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Assessing the North American Results of Protiviti’s 2021 Next-Generation Internal Audit Survey
Every Journey Begins With the First Step
A global pandemic caused by a rare airborne virus that continues to affect organisations in different ways around the world … a growing number of stakeholders in organisations with whom internal audit needs to partner … digital transformation and innovation…
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Pre-COVID-19 Survey Results and Current Audit Planning Considerations
Next-Generation Internal Audit in Healthcare: It’s Time to Ride the Wave of Transformation and Innovation
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought massive waves of disruption and unique challenges to the healthcare industry. These waves have driven healthcare delivery organisations to find more innovative means to treat…
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Eight Recommendations for Addressing the Impacts of COVID-19 on Financial Services Industry Audit Plans
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to create untold havoc on individuals, businesses and economies throughout the world, with no clear end in sight. The financial services industry (FSI) has by no means been immune. An abundance of pandemic-related events, including the…
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Putting yourself first when navigating a career isn’t easy, but Valeria Locatelli, chief internal auditor at Pension Insurance Corporation, has some good advice to share. In a candid interview with Simran Sadhra from Protiviti’s iGROWW network, she explores priorities, purpose and passion – and the power of people in your corner.
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Privacy, cyber breach, user access and data governance dominate the top technology challenges for consumer packaged goods (CPG) and retail organisations, according to the annual ISACA/Protiviti Global Survey of IT audit leaders and professionals. The respondents’ ranking of the top technology risks reflect the concerns of an industry that has experienced a massive shift to e-…
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Cybersecurity, privacy, data and resilience dominate the top technology challenges for technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) organizations, according to the annual ISACA/Protiviti Global Survey of IT audit leaders and professionals. These issues, which already were top-of-mind risks for most organizations, have been fueled further by pandemic-driven times of remote work…
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Assessing the results of Protiviti’s 2021 SOX Compliance Survey within the energy and utilities industries
It’s been more than a year since a historic global pandemic changed the way companies operate in the near-term and very likely for the long-term future.
We can see the impact on numerous fronts — including the costs for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance activities. And for certain companies, the…
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Key Findings From the Latest Survey Conducted by Protiviti and AHIA on Healthcare Provider Organisation Internal Audit Plan Priorities
Even before the COVID-19 public health emergency, healthcare organisations were challenged in their mission to deliver high-quality patient care due to provider and staff shortages.
Many healthcare organisations have been forced to make severe and often morale-…
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On October 8, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) published its Staff Update and Preview of 2019 Inspection Observations. In 2019, the PCAOB inspected approximately 175 audit firms and reviewed portions of roughly 710 public company audits in the United States and abroad. Through the inspections, the board identified potential areas of improvement for all firms and good…
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On February 12, 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Medicare Program; Reporting and Returning of Overpayments Final Rule (Final Rule) governing the investigation, identification, refunding, and reporting of Medicare Parts A and B overpayments. The Final Rule provided much-needed detail and clarity to Parts A and B associated obligations created by…
