Tools
The following tools were published on KnowledgeLeader this week:
Business Impact Analysis Policy
Our Business Impact Analysis Policy is a strategic guide for businesses looking to identify and understand the potential impact of interruptions on their critical processes and support functions. The policy stipulates periodic analysis (annually or when significant changes occur) to develop realistic recovery time objectives for each critical process.
Risk Management Policy
Get two sample policies that establish standards and procedures for a common and systematic approach to managing risk across a company. This approach increases risk awareness, ensures the appropriate management of risks and makes the business unit risk profiles transparent.
Consumer Credit Lending Audit Work Program
Our Consumer Credit Lending Audit Work Program serves as a guide for conducting thorough and effective audits. It outlines detailed work plans, including project timing, project work steps, and the initial index, aiding auditors in planning, fieldwork and report issuance.
Warranty Processing Review Audit Work Program
Identify and address inefficiencies in warranty processing with our comprehensive review audit work program, tailored to streamline operations and reduce costs. Its primary objective is to ensure that the company's methods of tracking and recording in-warranty repairs, out-of-warranty repairs, and sales credits comply with company policies and United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
Travel Agent Commissions Review Audit Work Program
Use this work program sample to facilitate a high-level assessment and validation of key controls in place for your travel agent commissions process. This tool aims to ensure compliance with company policies and procedures, mitigate financial and operational risks, and maintain accurate commission payments to travel agents.
Hotel Audit Work Program
Explore this sample audit program for reviewing hotel expenditures and policies, which provides detailed procedures and checklists for evaluating various aspects of hotel operations, including financial control, planning, revenue management, expenditure cycles, contract compliance and internal controls.
SAP Change Management Review Audit Report
This SAP Change Management Review Audit Report provides a comprehensive assessment of your company’s SAP change management processes, utilizing the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) Capability Maturity Model (CMM) as a benchmark. This document can be used by management to identify and mitigate risks associated with unauthorized changes in the SAP environment.
Publications
KnowledgeLeader has also published several publications this week.
Data Security and Privacy Management With Carol Lee, VP of ISACA China, Hong Kong
Carol Lee is vice president of ISACA's China Hong Kong Chapter and the Deputy GM of cybersecurity and risk management of Hang Lung Properties. She has been well-respected in the cybersecurity field for more than 25 years, and her accolades include inclusion in the 2021 Global 100 Certified Ethical Hacker Hall of Fame and the 2023 Women in IT Asia Award.
Adapting to Change: How the LSE Is Responding to Global Market Trends
The past five years have been challenging for the global markets and particularly the London Stock Exchange (LSE) - beginning with the Brexit uncertainties and following through the COVID-19 pandemic, inflation, and the war in Ukraine. As a result, excluding 2021, LSE initial public offerings have been low across this period.
Panel Discussion: Protiviti Hosts Forum on the Future of Money and Privacy
In this VISION by Protiviti podcast, we present a panel discussion hosted by Protiviti Senior Managing Director Tom Moore. The discussion was held in New York in November 2024 as part of VISION by Protiviti’s Forum on the Future of Money and Privacy with Protiviti partners, The Women’s Bond Club and Société Générale, the host of the live event.
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