Is Your HIPAA House in Order?
Expect enforcement of the HIPAA Security Rule, part of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), to increase in 2014. I recommend taking steps right now to ensure that...
View ArticleSplit Decision: Boards and Executives Divided on 2014 Risk Outlook
This post is based on findings from a survey of more than 370 board members and C-suite executives about the risks they consider top-of-mind for the coming year. The survey was conducted for the second...
View ArticleCybersecurity at the board level: Is your intellectual property and sensitive...
In my line of work, I have the pleasure of talking to boards of directors and C-Level executives all over the country. I’m often impressed with their commitment to their enterprises, their keen...
View ArticleMobile Health Apps
Pretty much everyone I know – and I’ll bet everyone you know – uses a mobile device of some kind. In fact, more than 130 million people in the United States own smartphones, and almost half have slept...
View ArticleJust-Released Insights on IT Security and Privacy – Board Engagement, Cyber...
I am pleased to announce that Protiviti released the results of its 2014 IT Security and Privacy Survey today. Our report contains some highly noteworthy findings that we’ll be discussing in greater...
View ArticleCybersecurity in Retail: Hope for the Best but Plan for the Worst
by Rocco Grillo Managing Director – Leader, Protiviti’s Incident Response and Forensics Practice The recent uptick in retail data breaches is significant for all companies in a couple of important...
View ArticleA Global Look at IT Audit Best Practices from ISACA and Protiviti
by David Brand Managing Director – Leader, IT Audit Practice There is no disputing technology’s role in business today as an enabler of virtually every process and function. With this enablement...
View ArticleExecutive Perspectives on Top Risks for 2015
Today, North Carolina State University’s ERM Initiative and Protiviti released the results of our third annual global survey of board members and C-level executives. Our survey assesses the extent to...
View ArticleNew Protiviti Study – Assessing the Top IT Priorities for 2015
Protiviti has released another major research report today – this one details the findings from our annual IT Priorities Survey of CIOs and IT executives and professionals. We’ll be exploring some of...
View ArticleMore on Cybersecurity – President Obama Issues Executive Order to Sanction...
As a follow-up to our recent posts related to cybersecurity and cyberthreats, President Obama issued an Executive Order this week authorizing sanctions against cyberattackers operating outside the...
View ArticlePCI DSS 3.2 – What You Need to Know
By Jeff Sanchez, Managing Director, IT Security and Privacy and Scott Laliberte, Managing Director, IT Consulting We’ve been getting a lot of inquiries from clients on the new payment card industry...
View ArticlePublic Breach Disclosure Laws Up the Ante on Security – But Do They Work as...
By David Taylor, Managing Director Technology Consulting, Security and Privacy and Kall Loper, Director Technology Consulting, Security and Privacy On January 3, The Massachusetts Office of Consumer...
View ArticleTaking a Global Look at IT Audit Best Practices – ISACA/Protiviti Survey
Protiviti and ISACA, a global business technology professional association for IT audit/assurance, governance, risk and information security professionals, have released the results of our joint annual...
View ArticleSaving Analytical Data Without Violating GDPR – Part 2: Aggregation and...
In a previous post, we reviewed two GDPR anonymization options – minimization and masking. In this installment we discuss two additional options. Aggregation Another way to comply with GDPR is to group...
View ArticleWomen in Cybersecurity: A Vital Subset of the Women in Tech Movement
At Protiviti, we are enthusiastically committed to a culture of diversity and inclusion. This commitment is an important priority for us, especially when we see the progress needed to advance women in...
View ArticleLeveraging Technology to Ensure Sustainability of Privacy
In London last November, Protiviti sponsored and spoke at the Data Protection World Forum. What was clear from speaking to the many delegates at the event was that many are now pausing for reflection,...
View ArticlePodcast from FS-ISAC Summit: Board-level Concerns about Cybersecurity, War...
Protiviti Managing Director Andrew Retrum is attending the Financial Services Information Exchange and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC) Annual Summit this week in Orlando. In this podcast, he shares some of...
View ArticleTMT Executives Identify Pandemic Policies, Cyber Threats and Data Privacy...
Even with COVID-19 cases plummeting and vaccinations ramping up, many organizations worry about aggressive actions by the government to stem the virus and its new variants. Operational challenges posed...
View ArticleThe Three Cs of a Quality Cloud Audit
Cloud adoption surged in 2020, driven by COVID-19 disruption and the need to quickly shift to a remote-work footing. That pace is expected to accelerate in 2021 as more and more companies make the move...
View ArticleCFOs and Finance Leaders Face Growing Responsibilities, Including ESG...
Organizations look to CFOs and VPs of finance for additional actions and data that, until recently, were considered outside their purview. Results from a just released Protiviti Finance Trends Survey...
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