Cyber Risks Drawing Increased Scrutiny in Public Company Transition
As everyone who reads the news knows by now, cyberattacks can be expensive. In addition to the risk of direct loss of revenue and intellectual property, there are the potential costs of remediation, legal expenses, brand erosion and urgent cybersecurity improvements. Public companies face the additional risk of a drop in stock value, and the […]
New Staffing Strategies Can Help Finance Leaders Address Business Challenges
Keeping up with new technologies and new compliance obligations are two of the greatest pressures finance leaders face, according to the results of a recent Robert Half Management Resources survey. This is driving private companies to change the way they get work done so they can more effectively address these and other pressures. This includes […]
SOX Compliance Survey: One Decade of Insights
“The more things change, the more they stay the same.” Future corporate archeologists may very well reach that conclusion after excavating and poring over early 21st-century evidence of Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance activities. Given the law’s extensive requirements, there will be no shortage of documentation to unearth. As Protiviti developed its 10th annual Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Survey […]
Accelerating RPA Maturity: 3 Ways Consumer Products and Retail Companies Can Step Up Their Game
The number of organizations turning to robotic process automation (RPA) for process automation is growing fast. So, too, is the number of RPA leaders looking to expand their use of bots to almost every function in their organization. Despite these trends, and the fact that use cases and tools for building bots are plentiful — […]
How Artificial Intelligence Can Add Value to the Supply Chain
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are revolutionizing business in what is being called “the Cognitive Age.” Protiviti recently teamed with ESI ThoughtLab to survey more than 450 organizations around the globe about ways this technology is currently being applied, and how that is likely to change over the next two years. One of […]
Energy and Utilities Companies Can Build an On-Ramp to the AI Fast Lane With Intelligent Automation
Like many organizations today, energy and utilities companies are trying to understand advanced artificial intelligence (AI) and identify practical use cases for the technology that will benefit the business and its customers. And like their counterparts in other industries, many of these firms are running short on time – not only to get out of […]
