Results for Search Submit Filter by: Advanced Filter All results Solutions Industry People Client Story Insights/Blogs Filter Blog Microsoft Licensing 101: How to Navigate Microsoft’s Evolving Licensing Models It is essential for organizations using Microsoft solutions to stay on top of and understand Microsoft’s licensing terms and pricing changes and get a grasp on how they will affect the organization’s compliance and cost. However, navigating Microsoft licensing can be overwhelming. How do you buy licenses today? How often can changes be made? How should licenses be purchased? No matter the size of… Leadership Tim Bulman Tim is a Managing Director in Metro DC and leads business transformation programs to improve performance at global and mid-market enterprises. He teams with our TC practice to deliver business-led, technology enabled solutions based on leading practices and technologies. In addition to his business transformation work, Tim is helping expand our FP&A offerings, leads our MBS practice for Metro… Leadership Kerry Buchar Kerry is a Managing Director in Chicago with extensive experience in accounting and finance transformation. Kerry advises clients across industries on financial planning & analysis and strategic reporting. She also assists clients with target operating model design, including shared services, process optimisation and cross functional collaboration. Blog 6 Tips to Survive Life After Schrems II How it started/how it’s going In July 2020, while the world was dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic’s summer surge, the Court of Justice of the European Union (SJEU) issued the Schrems II decision, which declared that the Privacy Shield, one of the primary EU-U.S. personal data transfer mechanisms, was no longer a lawful means of facilitating personal data transfer from the EU to the United… Blog Application Modernization without Disruption Plenty of businesses are just fine with home-grown code. Various developers may have contributed to the code base, as reflected in its varying quality and style. Architectures might also be older: a system may run on a thick client or even a mainframe. Some leaders already recognize the advantages of application modernization, but they are daunted by the scope of potential changes it will… Blog How to Integrate Threat and Vulnerability Management into Security Operations In today’s cybersecurity threat landscape with its ever-growing volume of incidents, it is remarkable to think that proactive threat and vulnerability management remains a challenge for companies to address effectively. Organizations are adopting threat exposure management techniques to manage business risks stemming from developing and applying technology such as Internet of Things (IoT)… Blog Managing IoT for Data Privacy On March 9, 2021, Bloomberg reported hackers had accessed videos and data from thousands of security cameras in an event now known as the Verkada breach. Our first post about the incident covered the importance of end-to-end Internet of Things (IoT) security; this post takes a deeper look at IoT data privacy risk and suggests how purchasing organizations can mitigate it. It’s worth considering… Blog Balancing Identity and Access Management for Risk Versus Speed In today’s rapidly evolving business world, the lines between technology and business have blurred. Organizations need to modernize and transform their technology in order to successfully compete. 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… Blog Lessons Learned During an SAP Risk Management Implementation Implementation projects can present a variety of unique occurrences that can have both positive and negative effects on the process. Whether these events are problems to be solved or wins for the implementation team, they are also learning opportunities. Whether good or bad, it is key to take a step back and reflect on how the team addressed these events and how there may be opportunities for… Blog New IT Audit Survey From Protiviti and ISACA Ranks Cybersecurity, Privacy, Data and Regulatory Compliance as Top Technology Challenges Where to even begin? An uncertain global economy, volatile geopolitical developments, a persistent pandemic, a changing regulatory landscape, and an evolving catalog of technology risk concerns have created mounting challenges for IT audit leaders and their functions. It is a real eye opener seeing the results of the latest IT Audit Technology Risks Survey from ISACA and Protiviti. One clearly… Load More