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    Success Factor: The People Side of Digital Transformation
    What is the first thing that comes to mind when you hear “digital transformation”? Time after time, we ask participants at webinars and events to describe their idea of digital transformation, and the word “technology” inevitably tops the list. But the technological part of digital transformation is just the part that can be easily pointed to –  what Protiviti Digital Leader Jonathan Wyatt…
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    Data and Digital Dominate Discussions at InsureTech Connect 2018
    Protiviti Managing Director Shawn Seasongood attended the InsureTech Connect conference in Las Vegas earlier this month. He shares his impressions on what is exciting the industry in this brief podcast recorded shortly after the conference. [audio mp3="http://blog.protiviti.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/InsureTech-Connect-Podcast.mp3"][/audio] InsureTech Connect Podcast Transcript Kevin…
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    Cybersecurity: Navigating the Legal and Regulatory Landscape
    As companies around the world adapt to comply with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), legislators in the United States are under pressure from constituents to pass even more consumer privacy protection. That pressure increases with every major data privacy breach and has reached a point where the heads of major social media organizations were recently called to testify before the…
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    The Responsible Tech Firm Series, Part 3: Preparing for the Regulatory Wave
    As technology firms wake to the reality of increasing regulation, the question arises: “How do we prepare?” Protiviti has published a four-part series on key considerations for technology industry board members and executives interested in what the responsible technology firm of the future might look like. Our series focuses on the rapidly changing landscape that is altering the conversation at…
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    Finance Data Priorities: First Get It Right, Then Make It Pretty
    Baseball great Yogi Berra is fondly remembered for famously miscalculating that, “Baseball is 90 percent mental. The other half is physical.” Unfortunately, making similar miscalculations on data in the business world is neither funny nor fondly remembered – such errors can damage reputations and create conflicts with customers, investors and regulators. As we increase our reliance on data for…
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    Quantifying Cyber Risk: Takeaways From FAIRCON18
    At a time when cyber/information security risk looms large on the minds of directors and executives, quantitative risk assessments are gaining traction as a way to understand and measure that risk. While the need to measure this risk grows, most organizations are still at a low level of maturity regarding the proper use of risk terminology and risk modeling. Getting support and, more importantly…
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    Building Bot Boundaries: RPA Controls in SOX Systems
    There is often a tendency in RPA implementations to automate as much as possible, focusing more on the value the technology can deliver and less on what are the right things to automate or what risks may be introduced or increased in the process. This is the natural tension that exists between the pursuit of innovation and the need for controls.  As seasoned business leaders know, innovation…
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    Trends in Tech: What Emerging Technology Firms Must Keep an Eye On
    What’s driving leaders of emerging technology companies and the venture capitalists (VCs) who back them? Here’s a look at three trends that were hot topics for discussion at the recent TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2018 conference: Trend #1: The shortage of skilled tech talent is prompting a search for new markets. Highly skilled technology talent is hard to find in today’s tight hiring environment —…
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    Recognizing the People Element in Data Security Implementations
    Implementing information security technology and creating related policies is relatively easy. Getting the organization to better manage risks through the use of that technology and embrace those policies is quite a bit harder. In a recent survey by ESI ThoughtLab, co-sponsored by Protiviti, untrained staff was seen as the greatest cyber threat by businesses because it can provide a conduit for…
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    Highlighting Recent Cyber-Related Financial Losses, the SEC Urges Public Companies to Revisit Internal Accounting Controls
    Even the best-intended internal controls are only as effective as the degree to which they are designed and executed. According to a recent FBI report, failure to adhere to payment and reconciliation controls has cost companies more than $5 billion over the past five years. In addition, a recent cyber threat investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) found widespread…
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