Pace of Change and Resource Allocation Continue to Challenge Companies’ Vendor Risk Management, New Survey Confirms
Running just to stay in place – this is what it feels like today for many companies trying to match their vendor risk management (VRM) efforts to the fast-changing risk environment and pressing regulatory demands. Incremental improvements in VRM made last year have been all but wiped out by new cyber threats, and the costs […]
Top Risks: Winning the War for Talent
It should be no surprise that finding and keeping workers with digital skills is a top concern for executives and directors. The more digital companies become, the fiercer the competition for workers with a digital mindset: an aptitude to flourish in this new environment. In the most recent Top Risks survey, conducted by Protiviti and North […]
Companies Could Use More CFO Insight, And CFOs Could Use More AI
“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” This famous defense of the status quo was popularized in 1977 by Bert Lance, a Georgia banker and Director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget under President Jimmy Carter. It is apt that such wisdom would come from a banker, especially one who served, albeit briefly, […]
Applying Qualitative Factor Overlays on CECL Models: Key Considerations
With the initial deadline for adherence to the Current Expected Credit Loss (CECL) accounting standard approaching, regulators and industry representatives gathered in New York recently for the CECL 2019 conference to discuss the top-of-mind considerations for CECL and understand what public, SEC-filing institutions should be doing to prepare to go live with the standard on […]
Why Auditors Rarely Find Fraud
Updated November 11, 2022 In today’s world, where corporate scandals often make front-page news, fraud prevention and detection are becoming a priority for management and decision-makers. An alarming fact reported by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) stated that an average organisation loses an estimated 5% of its annual revenue to fraud. Hence, fraud […]
Identity and Access Management in Financial Services – Staying Ahead of the Curve
Organizations are feeling the heat. Companies across all industries are under pressure to innovate and create new ways of doing business to stay relevant. For financial services organizations in particular, these pressures are even stronger due to fierce competition from industry behemoths as well as new, “born digital” start-up companies. Among the many challenges: balancing […]