Insight Search Search Submit Sort by: Relevance Date Search Sort by RelevanceDate Order AscDesc Survey February 15, 2024 2024 Top Risks for Chief Financial Officers Chief financial officers (CFOs) have a unique vantage point regarding talent management, one that explains why the ability to attract, develop and retain top talent represents their top risk concern in both 2024 and 2034. Newsletter December 19, 2024 Compliance Insights As we enter the new year, the financial services industry once again faces compliance risks that are increasingly diverse and complex. For 2025 we asked a larger-than-usual group of Protiviti colleagues across the globe to help identify the most pressing compliance issues in their market. Artificial intelligence, financial crime, privacy and security, operational resilience, third party risk… Whitepaper September 22, 2022 Artificial Intelligence: Can Humans Drive Ethical AI? Artificial intelligence (AI) is a powerful technology that’s driving innovation, boosting performance, and improving decision-making and risk management across enterprises. It’s also turning data into the key driver of competitive advantage. Over the next two years, organisations across all industries plan to deploy or increase their use of artificial intelligence, according to a recent global… Flash Report May 4, 2020 Treasury Department Continues to Issue Guidelines for Small Business Paycheck Protection Program The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act that was signed into law on March 27, 2020, offers a lifeline to small businesses and sole proprietors (generally those with 500 or fewer employees) in the form of the Paycheck Protection Programme (PPP) administered by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). This programme initially authorized $349 billion in… Insights paper November 27, 2024 Top compliance challenges facing the technology industry in 2025 In the fast-paced world of technology, both regulators and companies face challenges applying existing laws to new and rapid developments. Given the high stakes of non-compliance, which may lead to business restrictions, technology companies’ senior management, boards and compliance teams must clearly understand current and emerging risks, ensuring that they have effective people, processes and… Whitepaper April 21, 2020 PPP Lenders Face Myriad Risks Responding to Reeling Businesses Issued on April 21, 2020 On March 27, 2020, President Trump signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, also known as the CARES Act, into law. Among the law’s more significant provisions was the establishment of the Paycheck Protection Programme (PPP), a forgivable lending scheme administered by the Small Business Administration (SBA) and the U.S. Treasury, with loans being… Blogs July 31, 2023 Simple is secure: Streamlining smart contract design For security teams looking to implement and design smart contracts, there are many intricacies and nuances that can be overwhelming. Using established standards for the secure development of smart contracts/decentralised applications (dApps) is instrumental to effectively launch smart contracts. In an earlier blog, I introduced the basics of smart contracts; today, I’m diving into existing… Blogs July 14, 2023 Smart contracts part 1: What is a smart contract? In recent years, there’s been considerable talk of blockchain and its use cases in the business world. While some of these topics have specific use cases – metaverse, decentralised finance, etc – there is one topic that underpins everything in the blockchain and decentralised space: smart contracts. Smart contracts are behind-the-scenes applications that route data, track changes and settle… Newsletter August 15, 2022 Improving Board Performance in Disruptive Times The 2020s are well on their way to earning the ominous label of a troubling, disruptive decade, but there remain viable opportunities amid the challenges. What is the board’s role in preparing the organisation for “show-stopping” and potentially existential risks? The Story: A global board survey conducted by McKinsey of approximately 1,500 corporate directors found that directors “are not… Podcast Transcript October 5, 2022 Transcript | Coding High Performance, Post-Quantum Secure Blockchain Systems In coding, libraries make developers’ lives easier, sparing them thousands of lines of code, while also increasing performance and security. And everyone’s concerned with security as fault-tolerant quantum computing approaches. Geometry Labs has released the “lattice-algebra” library to bring a high-performance cryptographic library to developers interested in using post-quantum cryptography in… Load More