Insight Search Search Submit Sort by: Relevance Date Search Sort by Relevance Date Order Asc Desc Insights paper December 22, 2025 Combating Ghost Students and Financial Aid Fraud in Higher Education: A Proactive Approach In recent years, higher education institutions have faced a growing challenge from financial aid fraud, particularly through the phenomenon of “ghost students” – fictitious or non-attending individuals enrolled to extract financial aid funds. This threat was exacerbated during the shift to online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, which enabled fraudsters to exploit vulnerabilities in… Podcast September 10, 2024 Podcast | Transform: Assessing CFO and finance leader perspectives and priorities for the coming year – with Chris Wright and Nick Puetz A look at the top priorities for CFOs and finance leaders in the coming year — among them, security and privacy of data, financial and strategic planning and analysis, leadership, and enhanced data analytics — reveals a tale of transformation for CFOs whose responsibilities continue to widen. Survey January 22, 2026 Cyber threats and workforce readiness cited among top risks as TMT firms accelerate AI push Download Protiviti’s Top Risks Report 2026 for TMT industry to uncover executive insights on AI, agentic AI, cyber risk and industry transformation. Flash Report March 5, 2021 SEC Indicates Greater Interest in Climate Change Disclosures March 4, 2021 - On February 24, 2021, Allison Herren Lee, acting chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), issued a statement directing the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance to review climate-related disclosures in public company filings and determine the extent to which companies are addressing the topics identified in “Commission Guidance Regarding Disclosure Related to… Podcast June 23, 2020 Podcast - CFO Perspectives on SOX Compliance (14 min.) Protiviti Managing Directors Christopher Wright and Charles Soranno offer a CFO and finance perspective on Protiviti’s 2020 SOX Compliance Survey results. Blogs February 22, 2021 Changes to Accounting Standards Offer Transformational Opportunities for Insurers, with Extended Time to Implement 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… Podcast June 27, 2024 Podcast | Get Ready for Your IPO: Financial Reporting, Cybersecurity, Sustainability and More – with Stephen Alicanti, Kristy Balsanek, Charles Soranno and Andrea Vardaro Thomas In this episode of Powerful Insights, we talk about all things around readiness for an initial public offering, or IPO. And spoiler alert, there is a lot to address: accounting, financial reporting, cybersecurity, and even ESG and climate reporting. Podcast August 29, 2023 Implications of U.S. Banking Regulators’ Final Guidance on TPRM – with Brian Kostek, Kathryn Hardman and Helen Smith In June, nearly two years after issuing their proposal for third-party risk management (TPRM), the U.S. banking regulators – the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation – finalised their guidance.In this podcast, Brian Kostek from Protiviti interviews Kathryn Hardman from Veritex Bank and Helen… Client Story March 30, 2022 Journey to the Microsoft Cloud: Global financial services institution modernizes and protects data assets with Microsoft 365 Faced with the technical, compliance and data security challenges of launching Microsoft 365 across their global enterprise, a large financial services and investment institution needed to successfully deploy Microsoft 365 to its 30,000 employees while ensuring governance, compliance and data security. Because of the size and complexity of their firm, the financial institution had concerns with… Podcast Transcript August 29, 2023 Transcript | Implications of U.S. Banking Regulators’ Final Guidance on TPRM – with Brian Kostek, Kathryn Hardman and Helen Smith In June, nearly two years after issuing their proposal for third-party risk management (TPRM), the U.S. banking regulators – the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation – finalised their guidance.In this podcast, Brian Kostek from Protiviti interviews Kathryn Hardman from Veritex Bank and Helen… Load More