Assurance and Advisory – Balancing Stakeholder Expectations in Internal Audit
We are living in a golden age of internal audit: Membership in The Institute of Internal Auditors (The IIA) is at an all-time high (200,000 members) Conferences and programs are filled near capacity around the globe We are part of the conversation in board rooms and in management circles Career surveys are placing us among […]
CFPB Final Rule on Arbitration, OCC Top Priorities, Virtual Currency Fines and Amended TRID Rule Featured in This Month’s Compliance Insights
Protiviti published the August issue of Compliance Insights last week. In the podcast below, Managing Director Steven Stachowicz discusses two of the topics in this month’s newsletter: the much anticipated — and now final — arbitration rule by CFPB, and compliance risk management as highlighted in the OCC’s Semiannual Risk Perspective. Download the free newsletter […]
SOX Compliance: PCAOB Inspections Drive Change in External Audits
What a difference a year makes. Since the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) began publishing inspection reports on external auditors, Protiviti has been measuring the effect of those reports on Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance activities in our annual SOX Compliance Survey. In our most recent survey, we asked companies that experienced significant changes to SOX […]
An Involved and Agile IT Audit Function Is Key to Cybersecurity
Reports of corporate cybersecurity breaches in the news are becoming as routine as the weather report, and the global risk stemming from these threats has never been higher. In fact, there are growing and credible concerns that malicious hacking groups have begun a cyber war against companies. In the midst of this hostile cybercrime climate, […]
Higher Costs, More Satisfaction, Unabated Interest – SOX Compliance Has It All
Early this summer I participated in a webinar to discuss the results of Protiviti’s 2017 Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Compliance Survey, an annual look at how publicly traded companies are complying with the 2002 law. Protiviti began assessing SOX impact on company resources eight years ago, in addition to delineating how the law impacts organizations based on […]
Trade, Populism and the Price of Progress: How Is Your Industry Adjusting?
Even as technology makes the world smaller and more interconnected, the current rise of nationalism in Western countries reminds us that progress is rarely linear and disruption rarely without consequence. With the growing trend toward digitalization of supply chains and warehouses, the potential for cost-effective, efficient global trade has never been greater. At the same […]
