Insight Search Search Submit Sort by: Relevance Date Search Sort by Relevance Date Order Asc Desc Whitepaper September 16, 2020 Strategies for Reducing Retail Shrink During Challenging Times Shrink has long represented a significant challenge for retailers. Unfortunately, during a time of tightening margins and declining sales, the issue shows no signs of withering away. According to the 2020 National Retail Security Survey of the National Retail Federation (NRF), shrink is at an all-time high. In 2019, it accounted for an average rate of 1.62% of inventory, calculated at retail,… Newsletter September 29, 2023 Private Equity Insights Q3 2023 In our latest issue of Private Equity Insights, we offer Protiviti’s latest thinking on ESG issues – specifically, assessing sustainability through an investment and value creation lens. We offer further thoughts on AI (including generative AI) from the board’s and the CFO’s point of view, and we bring the general counsel into the mix through an informative discussion on building legal operations… In Focus July 25, 2025 Trump’s ‘America-First‘ AI Action Plan will accelerate innovation. Ready? On July 23, the Trump administration outlined its comprehensive artificial intelligence (AI) strategy that it says will secure global leadership, boost economic growth, ensure national security, and promote American values. America’s AI Action Plan was outlined in a 28-page report, and a trio of executive orders aimed to fast track construction of comprehensive data centers, promote the export of… Whitepaper March 11, 2025 Generative AI: Business Rewards vs. Security Risks Explore ISMG’s Second Annual Generative AI Study, sponsored by Protiviti. Learn how businesses balance AI innovation with security risks in this comprehensive report Podcast Transcript June 25, 2021 Transcript | RegTech Transformation Jo Ann Barefoot Next in our Transformation series, guest host Lucy Pearman talks with Jo Ann Barefoot about RegTech innovation from how regulators are using technology to how financial services need to urgently expand their experimentation and adoption rates. Jo Ann Barefoot is CEO & Cofounder of AIR – the Alliance for Innovative Regulation – and host of the global podcast show Barefoot Innovation. A noted… Podcast June 25, 2021 Podcast | RegTech Transformation Jo Ann Barefoot Next in our Transformation series, guest host Lucy Pearman talks with Jo Ann Barefoot about RegTech innovation from how regulators are using technology to how financial services need to urgently expand their experimentation and adoption rates. Jo Ann Barefoot is CEO & Cofounder of AIR – the Alliance for Innovative Regulation – and host of the global podcast show Barefoot Innovation. A noted… Podcast July 28, 2023 Podcast | The Rise of Generative AI – with Christine Livingston ChatGPT is the talk of the town today. But as we all know, generative AI is much more than this one tool. Gen AI represents a new frontier of promise, productivity and capabilities for organizations around the world. But it also comes with risks that these organizations must understand and manage if they’re going to capitalize successfully on these new technologies. 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… Newsletter April 13, 2023 Transforming the Business to Operate at Market Speed As a term in business, “agile” is typically used to refer to a project management methodology, especially for software development. But there is a different, more strategic connotation of agility that merits close attention by boards as markets evolve.A global survey reports resistance to change as a top 10 risk looking out both 12 months and 10 years. CEOs and their executive teams face the… Newsletter January 10, 2024 The Top Risks for 2024: Risk Priorities Are Shifting Conducted in partnership with the NC State ERM Initiative, our global survey of C-level executives and directors highlights the influence of economic headwinds, talent issues, emerging technologies, cyber threats and geopolitical events on the 2024 risk landscape. This issue of Board Perspectives discusses the 10 highest-rated risk themes noted in the survey to provide a context for understanding… Load More