Results for Search Submit Filter by: Advanced Filter All results Solutions Industry People Client Story Insights/Blogs Filter Leadership John McDermott John McDermott is responsible for enhancing and expanding Protiviti’s global risk, compliance, governance, and audit practices within the financial services industry. He provides subject matter expertise from years of personal experience as a Chief Risk Officer, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer, and Chief Audit Executive, at 3 large global financial services firms. His experience… Leadership Alan Starr Alan is a Managing Director within the Financial Services Industry practice and has been with Protiviti since 2012. With 15+ years of leadership, Alan manages internal audit, risk governance, and compliance engagements focused on mid-sized and large Financial Institutions. Alan helps lead the Financial Services Internal Audit practice for the Texas Market and is the US Mortgage & Consumer… Blog Microsoft Licensing 101: How to Navigate Microsoft’s Evolving Licensing Models It is essential for organizations using Microsoft solutions to stay on top of and understand Microsoft’s licensing terms and pricing changes and get a grasp on how they will affect the organization’s compliance and cost. However, navigating Microsoft licensing can be overwhelming. How do you buy licenses today? How often can changes be made? How should licenses be purchased? No matter the size of… Leadership Tim Bulman Tim is a Managing Director in Metro DC and leads business transformation programs to improve performance at global and mid-market enterprises. He teams with our TC practice to deliver business-led, technology enabled solutions based on leading practices and technologies. In addition to his business transformation work, Tim is helping expand our FP&A offerings, leads our MBS practice for Metro… Leadership Kerry Buchar Kerry Buchar, Managing Director, CFO Solutions, brings extensive experience in accounting and finance transformation. She advises clients across industries on financial planning and analysis, strategic reporting, target operating model design, process optimization and shared services. Blog 6 Tips to Survive Life After Schrems II How it started/how it’s going In July 2020, while the world was dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic’s summer surge, the Court of Justice of the European Union (SJEU) issued the Schrems II decision, which declared that the Privacy Shield, one of the primary EU-U.S. personal data transfer mechanisms, was no longer a lawful means of facilitating personal data transfer from the EU to the United States… Leadership Eric Groen Eric is a Managing Director with over 20 years of experience in compliance, internal/external audit, and risk management. Eric's focus is primarily in the higher education industry, with specific experience in Internal Audit, Accreditation, Title IV compliance and risk management. Eric works with both large and small institutions of higher learning to evaluate and analyze compliance programs… Blog Application Modernization without Disruption Plenty of businesses are just fine with home-grown code. Various developers may have contributed to the code base, as reflected in its varying quality and style. Architectures might also be older: a system may run on a thick client or even a mainframe. Some leaders already recognize the advantages of application modernization, but they are daunted by the scope of potential changes it will… Blog How to Integrate Threat and Vulnerability Management into Security Operations In today’s cybersecurity threat landscape with its ever-growing volume of incidents, it is remarkable to think that proactive threat and vulnerability management remains a challenge for companies to address effectively. Organizations are adopting threat exposure management techniques to manage business risks stemming from developing and applying technology such as Internet of Things (IoT)… Blog Managing IoT for Data Privacy On March 9, 2021, Bloomberg reported hackers had accessed videos and data from thousands of security cameras in an event now known as the Verkada breach. Our first post about the incident covered the importance of end-to-end Internet of Things (IoT) security; this post takes a deeper look at IoT data privacy risk and suggests how purchasing organizations can mitigate it. It’s worth considering… Load More