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… Insights paper September 5, 2025 The Energy Agenda: The First 180 Days of Trump’s Second Term Discover how Trump's 2025 energy agenda reshapes U.S. energy policy, focusing on fossil fuels, nuclear power, and economic growth while challenging renewable strategies. In Focus November 4, 2024 New York DFS, White House issue guidance on AI‘s impact. What are the implications? During National Cybersecurity Month in October, both the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) and the Biden administration issued releases on the opportunities and risks of artificial intelligence (AI). The DFS’s Industry Letter focuses on the impact of AI on the cybersecurity landscape while the Biden administration released the first-ever National Security Memorandum (NSM) on… Whitepaper December 23, 2025 Internal Audit Benchmarks Protiviti and the Association of Healthcare Internal Auditors (AHIA) partner to conduct an annual study examining internal audit functions across a wide range of healthcare provider, payer and integrated delivery systems. The results of the study, with 79 organisations participating this year, are split into a two-part publication. The first, Evolving Risk Landscape Refocuses Healthcare Audit… Infographic July 30, 2024 Infographic | Internal Auditing Around the World® An illustration of the evolution of the internal audit profession following the passage of the COSO Internal Control – Integrated Framework more than 30 years ago, and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act over two decades ago. Whitepaper March 11, 2024 Healthcare IA Benchmarking Internal audit (IA) functions continue to undergo significant changes ranging from the expanded use of emerging technologies, including robust data analytics and artificial intelligence (AI), and options on where their people work (i.e., remote, hybrid or onsite). IA functions within healthcare organizations have continued to evolve and adapt— some faster than others. Keep the pace by comparing… Whitepaper January 4, 2018 Frequently Asked Questions about Developing and Maintaining an Effective Internal Audit Function The internal audit (IA) profession has undergone remarkable growth since 2004, when we published the first edition of our Guide to Internal Audit. At that time, we determined guidance was needed to address a number of pivotal regulatory developments, most notably the revised listing requirements from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) that stated for the first time, “Every listed company… Survey September 10, 2024 Navigating critical healthcare areas through internal audit Discover key internal audit plan priorities for healthcare organisations from Protiviti and AHIA's latest study. Navigate critical areas through auditing. 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. Load More