This page contains a list of all of the publications available on KnowledgeLeader from the following categories: Articles, Newsletters, Performer Profiles, Protiviti Booklets, Questions & Answers, Regulatory Updates, and Survey Reports. If you would like to explore a specific publication category, please use the links on the left.
The following 1365 items are listed by date.
October 3, 2011
Independent Commission on Banking Publishes Recommendations for Reforming the UK Banking System
In June 2010, the UK government announced the creation of a five-person Independent Commission on Banking (ICB) to consider structural and related nonstructural reforms to the UK banking sector to promote financial stability and competition and to make recommendations to the government. On September 12, 2011, the ICB published its final report and recommendations. This Flash Report provides an overview of the major recommendations and their implication.
CONTENT AREA: Regulatory Updates
TOPICS: United Kingdom, Financial Services Industry, Compliance
October 3, 2011
IT Audit Function Poll
This week’s poll question asks: Does an IT audit function exist within your internal audit department?
CONTENT AREA: Polls
TOPICS: Information Technology Risk, IT Audit, IT Controls, IT Governance, Audit Reporting
September 26, 2011
Integrated Auditing for Small Departments
Many audit shops recognize the need to adopt an integrated process, yet need guidance on how to do it. This article examines the purpose of integrated auditing, two examples of methods to implement it and the benefits it offers, especially for small audit departments that may have resource and/or skill set challenges.
CONTENT AREA: Articles
TOPICS: Internal Audit, Audit Planning, Audit Testing, IT Audit
September 26, 2011
Integrated Auditing Poll
This week’s poll question asks: Does your internal audit department view business and IT processes through an integrated approach?
CONTENT AREA: Polls
TOPICS: Internal Audit, Audit Planning, Audit Testing, IT Audit
September 26, 2011
Overview of the Levin-Ward Program Management Competency Model
The Levin-Ward Program Management Competency Model consists of six performance competencies and eight personal competencies that are imperative when performing program management. This article suggests the role a program manager should be able to accomplish in order to deliver the proposed benefits of the program.
CONTENT AREA: Articles
TOPICS: Change Management, Performance Management/Measurement, Project Management
September 26, 2011
Point-of-Care Medication Administration: Internal Audit’s Role in Ensuring Control
One strategy for reducing the number of preventable medical errors is the use of technology. Internal auditors understand that an automated preventive control is superior to a manual preventive control. However, despite the overwhelming evidence that bar code-enabled point-of-care (BPOC) technology improves the quality and safety of patient care, hospitals have been slow to adopt it. By incorporating internal audit into the core implementation team, organizations can increase the effectiveness of the application's controls design. The reward will be a higher return on investment for this effective technology as well as enhanced quality of care and patient satisfaction.
CONTENT AREA: Articles
TOPICS: Information Technology Risk, Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals Industry, IT Audit, IT Controls, Laws & Regulations
September 26, 2011
Salesforce.com Uses ERM to Support ‘V2MOM’: Vision, Values, Methods, Obstacles and Metrics
Salesforce.com is one of the leading international organizations profiled by Protiviti in 2011. Given the ever-multiplying risks in the internet industry, it is easy to see why Salesforce.com has made enterprise risk management a top priority. In this podcast, Protiviti Executive Vice President Bob Hirth talks to John Beeler, senior vice president of internal audit for Salesforce.com, about the company's global internal audit program and its focus on enterprise risk management.
CONTENT AREA: Podcasts
TOPICS: Enterprise Risk Management, Risk Assessment, Strategic Risk, Internal Audit
September 19, 2011
Deliver Effective Audit Results Using Project Management Techniques
The five essential project management techniques outlined in this article will help internal auditors to complete their audits and advisory services more easily, within budget, while still focusing on the issues that matter.
CONTENT AREA: Articles
TOPICS: Audit Planning, Audit Reporting, Internal Audit Administration, Performance Management/Measurement, Project Management
September 19, 2011
Fitting Social Media Into Your e-Discovery Regime
Congratulations! Your business is thriving online thanks to social media! Now how do you track all that data in the event of litigation? Too often with great difficulty. "You don't want to have to cull through unlimited amounts of data when you have to respond to an e-discovery litigation event," says Philip Favro, a discovery attorney at Symantec. Tips on how to reduce that workload, inside.
CONTENT AREA: Articles
TOPICS: Information Technology Risk, IT Audit, IT Controls, Electronic Discovery, Social Media Risk
September 19, 2011
Is Your Organization an Early Mover?
In this podcast, Protiviti Managing Directors Jim DeLoach and Jay Thompson discuss how proactively identifying and evaluating the risks inherent in a company's strategy will make the strategy itself more robust and realistic and improve the company's ability to achieve its strategic objectives.
CONTENT AREA: Podcasts
TOPICS: Audit Committee & Board, Enterprise Risk Management, Strategic Risk, Performance Management/Measurement