Getting to Resilient: Reimagining Crisis Management and Business Continuity Planning in a New Reality
COVID-19 has exposed glaring deficiencies in business continuity and crisis management plans at organizations across all industries. And while executives and management today are focusing the lion’s share of their efforts on responding to the day-to-day upheaval caused by the virus, they should be preparing now for the possibility of a second wave that further […]
Persevering and Prospering in the Time of COVID-19: Keep Accounts Receivable Turning
One of the many reasons businesses are suffering during the COVID-19 pandemic is that their customers are challenged in managing their cashflow, resulting in reducing or delaying payments. In addition, the accounts receivable function is not an easy one to operate remotely; billing operations and collections/cash application teams may be slower than usual as employees […]
Cloud Oversight in Financial Services: Understanding Responsibility and Control
As financial service and financial technology companies move critical infrastructure to the cloud, they have a shared responsibility with cloud service providers (CSPs) to safeguard sensitive information. Regulators are becoming more prescriptive in their oversight of cloud operations, revealing a gap between regulatory expectations and a frequent lack of clarity among CSPs and institutions about […]
Harnessing Intelligent Automation to Increase Resilience
The COVID-19 pandemic has painted a sharp performance contrast between companies that are digitally mature and those that are not. These distinctions are likely to grow even sharper in the period following the global health crisis, with some companies permanently crossing into the world of intelligent process automation – necessitated during the lockdown by furloughs, […]
SOX Compliance Under COVID-19: The Show Must Go On (Part 2)
Although the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) granted one 45-day extension for public companies subject to Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) reporting requirements, the regulator still expects companies to appropriately protect investors and public interest by maintaining the full rigor of internal control requirements. As a result, there are a number of challenges that need to be addressed. […]
Data Privacy Isn’t Just One and Done: How to Stay on Top of Changes and Ensure Ongoing Compliance
Two years ago, organizations were rushing to comply with the European Union’s (EU’s) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). After a flurry of activity and changes to privacy settings and disclosure, many felt they could move on once they’d checked that compliance box. But things have not remained static from a regulatory standpoint. In May, the […]
