Results for Search Submit Filter by: Advanced Filter All results Solutions Industry Typelist People Client Story Insights/Blogs Filter Search Sort by RelevanceDate Order AscDesc Blog March 24, 2016 PreView: Checking the Rearview Mirror and Looking Ahead In risk management, like driving, the safest way forward is to keep your eyes on the road ahead. Every now and again, however, it’s a good idea to check your mirrors. That’s the premise behind the latest issue of PreView, Protiviti’s ongoing series on emerging risks. In our first ever “look-back” edition, we revisit some of the risks we’ve highlighted since we initiated the series in early 2014.… Blog April 5, 2016 IT Audit Benchmarking Webinar: David Brand and Robert Kress Answer Your Questions It has been a few months since the release of Protiviti's 5th Annual IT Audit Benchmarking Survey (conducted jointly with ISACA) – documenting the top tech challenges of executives and IT professionals around the world. We covered the highlights in a webinar and a blog post back in December. We’ve said a lot on the topic, online and offline, but what’s needed is a dialogue. To… Blog April 11, 2016 The Company You Keep: A Case for Supplier Codes of Conduct Las Vegas tourism promoters used to promise, “What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.” It’s much harder to make such a claim these days, when even the most benign shenanigans are only a smartphone video away from global critique. Corporations are being held accountable, as well - not only by regulators, but by citizen journalists, activists, whistleblowers and customers, empowered by social media… Blog April 15, 2016 Guide to Public Company Transformation Answers What You Always Wanted to Know About the IPO and Beyond If you’re preparing to take your company public, you surely know you have a lot of new reporting and legal requirements to meet, and that your organization will require a number of changes. You may also know that you will need help in this process, or at least some good guidance. The latest edition of Protiviti’s Guide to Public Company Transformation: Frequently Asked Questions, released last… Blog April 21, 2016 Ten Cybersecurity Action Items for CAEs and Internal Audit Departments Since the release of our 2016 Internal Audit Capabilities and Needs Survey last month, I’ve been going back and looking at the results, which also include some insightful 10-year trends. We will get back to these in another post; instead, I prefer to focus here on one aspect of the results – the growing need for cybersecurity skills and resources. Cybersecurity risk is a growing concern – not… Blog April 25, 2016 Top Risks 2016 Webinar Follow-Up: Jim DeLoach on Changes in Risk, Technology and Culture Challenges A few weeks ago, Protiviti and North Carolina State University’s Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Initiative published Executive Perspectives on Top Risks for 2016, the results of an annual survey. Regulatory changes topped the list of executives’ and directors’ concerns for the fourth consecutive year, followed by economic concerns and worries about cyber threats. Operational risks dominated,… Blog April 26, 2016 Internal Audit Reminder: Opportunity to Comment on the New Professional Standards Ends April 30 Thanks, again, to everyone who tuned in to the live stream of our What’s on the Internal Audit Horizon webinar on March 31. For those of you who missed it, we had a packed agenda covering a wide variety of topics. I’ll hit the highlights, but you’re going to need to watch the archived version of the one-hour webinar to get more detailed information, including best practice summaries and our road… Blog May 2, 2016 Internal Audit at a Tipping Point and Ten-Year Trends May is International Internal Audit Awareness Month. We are celebrating with a series of blog posts focused on internal audit topics and the daily challenges and future of the internal audit profession. In the tenth year of our Internal Audit Capabilities and Needs Survey, we believe internal audit has arrived at a tipping point. The issue is no longer whether or not your function is… Blog May 6, 2016 Auditing Technology Risk: It’s Priority 1 Through 10 May is International Internal Audit Awareness Month. We are celebrating with a series of blog posts focused on internal audit topics and the daily challenges and future of the internal audit profession. We issued our IT Audit Benchmarking Survey Report at the end of last year, and we discussed IT audit best practices in a December 9 webinar with our own IT audit practice leader, David… Blog May 10, 2016 Data Analytics in Internal Audit: An Imperative That Can’t Wait May is International Internal Audit Awareness Month. We are celebrating with a series of blog posts focused on internal audit topics and the daily challenges and future of the internal audit profession. Data analytics is a hot topic for internal audit departments. In our most recent Internal Audit Capabilities and Needs survey, data analytics figured among the top ten priorities for… Load More
