Results for Search Submit Filter by: Advanced Filter All results Solutions Industry People Client Story Insights/Blogs Filter Blog The Role of the Business in Ensuring a Successful ERP Implementation As organizations implement new enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems as part of digitization, process improvement and platform modernization, it is becoming increasingly critical not just for IT, but also for the business units themselves, to understand their central role in the overall success of these initiatives. The implementation of an enterprise system, or any other major IT system,… Blog Health Check on Emerging Growth Companies: PCAOB Reports High Incidence of Material Weaknesses A new white paper from the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) and an April increase in qualifying revenue limits have put emerging growth companies (EGCs) in the news recently. The EGC designation, established under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act of 2012, makes it easier for small and growing businesses — specifically those on track for an initial public offering… Blog Fintech Perspective: Balancing Speed to Market With Sound Risk Management As financial institutions develop innovative technology, in-house or by partnering with fintech companies, they need to carefully consider regulatory requirements for both third-party risk management and information security. Protiviti hosted a Fintech Innovation webinar on April 5, which addressed the need for banks and other financial institutions to balance sound third-party risk management… Blog Cyber Safety Tips for Private Equity Managers Cybersecurity vendor FireEye, in March, reported an increase in fake emails targeting lawyers and compliance officers with malware disguised as a Microsoft Word document from the Securities and Exchange Commission. That, on the heels of a reported uptick in fake drawdown requests targeting private equity clients, prompted us to put together a list of ways private equity firms and portfolio… Blog IT Audit Webinar: Your Questions Answered Following up on a recent blog post discussing the results of the 6th Annual IT Audit Benchmarking Study from ISACA and Protiviti, I want to revisit the subject by answering some of the audience questions we were unable to address live during the webinar, which I co-hosted with my Protiviti colleague David Brand and ISACA director Ed Moyle. (I want to stress that we receive many great… Blog Proving Procurement’s Value to Stakeholders: Show Them the Money There is no doubt that procurement organizations deliver value, through strategic sourcing, category management and other means. What distinguishes procurement organizations perceived as top performers from the rest is how well they quantify the value they deliver to the company. Recently, I had the opportunity to moderate a panel discussion about the challenges of demonstrating procurement’s… Blog What's the Latest on Fintech Charters and What About That Russian Laundry? In the April edition of Compliance Insights, we discuss the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's draft supplement, released in March, which further outlines the application guidelines for fintech bank charters (covered previously in our January issue). We also lay out previously unknown details of the "Russian Laundromat" money laundering scheme, as reported by the… Blog The First 100 Days of the Trump Administration – What Actually Happened and What Does It Mean to Business? On Saturday, we marked the 100th day of Trump’s presidency. While this artificial benchmark is often made out to be more important than it really is, Protiviti takes a look at the major business-related developments under the new administration in a hot-off the-press Flash Report. In our report, we examine what’s happened along a wide variety of fronts, including healthcare and tax reform, trade… Blog When Bad Things Happen to Good Companies — the Case For Culture Assurance May is Internal Audit Awareness month. Over the course of the month, we will be taking a closer look at the internal audit profession from various perspectives, including industry, technology, and the “future auditor”— an embodiment of those skills and capabilities most valuable to the future of the internal audit function. Subscribe to our blog to follow the discussion. … Blog New Security Threat Report by Protiviti Draws on Nine Years of Data, Offers a Road Map for Better Security Cybersecurity breaches of magnitude and consequences that used to be unthinkable a decade ago are happening with alarming regularity today. But while breaches have exploded in scope, the basic weaknesses that allow them to happen remain much the same and can be summed up in five categories — weak user provisioning, lack of employee awareness, a lag in patch management, ineffective system… Load More
