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 October 20, 2017 Inventory: The Key to Unlocking Integrated Business Planning and an SIOP Process Properly implementing a fully integrated and comprehensive sales, inventory and operations planning (SIOP) process can deliver value that spans demand, supply and product management, while simultaneously driving financial discipline. Many are familiar with the traditional sales and operations planning (S&OP) process. The more advanced approach, however, is integrated business planning, which… Blog October 24, 2017 To Thrive, Utilities Must Have a Data Analytics Strategy and a Business Intelligence Plan The big data revolution transforming industries worldwide is bearing fruit as companies improve their understanding and analysis of their information to increase efficiency, reduce costs, predict outcomes and enhance customer satisfaction. The utility industry, however, continues to be one of the laggards in the race to harness big data. In light of the prolonged sluggish demand for power, there… Blog October 26, 2017 Latest Revenue Recognition Guidance From PCAOB The January 1, 2018 implementation date for new accounting rules on revenue recognition is just around the corner, and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) has been issuing guidance to help companies prepare. The latest PCAOB Practice Alert, issued earlier this month, addresses areas to which organizations need to pay particular attention. The alert is aimed at external auditors… Blog November 2, 2017 Cyber Risk Management Is Everyone’s Job, and Compliance Must Play Its Role When it comes to cybersecurity oversight and management, many functions outside of IT and information security (IS) need to play a role – this includes internal audit and risk and compliance functions. These parties need to adopt an approach to managing cyber risk that involves all three lines of defence. While it may be a cliché to say they must treat cybersecurity as a business risk and not… Blog November 3, 2017 Compliance Insights Podcast: Protiviti Experts Discuss Part 500, CFPB's Response to Fintech and More In our latest podcast, Adam Hamm outlines 3 things to pay attention to in getting ready for the New York Department of Financial Services regulation known as Part 500, and Steven Stachowicz explains the reasoning behind some recent actions by the CFPB. Listen at the link below. Download the printable October issue of Compliance Insights here. [audio mp3="http://blog.protiviti.com/wp-content/… Blog November 6, 2017 Hurricane Harvey Was a Real-World BCM Test — But What Can Businesses Learn From It? Hurricane Harvey dumped over 51 inches of rain — or about 27 trillion gallons of water — on Texas and Louisiana last summer, more than four times the amount Louisiana and Mississippi received from Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Harvey caused catastrophic flooding, displaced tens of thousands of people and caused over US$180 billion in damage. It also provided a real-time test of business continuity… Blog November 7, 2017 Are You a Biotech Company Eyeing an IPO? Be Sure to Assess These 3 Areas First The initial public offering (IPO) market for biotech companies has picked up steam in 2017, following a lackluster year (2016) that saw the fewest biotech IPOs since 2012. The positive buzz biotech stocks have been generating of late has many startups and other private firms in the sector wondering if now is the time to start making plans to go public. An IPO can help a biotech company raise… Blog November 10, 2017 Money 20/20: Where Is the Financial Services World Going? What is the future of banks? How is artificial intelligence affecting the customer experience? Which one is the platform of the future? How are regulators keeping up? These are some of the questions discussed at the global Money 20/20 conference in Las Vegas, which Protiviti Managing Director Tyrone Canaday attended last month. In the podcast below, Tyrone provides his perspective on these future… Blog November 14, 2017 New IT Security Awareness Learning Library Is Designed to Help Workers Become Frontline Cyber Defenders for Their Employers Taking advantage of a user’s poor security practices is often a critical first step for malicious hackers or other cybercriminals seeking to compromise an organization’s systems and data. More than 80 percent of hacking-related breaches leveraged stolen or weak passwords, according to research for the 2017 Data Breach Investigations Report from Verizon. The report also says that about one in 14… Blog November 16, 2017 New Vendor Risk Management Survey Highlights a De-Risking Trend, Among Other Findings Protiviti and the Shared Assessments Program have released the 4th annual Vendor Risk Management Benchmark Study. While vendor risk management maturity is improving overall, concerns remain around the level of board involvement with third-party cyber risk and the ability of organizations to assess and manage forth-party risk (vendors of vendors). Subsequently, more than half of the organizations… Load More
