Results for Search Submit Filter by: Advanced Filter All results Solutions Industry Typelist People Client Story Insights/Blogs Filter Search Sort by RelevanceDate Order AscDesc Blog March 1, 2023 Using Pay Transparency to Impact Culture, Employee Trust and Manager Effectiveness At the beginning of 2023, California and Colorado joined Washington and other U.S. states, as well as New York City, in enacting pay transparency laws. It’s likely more states will join them. While they differ in detail and complexity, pay transparency laws require employers to provide compensation information on job postings. They also make it easier for employees to find out about the… Blog March 3, 2023 5 Ways to Mitigate Greenwashing — and Greenhushing — Risks You probably know about “greenwashing.” But are you familiar with “greenhushing”? “Greenwashing” is an accusation that activists, investors and other stakeholders levy when they believe a company’s sustainability and environmental proclamations and disclosures lack credibility, meaning they are not supported by facts and underlying data. “Greenhushing” is a deliberate attempt to avoid… Blog March 7, 2023 Biodiversity Reporting Requirements Have Arrived. Is Your Firm Ready? Our planet is at a crossroads. In addition to the well-documented climate crisis, the Earth’s biodiversity confronts a threat unprecedented in human history. An estimated one million species face extinction within the next few decades, per the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species. The global economy is highly dependent upon nature’s resources.… Blog March 8, 2023 Six Reasons to Reconsider Cost Optimization As senior executives face more pressure to respond to rising costs and eroding profit margins, CFOs can remind their colleagues that they have more cost-optimization strategies than they might expect. Many business leaders reflexively reach for the headcount-reduction lever. This is understandable given the rising cost of labor and that downsizing and reducing year-end bonuses usually hits the… Blog February 28, 2023 Privileged Access Risks and the Journey to Trust Most business leaders understand that we live in a hyper-connected world. By embracing the convenience and flexibility cloud-based solutions provide, businesses have traded away the security (and rigidity) of services that once operated within the four walls of enterprise data centers. In making that shift, businesses have incurred new risks associated with an explosion of access privileges to… Blog March 1, 2023 Modernizing Applications: The Importance of Reducing Technical Debt Technical debt is no longer just a “technical” problem. As recent, widely publicized events have shown, it is a business problem that can have serious consequences for organizations. The government and Congress are taking notice of unfair consumer experiences, and it is crucial for businesses to address their technical debt and minimize the risk of negative press, government fines and damaged… Blog March 7, 2023 Common Frameworks for Maturing Security Programs Every cybersecurity organization, through its program maturity journey, grapples with the challenge of choosing and aligning with a security framework. Frameworks provide structure, but also allow the organizations to evaluate their program internally, as well as against industry peers. Let’s take a closer look at some of the most common security frameworks used within the industry, including key… News March 9, 2023 Internal Audit Departments are Focusing on Attracting and Retaining Talent – Especially Tech Talent – According to New Protiviti Survey Increasing competition for skills and capabilities and ever-evolving risk landscape put talent in the spotlight MENLO PARK, Calif. – March 9, 2023 – The internal audit profession faces stiff competition for talent, especially talent capable of addressing a broadening array of risk topics and well-versed in emerging technologies that can drive the function into the future, according to Protiviti… Survey May 9, 2023 Technical Debt and Innovation – the CFO’s Perspective Organizations today spend an average of 30% of their IT budgets and invest a fifth of their IT human resources on technical debt management. This research, based on a global survey of more than 1,000 CIOs, CTOs and other technology leaders, underscores the burden created by technical debt and likely is an eye-opener for the CFO.[1] As organizations strive to increase their focus, and time and… Infographic May 8, 2023 Infographic | COSO ESG Guidance Webinar: Internal Control Over ESG Operations, Compliance & Reporting The Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) recently released interpretive guidance for organizations about designing, evaluating and achieving effective internal control over sustainability reporting (ICSR) using COSO’s globally recognized Internal Control — Integrated Framework (ICIF), developed in 2013. The intended outcome is to build trust and confidence in… Load More
