  • Infographic

    July 30, 2024
    An illustration of the evolution of the internal audit profession following the passage of the COSO Internal Control – Integrated Framework more than 30 years ago, and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act over two decades ago.
  • Whitepaper

    April 24, 2024
    Faced with the growing complexity of the geopolitical landscape, governments have been using financial sanctions increasingly as foreign policy tools to respond to developments as wide ranging as regional conflicts and wars, terrorism, and human slavery. In today’s highly charged geopolitical environment, sanctions compliance is a focus not only for financial institutions and regulatory…
  • Podcast

    November 30, 2022
    Denis Camilo, Risk and Compliance Director at Protiviti, talks with Lauren Munfa, Head of Americas Investment Bank C&ORC at UBS, about how much her parent management training translated to running a large compliance programme.Lauren Munfa is the Americas Head of Compliance & Operational Risk Control (C&ORC) for the Investment Bank Division of UBS, as well as the Chief Compliance…
  • Podcast

    October 27, 2022
    Shaheen Dil, Senior Managing Director of Protiviti, in conversation with Ximena Zambrano, Senior Vice President and Head of Model Validation at Wells Fargo on the evolution of risk analytics and technological advances in data science (AKA are machines taking over?)Ximena Zambrano is a seasoned executive with 25 years of experience in the Banking Industry as a Risk Manager, Ximena currently leads…
  • Whitepaper

    January 23, 2024
    By Carol BeaumierOn December 22, 2023, when many of us had already started our holiday breaks, President Biden issued Executive Order (EO) 14114, which among other things creates new secondary sanctions risk for foreign financial institutions. For anyone who missed this development or anyone who is simply trying to understand the significance of this EO, here are 10 things we think you should…
  • Whitepaper

    October 6, 2021
    Cloud is on the rise in financial services and regulators are taking note.The widespread use of cloud service providers (CSPs) in the financial services industry continues to grow. According to a recent study by the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), 91% of financial services organisations are actively using cloud services today or plan to employ them within six to nine months. That is double the…
  • Podcast

    July 11, 2025
    Kimberley Cole welcomes the dynamic duo of Carol Beaumier and Bernadine Reese from Protiviti for an engaging mid-year check-in on compliance predictions for 2025. With the ever-evolving landscape of risk regulation, they dive into pressing topics like the rapid rise of artificial intelligence, the complexities of financial crime, and the importance of operational resilience. Get ready for an…
  • Flash Report

    March 5, 2021
    March 4, 2021 - On February 24, 2021, Allison Herren Lee, acting chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), issued a statement directing the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance to review climate-related disclosures in public company filings and determine the extent to which companies are addressing the topics identified in “Commission Guidance Regarding Disclosure Related to…
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