Transforming Risk into Confidence: A PwC podcast series

In this episode, Gagan Reen joins Elizabeth McNichol to discuss the digital maturity journey organizations are on and the impact certain technologies have on risk management processes.
We discuss the following questions:
0:47 - How is PwC innovating to address customer pain points in risk management processes?
1:24 - As it relates to one of PwC's defined eight essential technologies, what is automation?
3:00 - How are companies upskilling efforts reacting to the interactions with automation and how is that affecting the people side of the workforce?
6:06 - What has been happening with regard to the adoption of artificial intelligence in the risk space?
8:53 - How are companies creating Centers of Excellence to centralize the governance and management of automation?
10:03 - How does PwC's Enterprise Insights and team help clients assess and handle the risk within their system's data?
18:01 - How should organizations begin the journey? What is the first step?

In this episode, Lauren Massey joins Mike Maali to discuss the changes to the internal audit approach and how internal audit will look and feel different after transformation.
We discuss the following questions:
0:44 - How will internal audit transformation change the way that we address risk?
1:55 - What implications will this have for reporting to the Audit Committee and executive management and other forms of reporting?
3:36 - What’s the difference between an audit spectrum and the traditional audit plan?
6:11 - How are the organization's enterprise risk management process and 3 lines of defense working together to play an important role in this transformation?
9:25 - What are some key takeaways to consider when companies are going down their own internal audit transformation journey?
https://www.pwc.com/us/en/services/risk-assurance/podcasts/rethinking-internal-audit-approach.html

In this episode, Jason Plummer joins Bob Clark to discuss GRC programs and technology, their key components, and how they enable an organization's strategic vision and drive sustainable value.
We discuss the following questions:
0:38 - What do we mean by GRC?
1:36 - What are the key components to define your strategic vision enabling you to determine the best GRC technology?
3:30 - How does using a single GRC platform potentially reduce the cost of compliance?
6:57 - How much time and cost savings can be gained by implementing a GRC program
8:40 - What should companies be considering as they start evaluating the value they can derive from a GRC program?
9:59 - Are there ways companies can start small so it does not feel like such a daunting process?
https://www.pwc.com/us/en/services/risk-assurance/podcasts/grc-programs-technology-strategy.html

In this episode, Andy Evans and Amar Reddy join Bob Clark to discuss the correlation between data governance and data quality, why data governance is so critical now and the challenges and key concepts organizations should consider when implementing it.
We discuss the following questions:
0:49 - What is data governance and what are some of the drivers for data governance in the market?
3:32 - What are some of the interdependencies of data quality and data governance and what are the challenges?
4:51 - What are some of the key components of data governance?
6:33 - What are some of the key concepts an organization should consider if they are trying to implement data governance?
7:33 - How do you begin implementing data governance?
8:50 - How do master data governance tools help organizations manage their data?
10:46 - What is a key takeaway around the link between governance and quality?
https://www.pwc.com/us/en/services/risk-assurance/podcasts/data-governance-quality.html

In this episode, Andrea Acciarri and Matt Wardrop join Bob Clark to discuss Salesforce and important considerations for effectively designing and implementing security in a Salesforce environment.
We discuss the following questions:
1:02 - In addition to Salesforce's abilities, what should companies do from a security perspective?
3:01 - When looking at the regulatory and compliance issues, what are some of the things that companies need to think about around security?
4:46 - What is the process of using Salesforce to address requirements either in a single or in multiple organizations?
7:14 - How can companies ensure that their Security configurations continue to work properly?
7:53 - What is Salesforce Shield and what value does it bring
10:58 - What are the more common mistakes or challenges of a client's Salesforce security environment when seeing it for the first time?
https://www.pwc.com/us/en/services/risk-assurance/podcasts/security-design-implementation-salesforce.html