Results for Search Submit Filter by: Advanced Filter All results Solutions Industry People Client Story Insights/Blogs Filter Blog July 18, 2017 Digital Reporting, Dashboards Help Execute Store-Level Audits in Real Time Retailers are under increasing pressure from all directions these days. In May, Credit Suisse estimated that a record 8,600 stores will close in 2017 and that 25 percent of U.S. shopping malls will be shuttered by 2020. At the same time, retailers are facing increasingly complex regulations on everything from public health to environmental issues. All of these pressures are creating a need to… Blog July 20, 2017 Criminal Finances Act 2017 Aimed at Terrorist Financing Affects All Firms With UK Operations One of the recent examples of efforts to clamp down on terrorist financing and tax evasion comes from the UK, where the Criminal Finances Act 2017 received Royal Assent in April. The Act, expected to take effect this September, is being touted as a powerful new tool in the investigation and prosecution of tax evasion and terrorist financing crime in the UK. In response to concerns raised by… Blog July 20, 2017 New Survey — Bridging the Gap Between Finance and Procurement My colleague Bernie Donachie wrote earlier this week about high-performance procurement, focusing on some top performer characteristics that emerged from our procurement survey prior to its release. The full report is now out, and, top performers notwithstanding, it shows that there are divergent perspectives across stakeholders when it comes to the value generated by the procurement… Blog July 24, 2017 Internal Auditing Around the World: Stepping Up to the Challenge of Culture Audits Weak organizational cultures are widely considered to be one of the primary causes of the global financial crisis that struck a decade ago. As a result, maintaining a strong risk culture has become a top priority for all major businesses today — as well as an expectation by their stakeholders, regulators and customers. Business leaders are looking to the internal audit function to assess not… Blog March 24, 2017 Compliance News Roundup: The Clearing House AML Recommendations, CFPB on Alternative Data and More Protiviti published its March issue of Compliance Insights this week. We sat down with Steven Stachowicz, Managing Director with Protiviti's Risk and Compliance practice, to discuss some of the highlights. Listen to our podcast below, or click on the "Continue Reading" link to read the interview. [audio mp3="https://protivitiriskmgmt.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/compliance-insights-… Blog March 28, 2017 2017 Technologies Driving GRC Change Digital transformation was probably one of 2016’s top buzzwords, meaning many different things to different analysts, journalists and vendors. For me, it represents real and significant investments in modernizing IT infrastructures, including those that support GRC activities and processes. Consider the trends we’re immersed in. Enterprises are adopting cloud and mobile technologies at an… Blog March 29, 2017 No More Waiting Game for Manufacturers: Industry 4.0 Is Already Here The term “Industry 4.0” isn’t new to manufacturers. What is new, for many of these businesses, is the recognition that the next wave of the Industrial Revolution is already breaking. There is no more time for “Let’s wait and see what this means for our business.” No manufacturer can afford to sit on the sidelines and watch as their industry is transformed by major innovations in digital… Blog March 30, 2017 Answer Fundamental Questions and Beware of Overconfidence Before Moving to the Cloud For any business, migrating to the cloud is an essential step in the digitization journey. The baseline cloud benefits, such as reduced costs, greater efficiency and enhanced customer service, are important objectives to strive for, of course. The latter is especially attractive to consumer products and services companies. But there are many considerations, in addition to the benefits, that… Blog March 31, 2017 The IPO Market Appears to Be Heating-up – Are You IPO-Ready? If the past month is any indication, the lull of 2016 is in the rear view mirror and we’re headed into an uptick in the IPO market. As more well-known and highly anticipated companies are going public, there are rumors of who might be next. With that said, history has shown the public offering windows opens and close quickly, and in order to take advantage of a healthy market, when IPOs tend to… Blog April 3, 2017 Top Technology Challenges for Internal Audit: Results From Protiviti’s IT Audit Survey Process automation and digital transformation are near the top of most corporate agendas, and the IT audit function has never held a more crucial role. The results of the 6th Annual IT Audit Benchmarking Study from ISACA and Protiviti illustrate the increasingly integrated role IT audit leaders and professionals are assuming in regard to technology initiatives in their organizations. I had the… Load More
