Insight Search Search Submit Sort by: Relevance Date Search Sort by RelevanceDate Order AscDesc Whitepaper May 20, 2021 New Executive Order Aims to Shore Up U.S. Cybersecurity Defenses A Primer for Federal Government Contractors On May 12, 2021, President Joe Biden signed an Executive Order (EO) to improve the United States’ cybersecurity and protect federal networks. Following the SolarWinds breach and, most recently, the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack, the EO is the most recent action in the Biden administration’s plan to overhaul U.S. cybersecurity… Survey January 19, 2022 2022 AND 2031 Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT) Perspectives on Top Risks TMT industry leaders view restrictive government policies, economic uncertainty and talent gap among major risk driversRestrictive government policies, the talent shortage, third-party outsourcing arrangements, disruptive digital technologies, and, of course, the persisting pandemic are the dominant risk issues being discussed in boardrooms and executive suites across the Technology, Media and… Newsletter April 20, 2020 Compliance Insights - April 2020 Your monthly compliance news roundupOCC Reinforces Third-Party Risk Management ExpectationsRegulatory expectations related to third-party relationships have evolved considerably since 2013, when the Federal Reserve Board and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued prescriptive guidances SR 13-19 and OCC 2013-29, respectively. To account for this evolution, the OCC… Whitepaper May 7, 2020 COVID-19 Borrowing Options: A Primer for Franchisees and Other Small and Medium-Size Businesses Amid unprecedented economic disruption caused by COVID-19, small and medium-size businesses (SMBs) that are the backbone of the U.S. economy face intertwining choices and challenges in determining the best courses of action to preserve their operations and protect the financial well-being of their employees. While direct bank and market financing remain an option for some, most small and medium-… Flash Report November 19, 2024 Trump 2.0: Possible Winners and Losers President-elect Donald Trump will take office in January 2025 with Republican control of both the Senate and the House and with a conservative-leaning Supreme Court. The president-elect has moved quickly to appoint cabinet members, agency heads and other advisers who share his vision for the United States and on whom he will rely to fulfill his campaign promises on immigration, trade, energy and… Newsletter August 14, 2020 One Year Later: Does The Business Roundtable Statement Matter? A year ago, the Business Roundtable (BRT) released its “Purpose of a Corporation” [1] statement expressing a “fundamental commitment” to deliver value to all company stakeholders. Today, as the economy emerges from a terrible pandemic, does this statement matter to directors? The BRT’s statement in which 181 chief executives of prominent American companies committed to deliver value to… Whitepaper May 1, 2022 The Russian sanctions: A catalyst for ESG? “To put it bluntly, will companies enact courageous ESG policies only when it does not hurt?…This is a moment of truth. Stakeholders have been increasingly mobilised to question the premises of companies’ professed ESG activities. All too frequently, corporations and their executives engage in marketing or obfuscation of what they’re actually doing — what could more accurately be called ‘ESG-… Flash Report March 16, 2022 The War in Ukraine Rages On: The Energy Fallout Last month, Protiviti issued two Flash Reports on the crisis in Ukraine. The first[1] addressed Vladimir Putin’s recognition of two Ukrainian regions as “independent people’s republics,” deployment of “peacekeeping forces,” and demands that Ukraine disarm and negotiate the sovereignty of the two separatist regions; the West’s initial wave of sanctions as a proportionate response to Putin’s… In Focus August 28, 2024 NIST unveils post-quantum cryptography standards. What does it mean? Earlier this month, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) approved three post-quantum cryptography (PQC) standards that constitute the first significant steps towards protecting critical services from quantum computers being used to break the encryption of sensitive and classified information for both business and government. Video April 12, 2020 Video - Global Impact: Leading in the Dynamic World of COVID-19 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) continues to expand its global impact on individuals, businesses, communities and governments. The dynamic nature of this pandemic makes it hard to assess what will happen next. We share resources for our clients on how we are adapting to support them and resources for all business leaders for managing effectively through these challenging times. Load More