Results for Search Submit Filter by: Advanced Filter All results Solutions Industry Typelist People Client Story Insights/Blogs Filter Search Sort by RelevanceDate Order AscDesc Blog March 20, 2018 Even After Patching, Meltdown & Spectre Continue to be a Big Deal First, a recap of the vulnerability For the first time, performance-enhancing features of most modern processors (known as out-of-order superscalar execution, speculative prediction, and HW caching) were discovered to contain (as a unit) a flaw that allows unauthorized disclosure of information. The fact that this flaw is at the processor level differentiates it from other potential… Blog March 26, 2018 What’s Ahead in Vendor Assessments? Rapidly changing information security threats and regulatory requirements continue to put pressure on vendor risk management programs and capabilities for all organizations globally. We anticipate that the number and comprehensiveness of vendor assessments required of, and conducted by, organizations will continue to substantially increase in 2018 and into 2019 before the requests begin to… Blog April 4, 2018 With GDPR Deadline Looming, the First Step Is Discovery With the new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) scheduled to take effect on May 25, 2018, organizations with EU employees or customers need to be able to demonstrate compliance. GDPR expands the scope of previous EU regulations to include any data processor or data controller that collects, stores, or processes the personal data of EU residents. It mandates data portability,… Blog April 12, 2018 Top Takeaways from the Women in Cybersecurity Conference ** Today’s post is provided by guest blogger Veronica, an Experienced Consultant in our Technology Consulting practice ** Last week, I was fortunate enough to attend the Women in Cybersecurity Conference (WiCyS) in Chicago! The event is a two day conference packed with information sessions, guest speakers and opportunities to network. The conference was hugely impactful in… Blog April 16, 2018 Part 1: SAP S/4HANA® Implementations: What’s Trending? A Report from GRC 2018 and Financials 2018 The 2018 GRC and Finance SAP Insider Conferences featured a wealth of knowledge and insight around new areas of interest, including SAP S/4HANA updates, Central Finance strategies, the importance of managing risks during S/4HANA implementations, and some newer topics around General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), lease accounting (IFRS 16 and ASC 842), and SAP’s big announcement of the… Blog April 16, 2018 Part 2: SAP S/4HANA® Implementation Considerations: What’s Trending? A Report from GRC 2018 and Financials 2018 The 2018 GRC and Finance SAP Insider Conferences took place in mid-February in Las Vegas. Our SAP teams spent time attending conference sessions, and their observations on what’s trending across the industry are compiled here in a five-part series. In part 2, we summarize the key SAP S/4HANA implementation considerations discussed at the conference. During this year’s GRC conference, there was a… Blog April 16, 2018 Part 3: Lease Accounting: What’s Trending? A Report from GRC 2018 and Financials 2018 The 2018 GRC and Finance SAP Insider Conferences took place in mid-February in Las Vegas. Our SAP teams spent time attending conference sessions, and their observations on what’s trending across the industry are compiled here in a five-part series. In this part, we will be discussing the new Lease Accounting standards and how Nakisa, an SAP solution extension can help automate this process going… Blog April 16, 2018 Part 4: Change Management: What’s Trending? A Report from GRC 2018 and Financials 2018 The 2018 GRC and Finance SAP Insider Conferences took place in mid-February in Las Vegas. Our SAP teams spent time attending conference sessions, and their observations on what’s trending across the industry are compiled here in a five-part series. In this part we take a closer look at Change Management. During the conference, we had the opportunity to deliver a session around S/4HANA® Change… Blog April 25, 2018 Part 5: GRC AC/PC 12: What’s Trending? A Report from GRC 2018 and Financials 2018 The 2018 GRC and Finance SAP Insider Conferences took place in mid-February in Las Vegas. Our SAP teams spent time attending conference sessions, and their observations on what’s trending across the industry are compiled here in a five-part series. During the conference, SAP® announced a major update to the Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) suite of products, with Access Control (AC), Process… Blog April 25, 2018 Serverless Cloud Architecture vs. Traditional Web Applications: A Difference in Risks Serverless application architectures, sometimes referred to as Function as a Service (FaaS), are rapidly growing in popularity. The attraction of an application that scales dynamically with load, charges only for actual usage and avoids the challenges of server management is undeniable. FaaS reduces some security risks but it can also increase others. Below are several examples to consider while… Load More
