Protiviti and North Carolina State University’s ERM Initiative teamed at the end of last year to survey directors and executives across a wide spectrum of industries for our fourth annual Executive Perspectives on Top...
Archive - June 2016
Technology Leaders Worry That Their Companies May Be Too Resistant to Change
Protiviti and North Carolina State University’s ERM Initiative teamed at the end of last year to survey directors and executives across a wide spectrum of industries for our fourth annual Executive Perspectives on Top...
SOX Costs Are Rising But So Are the Benefits
SOX costs are rising but so are the benefits for companies. Improved control structures, ability to address emerging risks and enhanced business and IT processes are some of the upsides. Listen to Brian Christensen...
COSO Unveils New ERM Framework
Editor’s Note: This week, COSO released for comment the much-anticipated update to its ERM Framework. I asked Bob Hirth, Chairman of COSO, if he would share his thoughts with us on the new framework. Bob graciously...
AML Lookbacks: Top 10 Lessons Learned
Regulators may require a financial institution to perform a transaction review of historical activity, often referred to as a “lookback,” when they determine that the financial institution does not have an adequate...
Internal Audit at Financial Institutions Is Evolving
Financial firms’ risk profiles are continually challenged by new regulatory requirements and heightened expectations from supervisors requiring firms to advance their risk management processes. At the same time...
Understanding the Costs and Benefits of SOX Compliance
Protiviti has released the results of its latest Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Survey, which offers a wealth of data and insights about the SOX costs and hours tied to compliance, and benchmarks the control environments of...