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Boards have generally identified experience and insight into risk management as areas where they need to improve.
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If internal audit is to remain relevant, it needs to move beyond the services currently performed to provide assurance to the main stakeholders. Two Perspectives Earlier this year, I wrote about PwC’s 2013 State of the Internal Audit Profession. Protiviti has added insights through their 2013 Internal Audit Capabilities and Needs Survey, which identified these
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Uncertainty is inherent in any plan. But there are actions that can be taken to increase the likelihood of positive outcomes and to reduce risk.
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I admit to criticizing my “alma mater” PwC for much of their thought "leadership" over the last years. Today, I come to praise PwC, not to bury it.
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Recent improvements in in-memory and big data analytics technology spell benefits for those working in risk and compliance. I recently had the honor of being the opening keynote speaker at the Compliance Week West conference in Palo Alto.
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A recent study by the Open Compliance and Ethics Group (OCEG) points to the high cost for the enterprise a fragmented GRC can have and indicates there is much room for improvement. The Open Compliance and Ethics Group global 2012 GRC Maturity Survey was sponsored by SAP.
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Businesses are making it increasingly easy for their workers to access business intelligence on the go. While the benefits of this trend can be felt enterprise-wide, how will it help those working in risk management? This year, the Aberdeen Group has released two linked papers on mobile BI (business intelligence).
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Love him or hate him (few are undecided), Tim Leech is a man of passion. He is passionate on the topics of internal audit and risk management, to name just two. Now Tim and I often disagree, and we do that with passion as well.
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As more organizations allow the use of personal devices in the workplace, questions of risk and security remain. A recent study looks into the state of mobile security and it looks as if there is more work to be done. Information Week has published an interesting report, 2012 State of Mobility Security. Their study
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The latest Ernst & Young survey (their 12th) is an excellent and essential read for all concerned with the risk of fraud. I especially like the separate sections for different regions.
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A report from Accenture, "The Changing Face of Risk Management," talks about how risk management within financial services firms (with a focus on insurance) is changing -- and in my opinion, in a very positive way.
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The Ponemon Institute has released the results of a global study into the risks presented by the use of mobile devices, which they define as including “laptops, USB drives, smartphones, and tablets.” Personally, I wish they had limited their study to the latter two.
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I recently met with a software company that specializes in monitoring social media. Their customers are interested in spotting "chatter" and discussions about their organization, its products and services, and the extended enterprise (e.g., vendors and channel partners).
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I added the phrase ‘their opinion’ to the end of the title, because while PwC always reports what respondents say, it is understandably difficult to do so with bias.
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