Results for Search Submit Filter by: Advanced Filter All results Solutions Industry People Client Story Insights/Blogs Filter Blog What You Read Most: Top Five SAP Insights from 2022 This year, our leading experts came together to address some of the most game-changing topics in the SAP space. Here are Protiviti’s most popular SAP insights from 2022 as you look ahead to the new year. By and large, these topics will remain important for your success in 2023. Read our top five most-read pieces below. #1. Case Study: Selecting a Conversion Type for SAP BW/4HANA… Blog The Evolution of Attacker Behavior: 3 Case Studies Threat actors are an ever-evolving species. Portrayed in popular advertising as guys dressed in black, probably sporting a ski mask, the harsh reality is that these bad actors are everywhere and are getting more creative by the day. Just when an organization’s security systems have been upgraded to avoid the latest threats, new challenges appear on the horizon. Staying steps ahead of these… Blog Telling Your ESG Story: Five Data Considerations The first formal mention of environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles appeared some 18 years ago in the United Nations Global Compact initiative, which garnered support from financial institutions across the world. During the next decade-and-a-half, and without much notice, ESG slowly gained steam. But outcries to address climate change in recent years, as well as social and gender… Blog The Post-Quantum Cryptography Conundrum Business leaders may have heard of quantum computing, but many are not yet aware of its incipient threat to cryptography and cryptocurrency. When these machines reach a sufficient level of performance, they will be able to easily factor prime numbers, which poses a threat to RSA. Only a few realize that the time to prepare for the conundrum of post-quantum risk is now. In quantum computing, the… Blog Create to Execute: Managing the Fine Print of Sales Contracting In Protiviti’s recent post, Easy As CPQ: Launching A Successful Sales Cycle, we outlined the Configure, Price Quote phase of the Q2C process. The next critical step in a company’s quote-to-cash (Q2C) process, and one that helps solidify accurate revenue collection, reporting and a good customer experience, is contract creation and execution. During this phase, any prior negotiations are… Blog Talent, Culture and Disruption Are Top-Ranking Risks for CFOs, Survey Shows I love to learn new words. Whether or not CFOs are familiar with this term, they undoubtedly know its connotation and are dealing with its effects every day. Permacrisis — named by the UK-based Collins English Dictionary as the 2022 word of the year — is defined as “an extended period of instability and insecurity, especially one resulting from a series of catastrophic events.” In essence, it’s a… Blog A 5-Step Plan to Operationalize DEIB As senior leadership teams evaluate their diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB) strategies and objectives for 2023, they might consider the Second Law of Thermodynamics. This fundamental physics principle states that the entropy of an isolated system increases over time. This concept also applies to DEIB programs that fail to become institutionalized despite being launched with great… Blog ESG: Nine Actions CFOs and Finance Leaders Can Take Today Findings from our latest Global Finance Trends survey reveal that environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy and reporting are taking center stage as a top priority of CFOs today. Case in point: In 75% of organizations, the finance team has taken on ESG risks and issues as part of its role. With their unique blend of financial management fundamentals, risk intelligence and access to… Podcast Podcast | Preventing Hacking with Quantum Computing and other InfoSec Topics – with Mark Carney from Quantum Village We’ve talked about how quantum computers are enabling extraordinary use cases now, long before the machines will threaten cryptography. Some of these applications can even help companies protect against immediate security threats and vulnerabilities. We explore one such exciting experiment: Using quantum to stop kill chains that allow network exploitation and the Chinese paper causing all the… Newsletter The Top Risks for 2023: A Global View The global survey of C-level executives and directors, focused on macroeconomic, strategic and operational risks, highlights the influence of the economy, people and culture issues, supply chain risks, and technology impacts on the 2023 risk landscape. The survey was conducted online in the September — October 2022 time frame to capture perspectives on 38 risks on the minds of business leaders as… Load More