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Ethics in Corporate Governance: “Walking the Talk”
If it’s true you can’t legislate morality – and all evidence, including but certainly not limited to corporate malfeasance such as the Enron and Worldcom scandals or the questionable corporate behavior...
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Split Decision: Boards and Executives Divided on 2014 Risk Outlook
This post is based on findings from a survey of more than 370 board members and C-suite executives about the risks they consider top-of-mind for the coming year. The survey was conducted for the second...
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Into the Breach: Disruptive Technology and Cybersecurity
This post is based on findings from our report on a survey of more than 370 board members and C-suite executives about the risks they consider top-of-mind for the coming year. The survey was conducted...
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New COSO Framework and Financial Regulators Bring Internal Investigative...
by Scott Moritz Managing Director – Leader, Protiviti’s Fraud Risk Management Practice In acknowledgement of Corporate Compliance and Ethics Week, I’d like to share some thoughts about the state of...
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A Look at the Maturity of Vendor Risk Management – A Benchmarking Study from...
I want to share with you a just-released report on the results of a study on vendor risk management practices in which Protiviti partnered with the Shared Assessments Program – a consortium of leading...
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It’s Not the Time for Banks to Abandon Vendors
by Ed Page Managing Director – Leader, Protiviti’s National Financial Services IT Consulting Practice A recent article in American Banker Bank Technology News raises the prospect that stiffer vendor...
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Six Reasons Why Directors Should Care about COSO 2013
December 15 will be here before we know it. The updated COSO Internal Control – Integrated Framework already has been out for more than a year. For those companies with fiscal year-end dates beginning...
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Just-Released Insights on IT Security and Privacy – Board Engagement, Cyber...
I am pleased to announce that Protiviti released the results of its 2014 IT Security and Privacy Survey today. Our report contains some highly noteworthy findings that we’ll be discussing in greater...
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My Dinner with Dr. Mervyn King
His Royal Highness Prince Charles, in a videotaped welcome message kicking off The Institute of Internal Auditors International Conference in London this summer, spoke of the importance of long-term...
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From Cybersecurity to Collaboration: Assessing the Top Priorities for...
Today Protiviti released another exceptional piece of research: our 9th annual Internal Audit Capabilities and Needs Survey. This year, we took a close look at the role internal audit can and should...
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Ten Keys to Managing Reputation Risk
Warren Buffett once famously said that it takes 20 years to build a reputation and just five minutes to ruin it. All of us see evidence of how true this bit of wisdom is all the time. In the wake of...
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Executive Perspectives on Top Risks for 2016
Protiviti, in partnership with North Carolina State University’s ERM Initiative, has just published the results of its fourth annual global survey of board members and C-suite executives about the top...
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The Evolution of Risk Reporting
by Cory Gunderson, Managing Director Global Leader, Financial Services Industry One of the key questions financial services firms ask every morning is, “Am I riskier today than I was yesterday?”...
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New Evaluation Tool Enables Boards to Assess and Improve Their Risk Oversight
By Jim DeLoach, Managing Director Prudent risk-taking is essential to the success of organizations seeking market opportunities and executing aggressive growth strategies. Boards of directors...
View ArticleSetting the 2014 Audit Committee Agenda to Address Tough Issues
As those of you who serve on audit committees know, setting an effective and strategically sound audit committee agenda is no easy task. For one thing, a lot is already on the agenda and there are...
View ArticleMore on the Five Lines of Defense
In January, I commented on this page regarding how an effectively designed and implemented lines-of-defense framework can provide strong safeguards against breakdowns in risk management and compliance...
View ArticlePreView-ing Today’s Emerging Risks
We want to share a heads up with you regarding a new Protiviti newsletter that we’re very excited about. We’ve just published the first edition of PreView, which will be a quarterly review of emerging...
View ArticleEthics in Corporate Governance: “Walking the Talk”
If it’s true you can’t legislate morality – and all evidence, including but certainly not limited to corporate malfeasance such as the Enron and Worldcom scandals or the questionable corporate behavior...
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