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Digital businessDoes your business strategy work in a digital world?
We all know digital is transforming how everything is done. Changing the possibilities. Affecting every individual, organization, business and government.
The big question is: What do you do?
Will you seize the opportunity? Or be left behind?
The digital world is still full of questions. We’ll help you find the answers.
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CybersecurityCyber threats will continue to multiply. The advent of the digital world, and the inherent connectivity of people, devices and organizations, opens up a whole new playing field of vulnerabilities.
Cyber risks are growing and are changing rapidly. Every day, hackers are working on new techniques for getting through the security of organizations, including yours.
Our 2014 Global Information Security Survey explains how to get ahead of cybercrime.
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Managing risk — for opportunitiesWe know you’re concerned about the risks of regulation and compliance – especially if you’re in banking or health care.
Meanwhile, as market volatility and pricing pressures unsettle the landscape, those forces are stimulating competition and creating opportunities.
To strike that balance between risk and opportunity, our research suggests that many leading firms are developing an overarching strategy that balances both.
Our work with clients reveals that there is a need to re-engineer the risk processes across the business, just as was done with finance, manufacturing, and supply chain processes.
The goal is to get better coverage on the risks that matter.
Internal audit: enhancing and sustaining business performanceCompanies value the role Internal Audit plays. But they are looking for more.
Executives want Internal Audit to not only see what has gone before, but also what comes next. They want Internal Audit to provide insights into strategic initiatives, and to share ideas that improve business performance. And they want it now.
Internal Audit as strategic advisorAs a strategic advisor, Internal Audit can:
Identify company-wide cost improvementsOffer recommendations that improve business performanceProvide key insights that focus on risk We can help you:
Assess your Internal Audit function and identify areas of improvementIdentify opportunities to enhance the strategic value of Internal AuditAccelerate improvements through cosourcing
A clearer vision for financeAn effective Finance function that is best suited to the organization can be a critical factor for growth.
Yet 98% of companies feel there are opportunities to improve their Finance function.
The challenge is in marrying conflicting priorities:
Driving the business forwardProtecting the organization’s financial assetsOur research suggests 80% of companies are planning to better align Finance with overall business strategies.
To do that, we see three key priorities for finance which involve striking a balance between control, effectiveness and efficiency.
5.Control: promote strong governance and control in the organization.5.Effectiveness: drive the business forward, challenge the business and strengthen decision-making throughout the organization.5.Efficiency: drive costs down, integrate acquired teams.See more about a clearer vision for Finance:
DNA of the CFOFinance Forte: the future of finance leadershipCFO Insights
Getting information technology rightInformation technology functions need to strike a balance between risk and performance.
But reality often falls short of this goal.
That’s because IT’s influence on the business has evolved so quickly that many IT functions are still struggling with how to marry their technical expertise with a new business perspective.
Top IT leaders are now facing broad challenges, including:
Increasingly complex IT and business operating modelsCost efficiency and transparency demandsNew regulations and new forms of threatCorporate responsibility expectationsOur research suggests that successful firms are focusing on these key issues and formulating their response at the enterprise level.
Learn more about getting IT right:
Straight talk about IT performanceInformation security services
Shaping effective supply chains