Insight Search Search Submit Sort by: Relevance Date Search Sort by RelevanceDate Order AscDesc Newsletter December 12, 2021 Assessment Questions for Audit Committees to Consider (Offered in Conjunction With Protiviti’s The Bulletin, “Setting the 2022 Audit Committee Agenda”) As they self-assesses their performance periodically, audit committees may find useful the illustrative questions we have made available in our Assessment Questions for Audit Committees to Consider. Committee members should periodically assess the committee’s composition, charter and agenda… Blogs May 3, 2021 Implement Balanced Governance to Reduce Risk of Enterprise Transformation Failure 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… Blogs April 6, 2023 Why Data Governance Programmes Are Easy to Envision, Difficult to Sustain I am often asked, with all the investments in data management and infrastructure over the last 50 years, why are we still not great with governing data? To put it simply and directly – it’s hard! Data governance programmes are easy to envision conceptually, difficult to implement, and without proper care, impossible to sustain. Often data governance investments have a long ‘time to… Client Story October 12, 2021 Global Communications Company Deploys Next-Gen Tools to Manage Growing Audit Complexity and Advance Digital Maturity As internal audit functions are challenged to adopt more agile methodologies and provide deeper and more strategic insights, often in real-time or near real-time, audit leaders are looking for enabling technology that will help them meet these new and growing demands. Infographic May 8, 2023 Infographic | COSO ESG Guidance Webinar: Internal Control Over ESG Operations, Compliance & Reporting The Committee of Sponsoring Organisations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) recently released interpretive guidance for organisations about designing, evaluating and achieving effective internal control over sustainability reporting (ICSR) using COSO’s globally recognised Internal Control — Integrated Framework (ICIF), developed in 2013. The intended outcome is to build trust and confidence in… Blogs April 26, 2023 COSO issues supplemental guidance on internal control over sustainability reporting – With examples Last Thursday, the Committee of Sponsoring Organisations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) released interpretive guidance on how to effectively apply the 2013 Internal Control — Integrated Framework (ICIF) — which is currently applied to financial reporting — to sustainability reporting. The guidance results from a project approved by the COSO… Newsletter November 29, 2023 Setting the 2024 Audit Committee Agenda Compared to prior years, our suggested 2024 audit committee agenda has taken a bit of a turn due to ongoing and recent market and regulatory developments.A complex business environment: The 2024 audit committee agenda includes important enterprise, governance, process, technology, and financial reporting and disclosure issues that merit consideration by the audit committee beyond its ongoing… Newsletter December 1, 2024 Setting the 2025 Audit Committee Agenda The next 12 months are likely to be another challenging year for audit committees. The 9 topics we have highlighted for 2025 may include some areas audit committees would consider beyond the official scope of responsibility as outlined in their respective charters. Whitepaper September 19, 2022 2022 IT Audit Technology Risks in Tech, Media & Telecom Survey Shows Elevated Concerns Around Cybersecurity, Privacy and Compliance for the Technology, Media and Telecom Industry For the technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) industry, the greatest IT audit concerns in 2022 lie with cybersecurity-related breaches, privacy and regulatory compliance. More than 1,000 IT audit leaders and professionals from the TMT industry provided this… Newsletter March 25, 2020 Going Digital: The Future Auditor in Action For several years, Protiviti has described the “future auditor” as a chief audit executive (CAE) who takes definitive steps toward making The Institute of Internal Auditors’ vision of “an independent, objective assurance and consulting activity that adds value and improves an organisation’s operations” a reality. Several issues of The Bulletin have been devoted to describing various… Load More