Results for Search Submit Filter by: Advanced Filter All results Solutions Industry People Client Story Insights/Blogs Filter Blog How Is GDPR Enforced? Who Resolves Disputes? This Detailed Podcast Offers Answers. Protiviti has issued a series of podcasts on various specific aspects of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the comprehensive EU data privacy law that became effective May 25, 2018. Below, we offer a transcript of our conversation with Cal Slemp, a Managing Director with Protiviti's Security and Privacy practice. Cal gives an informative and fascinating overview of the… Blog Tech Firms Helped Shape the New Labor Model — But They Need to Keep Evolving Themselves Technology companies know all about the need to stay nimble and scale fast to respond to change. They also know well the persistent challenge of trying to assemble enough skilled and diverse talent to help them fuel innovation and growth. To achieve both objectives, many tech firms were among the first to embrace the concept of the “shamrock organization” — a decision made by both necessity and… Blog Can Machine Learning Improve Consumer Lending? We Think So. The ready availability of large volumes of internal, external and social media data, along with advances in analytics and the advent of machine learning (ML), appear to have created the perfect opportunity for improving consumer lending decisions. But how big of a role will – or should – machine learning play in lending decisions? Can it make the processes that financial institutions use to… Blog Knowledge Is Power: What Higher Education Institutions Must Know About GDPR Compliance Risk In the coming months, as U.S. colleges and universities prepare to welcome students to a new academic year, a priority topping their to-do lists should be identifying and understanding their risk exposure to the European Union’s (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). They also should be making appropriate changes to meet the technological, administrative and legal requirements of this… Blog Data Tops Priorities in New Finance Survey by Protiviti A new Finance Trends survey by Protiviti, released yesterday, confirms what many CFOs already know — that data means everything in finance. The specific data priorities this year, however, are revealing — the security and privacy of financial data has climbed to priority number one, a concern no doubt driven by increased use of finance cloud applications. It is followed in importance by financial… Blog GDPR: Dealing With the Mandatory 72-Hour Breach Notification Requirement Article 33 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requires that, in the event of a personal data breach, the data controller – without undue delay and, where feasible, no later than 72 hours after becoming aware of it – notify the appropriate supervisory authority. Organizations appear to be taking this requirement to heart. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK’s data… Blog Aggressive M&A in the Oil Patch — Avoid a Dry Hole With a Playbook With sub-$50-per-barrel risk largely subsided, optimism abounds in the oilfield. (See figure.) Recent billion-dollar deals like Concho Resources’ $9.5B acquisition of RSP Permian and Devon Energy’s $3.125B divestiture of its stake in EnLink Midstream may put pressure on others to make deals to stay competitive. While certain deals are relatively safe, such as land swaps in the Permian basin,… Blog The Responsible Tech Firm Series Part 2: Can You Hear the Regulatory Wake Up Call? Until very recently, technology firms have enjoyed a life relatively free of regulation and compliance worries. That’s about to change thanks to a growing demand for transparency, data security and privacy, and the fact that technology firms are partnering with other firms in highly regulated industries, such as financial services and health care. Regulation is coming. Get ready. This is your… Blog Dispatches from the 2018 IIA Financial Services Exchange Conference Protiviti is attending, exhibiting and speaking at the 2018 Financial Services Exchange Conference, hosted this week by The Institute of Internal Auditors (The IIA) in Washington D.C. I’ve been attending some of the many sessions and speaking with clients and colleagues at the event, and I wanted to share some key learnings and takeaways from Day 1: A Conversation With Senator Chris Dodd Former… Blog Creating Business Value Through Effective Third-Party Risk Management Auditing At The IIA Financial Services Exchange conference in Washington, DC on October 1-2, I had the honor of moderating a panel discussion on the role of internal audit in creating value through third-party risk management. The panelists were: Abel Clark, CEO of TruSight Amy Hellen, Head of Third-Party Risk Management at TD Bank Maz Kothari, Managing Director at JPMorgan Chase James McDonald,… Load More
