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...
Archive - June 2020
Damon OwenPersevering 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...
Jay Thompson
Addie Nickle
Finance/Internal AuditFinancial ServicesTechnology and Cyber SecurityTechnology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT)
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...
Randy Armknecht
Noah KesslerHarnessing 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...
Scott Laliberte
Tony AbelSOX 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...
Terry Hartzog
Michael SeekData 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...
Jeff Sanchez
Stephen NationCECL and the AICPA Practice Aid (Part 4): Modeling Considerations and COVID-19
As we continue our series of blog posts examining the AICPA Practice Aid on preparing for the new current expected credit losses (CECL) standard, this post on modeling considerations is especially timely given the...
Ariste Reno
Benjamin ShiuLIBOR Transition During the Pandemic: Is Your Program Management Office Ready to Take on the Challenge?
Across the globe, governments and financial institutions continue to prepare for the shift targeted for the end of 2021, from the London Interbank Offered Rate, or LIBOR, to alternative risk-free rates (RFR). The...
Jason Brucker
Douglas WilbertGet Ready to Resume Elective Procedures and Surgeries
One major impact of the COVID-19 pandemic was the recommendation from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to cancel elective surgeries and procedures, essentially redirecting hospital resources to manage...
Kim Pardini-KielyCountdown to CCPA: The 5 Most-Asked Questions
With less than two weeks to go before enforcement of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) begins on July 1, 2020, Protiviti and Robert Half Legal held a webinar that took a look at what the first 100 days of CCPA...
Joel Wuesthoff
Pam Kamath