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July 17, 2026
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Third-Party Exit Planning: Prepare for the Worst, Plan for Control

Exit planning has become a critical element of the third-party risk management lifecycle as organisations contend with a rapidly evolving threat landscape and increasingly disruptive events. Protiviti’s 2026 Executive Perspectives on Top Risks and Opportunities survey ranks third-party risk as the second-highest near-term global risk.
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The CFO’s Gambit: A Multidimensional Strategic Role
March 4, 2022
On the three-dimensional chessboard of business, CFOs are expanding their roles in multiple directions at once. Finance leaders now shape and drive corporate strategy in areas ranging from advanced technology investments to organisational design, and from supply chain resilience to organisational culture. Simply stated, they are positioning themselves as players in the strategic dialogue in the C-suite and boardroom…
Women in Technology by Apeksha Jain
March 4, 2022
Apeksha Jain is based out of Hong Kong, where her journey with Protiviti began three years ago. Before that, she was born and raised in India and started her career there, working in the technology consulting and management consulting space. During that time, her employers included IBM and Deloitte. A few years ago, she and her husband moved to Hong Kong, where Deloitte was an option for her, but she wanted to do…
The WHAT, WHY and HOW of Agile Portfolio Management
February 25, 2022
In today’s digital era, IT teams are often swamped by incoming requests and find it difficult to keep pace with the rapidly growing and changing demands from businesses. While they are working on initiatives, they lack the business understanding and hence fail to appropriately prioritise incoming requests. To be able to manage both IT resources and business/stakeholder expectations, CIOs should have a clear view of…
Enable Transformation, Manage Risk with a Cloud Control Framework
November 17, 2021
Businesses are experiencing increased agility and reliability – and cost reductions – through cloud transformation but adopting cloud solutions can result in new risks. Sometimes, they impede enterprise vision and regulatory compliance. Applying an appropriate framework to help manage the risk of cloud adoption can mitigate or even eliminate these hazards. In an earlier blog, we introduced the cloud control…
Effective Cybersecurity is Essential as Cyber Threats Expected to Continue Over Next Decade
September 8, 2021
In today’s rapidly evolving business world, the lines between technology and business have blurred. Organisations need to modernise 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 Technology Consulting…
What Do Thriving Organisations Have in Common? Business Agility
July 20, 2021
The Digital Age is forcing businesses to seek new ways to avoid falling behind and better serve their customers. Business agility enables organisations to respond quickly to market changes and employee or customer demands without compromising quality. Traditional hierarchical siloed methods no longer work in this environment. Companies seeking speed, innovation and greater customer focus have prioritised working in…
Control Cloud to Manage Security and Risk
June 4, 2021
Ensuring IT risks are managed, and compliance requirements are met has only intensified with the recent rapid growth in adoption of cloud services. Deployment of production workloads, migration of regulated systems and increasing storage of large volumes of data in the cloud has driven the need for security and controls to be deployed across customer cloud environments.
Leverage the Cloud to Modernise Technology and Enable Business Goals
June 3, 2021
In today’s rapidly evolving business world, the lines between technology and business have blurred. Organisations need to modernise 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 Technology…
Changes to Accounting Standards Offer Transformational Opportunities for Insurers, with Extended Time to Implement
February 22, 2021
Big changes are coming to how the insurance industry recognises and reports out financial performance. But the effects won’t be felt just in the accounting department.IFRS 17, Insurance Contracts, and its U.S. companion, accounting standard ASU 2018-12, Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Long-Duration Contracts, are intended to add clarity for investors in the wake of events and financial improprieties such…
Hong Kong Monetary Authority - Bank Culture Reform
June 5, 2020
On 19 December 2018, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) issued a circular titled “Supervision for Bank Culture” which provided further guidance to its original 2 March 2017 “Bank Culture Reform” guidance. The new guidance introduced supervisory measures to Authorized Institutions (AIs), including self-assessments and site visits. The HKMA commenced a self-assessment exercise under the new guidance in early…
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