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    Who audits the auditors? External quality assessments as a measure of internal audit effectiveness
    Over the past three years, I have worked as an assessor for external quality assessments (EQAs) and as a project manager leading EQAs for larger internal audit departments. In 2022, along with Protiviti colleagues from across the globe, I was a part of Performing Effective External Quality Assessments, a course led by The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA). So, what, exactly, are EQAs? The…
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    4 Steps To Transform Supply Chain Management Amid Today’s New World Order
    The CFO’s purview continues to expand amid the shifting tides of globalization. Supply chain risk management represents a newly vital, and growing, segment of that purview. To illustrate: When the Kremlin threatened to nationalize the assets of Western companies that pull out of their country in protest over its invasion of Ukraine, CFOs within those organizations sprang into action, quantifying…
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    Laser Focus on Risk Mitigation, Brand Protection Key to Managing Geopolitical Crisis
    C-suite executives from the consumer products and services (CPS) industry were remarkably prescient in their risk perceptions for 2022. After one quarter, many anticipated top risks —namely, disruptive technologies, supply chain bottlenecks, rising costs, labor shortages, data breaches and restrictive government policies — have not only persisted but also intensified. For example, inflation and…
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    Key Strategies to Mitigate Ransomware Impact
    Information security leaders face an enormous threat affecting organizations of every size and in every industry as ransomware is being used to extort capital from companies worldwide. The bottom line According to recent research, the average payment following a ransomware attack in 2020 is trending up with triple digit increases year over year. That same research shows that the size of the…
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    Booted by a Robot? Not So Fast: Oxford Survey Says Executives Believe Emerging Tech Will Grow the Workforce, Not Shrink It
    A survey conducted by Protiviti and the Oxford Global Centre on Healthcare and Urbanisation at Kellogg College reveals that 74% of global business executives believe digital and emerging technologies will increase the size of the workforce by 2032 — an important counterpoint to a popular narrative that machines and automation will take workers’ jobs away. What’s more, an even larger number of…
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    Winning at the Retail Supply Chain Game
    When supply chains unravel, customer experience (CX) can crumble – unless retailers are prepared to respond. Many retailers today are feeling the pain where it hurts most in the form of fleeting customer loyalty. Persistent global supply chain challenges can trigger CX and customer loyalty downfalls – even for retailers at the helm of omnichannel. While supply chain disruption may be temporary,…
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    A Revolution Made of Trends: Cambridge Dean on the Future of Work, the Workforce and the Redefinition of “Career”
    “A revolution is as natural a growth as an oak. It comes out of the past. Its foundations are laid far back.” — Wendell Phillips, American abolitionist “Within a decade, the nature of work and the workplace may bear little resemblance to the situation today,” says Mauro F. Guillén, Dean of the Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge and a professorial fellow of Queens’ College. In…
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    FAQs for Interpreting the PIPEDREAM Malware
    In response to the U.S. government’s Joint Cybersecurity Advisory on APT Cyber Tools Targeting ICS/SCADA Devices, we have compiled a list of the most frequently asked questions we are receiving from clients and the strategies we are seeing pursued across the market. Protiviti is monitoring this event closely and will continue to update this blog post to reflect the most accurate information.…
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    What Is Embedded Assurance — and How Can It Benefit Enterprise Projects?
    As internal audit leaders work to transform their organization into a next-generation internal audit function, many find that the business is engaging their team more often to provide guidance for a wide range of initiatives — including large transformational or technology projects at the enterprise level. This is a positive trend, as it shows more businesses are seeking to leverage internal…
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    A Point of View With Erica Sosna: Career Design and the Future-Focused Workplace
    As the founder of Career Matters, a career design and leadership consultancy for CEOs at top companies like Amazon, HSBC and Mastercard, Erica Sosna has a point of view on the future of work. More importantly, she strongly advises her clients to have one too. Whether a company emerging from a forced remote model is considering embracing that model even more fully post-pandemic or is trying to…
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