Insight Search Search Submit Sort by: Relevance Date Search Sort by RelevanceDate Order AscDesc Newsletter May 4, 2023 Organisational Culture Is a Competitive Advantage 1 big thing: Where are the culture strategies? Consider this: If culture eats strategy for breakfast, why do some organisations continue to respond to labor shortages and economic contractions with salary increases, staff reductions and other snack-sized, often short-sighted actions? Client Story February 26, 2021 Aerospace firm embraces holistic inventory transformation, saves millions A successful organisation is one that can deftly coordinate its many moving parts, but, sometimes, even the best organisations can get out of sync. That was the case with an aerospace company and its inventory. The organisation knew it was operating with too much stock and was even holding millions of units after they had been written off the books. The company made numerous attempts to optimise… Client Story March 31, 2021 Water company completes successful digital and financial transformation, positions itself for further growth Effecting transformational change on a global scale is challenging for any organisation, in any environment. It is an even tougher hill to climb during a global pandemic. Yet, this didn’t stop one organisation, a worldwide leader in providing cleaner, softer water through innovative, sustainable solutions, from successfully pursuing a major global finance and IT transformation in 2020. Newsletter May 13, 2021 Quantum Computing: Why The Board Should Care there is a growing interest across the world in the feasibility of quantum computing and when it will finally become a reality in business. and that’s for good reason. quantum would enable problem-solving capabilities to address simulations and complicated optimisation questions involving a formidable number of variables and potential outcomes at amazing speeds not attainable with conventional… Blogs November 21, 2022 Building a Resilient Legal Department by Rich Cohen, Managing Director and Fractional In-house Counsel Today’s societal, investor and regulator expectations and the exponential advancement of data and technology are creating significant pressures, demands and opportunities for General Counsel (GC) and their legal departments. Increasingly, they are being called upon to do more, expanding their focus to areas that… Whitepaper February 22, 2021 Four Ways Finance Leaders Strengthen Cybersecurity As CEOs and boards become more informed about the extreme threats that cybersecurity lapses pose, their expectations are growing. CFOs’ expanding contributions to fortifying organisational data security, the highest priority identified in Protiviti’s latest Global Finance Trends Survey, play a pivotal role in satisfying those high expectations. Board members demand coherent, relevant and… Survey October 1, 2024 CFOs Address a Data Security and Privacy Triple Threat CFOs prioritise addressing the trifecta of data security and privacy threats due to rising cyber warfare, extortion risks, and stringent regulatory requirements. In Focus July 19, 2024 SEC rebuked in SolarWinds decision. What does it mean? U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer has dismissed most of the charges made by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against software company and 2020 cyberattack victim SolarWinds and its chief information security officer (CISO), Tim Brown. In its original lawsuit, filed in October 2023, the SEC alleged that SolarWinds had defrauded investors by concealing security weaknesses in its… Survey January 7, 2022 Three Conversation Starters That Advance CISO/CFO Collaboration The quality and, in some cases, the existence of the CISO/CFO relationship varies by company. In organisations where the CISO role is positioned and promoted as a source of value, CISOs and CFOs tend to collaborate more often and more meaningfully than in companies that treat information security as a cost center (and typically struggle with cybersecurity as a result). Protiviti’s 2021… Newsletter November 17, 2022 Is ESG Receiving Sufficient Attention in North America? Worldwide, there is awareness that environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations will prove to be essential drivers and components of profitability and sustainable business over the next 10 years. The reality is, however, that the level of engagement with ESG — as an integral component of business strategy — is significantly higher outside of North America than within it, and to an… Load More