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    Transcript | Warm, Interconnected Qubits— with Universal Quantum
    Quantum computing faces several scaling issues to achieve fault-tolerant systems that can solve practical business problems. We need high-fidelity interconnect to have modules or even full quantum computers work as one powerful system. And qubits could stand to run a little hotter as refrigeration gets out of hand as we add more of the sensitive little entities. Join host Konstantinos Karagiannis…
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    How Tech Firms Can Prepare for New EU Operational Resilience Rules on ICT Risks
    The big picture: A two-step indicator-based approach proposed by EU supervisory authorities will be used to assess ICT services providers to determine whether they should be designated as critical and subjected to oversight under the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA). Why it matters: For many technology firms designated as critical, meeting the requirements of DORA and financial services…
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    Capabilities, Limitations of Microsoft’s Native SoD Tool
    Segregation of duties (SoD) is a well-known term among auditors and anyone who has ever been audited. SoD is the understanding that no user should have access to two conflicting business functions that would allow a user to commit fraud or error (e.g., the ability to create a vendor record, then process a payment to that vendor). The idea can be intimidating and overwhelming to those who do not…
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    Vijan Patel
    Vijan is the Houston Market Leader and leader of Protiviti’s Energy and Utilities Technology team.  Vijan is also responsible for leading Protiviti’s SAP Consulting services for the Energy and Utilities Industry and Houston Market, where he brings more than 15 years of experience supporting companies with implementations and optimization efforts.Vijan has supported his clients across a broad…
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    Podcast | Build Your Own Quantum Hardware Platform— with OpenQuantum
    We’ve done plenty of episodes where there is a piece of software or cloud platform users can try, usually for the purposes of making coding or algorithmic development easier. Coding naturally seems to be the quickest way to get involved in quantum computing, but we’ve never discussed actually building quantum hardware at home! Find out how to start learning the engineering side of quantum…
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    Securing the Manufacturing Floor: Protect IoT Devices and Networks
    The big picture: Whenever we write about cybersecurity, news of the day ensures we are never scrambling for examples of cyber attacks, data breaches and other events that create major problems for organizations. The points of vulnerability are many, including, for manufacturing organizations, IoT-connected devices. For these companies, it is critical to secure these devices. Because…
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    Cashless Countries, Digital Dollars, Privacy in Peril? New Protiviti-Oxford Global Executive Survey
    What we found: Eighty-five percent of executives expect a cashless society as soon as 2028 and are preparing to embrace a new, digital currency future, according to the results of a new global survey, Executive Outlook on the Future of Money, 2033 and Beyond, which Protiviti conducted in collaboration with the University of Oxford. Why it matters: The survey, part of VISION by Protiviti’s …
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    What the SEC’s SolarWinds Charges Mean for CFOs and Their Peers — 8 Steps to Forge a Chain of Accountability
    The SEC’s disclosure-related charges against software company SolarWinds and its CISO are a game-changer. Why it matters: The enforcement action signals that the SEC espouses a broader view of accountability, one that extends beyond the certifying officers — namely, the CEO and CFO — to the rest of the C-suite and other senior leaders possessing and providing information and insights affecting…
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    Multinational Consumer Products Company Modernizes FP&A Globally with SAP Analytics Cloud
    This U.S.-based client is a multi-national consumer products company that has been in business for more than 150 years and now has more than 40,000 employees in 80 countries around the globe. 
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    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…
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