Results for Search Submit Filter by: Advanced Filter All results Solutions Industry People Client Story Insights/Blogs Filter Blog How Optimized Staffing Plays a Role in a Successful S/4HANA Journey As more organizations look to transform their businesses leveraging SAP’s S/4HANA and other SAP applications, it is key to consider the people side of the transformation. From a resourcing perspective there are several unique challenges that business transformation projects bring to an organization. In this post, we will look at a few of these challenges in detail and provide alternatives and… Blog Navigating Risk and Complexity by Integrating Contract and Supplier Management Most organizations spend between 30 and 70 percent of their revenues procuring third-party goods and services. This level of expenditure can present significant opportunities to drive operational performance, value and innovation if managed effectively – or it can pose a significant risk if left unmanaged. To realize the former, contracts that govern these transactions and the… Blog New Evaluation Tool Enables Boards to Assess and Improve Their Risk Oversight Prudent risk-taking is essential to the success of organizations seeking market opportunities and executing aggressive growth strategies. Boards of directors have a growing role in overseeing risk in the companies they govern. In fact, risk oversight is an integral part of a board’s responsibility to ensure the company’s risk profile is aligned with its strategy. Yet according to a NACD… Blog COSO Guide Seeks to Elevate and Evolve Fraud Risk Management Practices For many organizations, fraud risk management consists of checking boxes and thinking positive thoughts: “We hire good people.” “We have a code of conduct.” “We comply with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX).” “Our hotline does not ring (for serious things).” “Fraud simply doesn’t happen here.” Of course, as forensic professionals, we know that this is not enough. So does the Committee of Sponsoring… Blog How Expensive Are Cybersecurity Attacks and Data Breaches? A Journal of Cybersecurity article earlier this year concluded that public concerns regarding the increasing rates of breaches and legal actions may be excessive compared to the relatively modest financial impact to firms that suffer these events. Based on a sample of more than 12,000 cyber events that include data breaches, security incidents, privacy violations and phishing crimes, the… Blog Compliance Insights Latest: The Future of Financial Regulation Still Unclear; Meanwhile, New Rules March On The recent election results weigh heavily on the minds of financial services professionals. All manner of questions have been raised regarding potential related regulatory impacts. Currently, there is ambiguity and speculation as to what changes are in store, when they will come, and the extent to which they will occur. What is certain is that change is inevitable, at least based upon what can be… Blog Your Personal Information Is Not Personal Anymore – So Who’s Guarding It? We live in an age of great convenience enabled by technology. Snap a photo of your check on your smartphone to make a deposit, simple. Rollover an IRA from your home office, easy. Change the password on your bank account from the airport, no problem. What is less apparent to consumers of these services is the risks they may be assuming by making use of these conveniences. And while few of us… Blog Brexit Raises Questions About Personal Data Protection Not all border crossings are visible. The decision by the United Kingdom earlier this year to leave the European Union (EU) brings a basket of challenges and opportunities for the management and protection of personal data through cyber checkpoints, once the UK goes its own way. Personal data is a crown jewel of commerce, and the secure transfer and storage of data across national and regional… Blog Engaging the New Workforce: Talking to Millennials Millennials, the ascendant demographic group of people who came of age in the early 2000s, will soon surpass baby boomers as the majority of the global workforce. This is not a trivial fact for employers. Without overstating a generational difference, it’s safe to say that millennials interact with information differently from previous generations. To connect with these workers more effectively,… Blog ‘Tis the Season to Get Serious About Part 504 There is nothing unusual with a U.S. bank regulator issuing a consent order (CO) to a foreign banking organization for deficiencies in the organization’s anti-money laundering (AML) compliance program. However, a December 2016 New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) consent order with an European bank and its New York Branch warrants a second look. The financial institution in question… Load More
