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Cyber crime: a clearand present danger
Threats posed to organizations by cyber crimes have increased faster than potential victims—or cyber security professionals—can cope with them, placing targeted organizations at significant risk. This is the key finding of Deloitte ’s review of the results of the 2010 CSO CyberSecurity Watch Survey, sponsored by Deloitte and conducted in collaboration with CSO Magazine, the U.S. Secret Service, and the CERT Coordination Center at Carnegie Mellon.
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The broken triangle?
But dysfunction that was deemed tolerable in the ’80s, ’90s, and ’00s is unacceptable today. The stakes — both personal and corporate — have been ratcheted to a new level. Regulators, analysts, stakeholders, and even litigators all have a keen interest in how well this corporate trio, so essential to good governance and effective risk management, works together to protect and propel the organization.
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CFO Conversations
Deloitte CFO Conversations provides creative and innovative insight, information and knowledge on the challenges and successes of being a CFO within the National sphere of government. We hope that this Report will provide information which CFOs of all National Departments, as well as at other spheres of government, find beneficial and which will provide significant insight into the evolving role of the CFO.
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Cyber Intelligence
In 2010, security and privacy graduated from IT department concerns. C-suites and boardrooms took notice of highly visible incidents, ranging from malware-infected motherboards from top-tier PC manufacturers1, to information theft from a leading cloud provider2, to the manipulation of the underlying routing tables of the internet, redirecting traffic to Chinese networks3.
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Combined assurance
Simply put, assurance providers are the internal and external people who tell managers what is on track and what is not within the company. They provide managers with information about the risks (hazards and opportunities) that have been identified within an organisation.
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Intergrated Reporting
Integrated Reporting, if well applied, creates an excellent opportunity to convey your message foucussing on what matters to your shareholders and other stakeholders, and not only on what is required by regulation.
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Risk Management
How do organisations ensure that they achieve their strategic objectives despite astonishing uncertainty and turbulences? What is their appetite for risk and risk tolerance? What are the best ways for boards to make certain that enterprise value and risk are being appropriately managed?
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The Tech-Intelligent Board
If one factors in various IT-related risks around the security and privacy of customer data, the safeguarding of intellectual property, and compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and international2 and South African3 standards, the conclusion becomes inescapable — 21st century directors can no longer afford to be anything less than tech-savvy. Despite this imperative, anecdotal evidence suggests that few boards devote enough time and attention to IT. Many would like to do more but are uncertain how.
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The changing role of Internal Audit
As the mandate and role of Internal Audit continues to evolve and grow, management are the increasingly depending on Internal Audit functions to monitor, detect and investigate incidences of fraud and when they arise.
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The role of Internal Audit in Integrated Reporting
In today’s business environment, where organisations are beginning to understand the importance of finding the right balance between financial, social, and environmental priorities, a carefully orchestrated sustainability strategy is vital to the success of the organisation.
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The Risk Intelligent CIO
The publication represents the sixth installment in our series on Risk Intelligence. The concepts and viewpoints herein build upon those discussed in the first whitepaper in the series, The Risk Intelligent Enterprise™: ERM Done Right, as well as subsequent titles. You may access the previous whitepapers in the series free of charge at www.deloitte.com/RiskIntelligence.
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Action points for executives to thrive in uncertain ground
Over the past four decades, sustainability has increasintly commanded the attention of business executives in many regions of the world. Growing numbers of companies are adopting socially responsible and environmentally conscious policies associated with a range of issues, such as climate change, water use, supply-chain management, responsible investment, equitable labor relations, and preserving resources and standards of living for future generations.
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Directors’ Alert
The years since the 2008 financial crisis have been called the worst global economic downturn since the Great Depression of the 1930s. The uncertain and often volatile business environment has created significant challenges to which organisations have often had to respond quickly by adapting strategies and operations. This publication examines some of the top challenges likely to face companies, and their board of directors, in 2012.
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Global Security Survey
This study is based on in-depth research and detailed survey interviews with 138 TMT organizations around the world. It also includes cutting-edge insights from senior professionals in Deloitte member firms’ Enterprise Risk Services practices.
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Increasing IT Value and Reducing Risk
COBIT5 is the eagerly awaited latest guidance from ISACA on IT Governance. It is a comprehensive framework of globally accepted practices that will help enterprise leaders realise benefits from IT while optimising risks and resources.
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Risk Intelligence in the age of global uncertainty
Peruse the news and you may reach an inescapable conclusion: The world is an exceedingly dangerous place – and getting more so all the time. Myriad risks – real and perceived – assault us from all quarters: terrorism and war, data privacy and IT security breaches, natural and manmade disasters, market instability and currency crises, hazardous waste and industrial accidents, overtaxed power grids and fuel shortages, and on and on.
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Being Software Compliance Ready
In our ever-changing world, profitability continues to drive decisions taken by successful executives. Markets continue to rise and fall, creating giants one day only to see them crash the next. To remain viable and competitive in today’s turbulent times, more than just a solid business case is required: the implementation of judicious and vigilant management of expenditure is necessary. With increased shrewd awareness of organisations, software deployment and the maintenance thereof, is enjoying increased focus within industry.
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Regulatory Compliance
In an environment where the global economic recession, demise of major financial institutions and changing business landscape has led to stricter regulations in major industries and countries around the world, the word “Regulatory Compliance” has become an all-important language that can make or mar an organisation and its directors.
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