Rising Above Cloud Computing Confusion

Has risk of data breaches and malware increased as companies move to more virtual work? For companies moving toward the cloud faster, what are the skills they'll need on their team? And when planning for security enhancements within an organization, who should be involved in the process? Join us as we tackle these critical questions and dig into the practical answers from organizations that are navigating the changing world of work right now. You’ll gain a view into how other tech teams are tackling major concerns brought on by the global pandemic and walk away with new ideas and solutions to bring back to your organization.

How are you leveraging a flexible workforce within technology? How has your IT turnover rate changed and what do you anticipate it will look like in the future? What type of knowledge transfer plans do you have in place and how are you ramping up temporary team members rapidly?

Join us as we tackle these critical questions and dig into the practical answers from organizations that are navigating the changing world of work right now. You’ll gain a view into how other tech teams are tackling major concerns brought on by the global pandemic and walk away with new ideas and solutions to bring back to your organization.

Panelists:
• Elliott Potter, Co-Founder and CEO, Linq
• Dave Toole, CEO, Gig Economy Group
• John Hagel III, Co-Chairman, Center for the Edge
Moderated by Cesiah Kessler, Senior Regional Vice President at Experis North America

Fraud Risks are Increasing...Why is this happening to organizations? Where could fraud occur in your organization? What should organizations be doing to mitigate this growing risk?

Fraud is typical in almost every organization today, usually occurring at the level of 5-10% of annual revenue. Today's pandemic is impacting employees in many ways, including increased financial stress, which is enhanced daily with job losses and furloughs. To effectively monitor and manage a potential increase in fraudulent activity, organizations should be taking appropriate actions to offset the increase of fraud risk.

Webinar learning objectives:
•Understand the Fraud Triangle
•Review recently released fraud statistics
•Understand why fraud risk is increasing during the pandemic
•Learn what areas of your organization are most susceptible to fraud today
•Examine the key components of an effective Fraud awareness and mitigation program
•Discuss areas where internal audit can focus to mitigate growing fraud risks within your organization
Presenters: Tim Lietz, CIA, CRMA – Director Risk Advisory Services and Deron Rossi, CFS – Fraud Subject Matter Expert, both of Experis Finance

Third-Party Relationships … What are they? Who are they? What are the Risks? What should Internal Audit be doing?

While beneficial, and often necessary, third-party relationships also expose organizations to a wide spectrum of risks including reputational risk, financial risk, operational risk, privacy risk, compliance risk and regulatory risk. To effectively monitor and manage these risks, organizations should be have appropriate Third-Party Risk Management Programs in place. Internal Audit is uniquely positioned to help organizations monitor the design and effectiveness of Third-Party Risk Management Programs.

Webinar learning objectives:
•Understand Third-Party relationships - what are they; who are they; what are the risks?
•Learn the key elements and best practices of effective Third-Party Risk Management programs
•Discuss the role of internal audit in monitoring risks associated with Third-Party Relationships
•Examine the key components of an effective Third-Party Risk Assessment process
•Understand current regulatory trends related to Third-Party Relationships and review recent regulatory actions
•Recognize the impacts and lessons learned from the global pandemic on Third-Party relationships

In our Future of IT Webinar Series, we are tackling the burning questions that tech leaders are grappling with today as the way we work is transformed by a global pandemic. As organizations navigate a new world of work, join us as we explore critical considerations to help you make the best short- and long-term decisions for your organization.

How do you see the future of IT and technology in the workforce evolving over the next 1-3 years? Can we better prepare for future economic impacts?
Join us as we tackle these real-world questions and dig into the practical answers from organizations like yours that are navigating the changing world of work right now. You’ll gain a view into how other tech teams are tackling major concerns brought on by the global pandemic and walk away with new ideas and solutions to bring back to your organization.

Moderator: Cesiah Kessler, Senior Regional Vice President at Experis North America
Panelists:
•Nashaat Sayed, IT Business Partner, Starkey Hearing Technologies
•Zach Hughes, VP, IT Development & Operations, CHS Inc.
•Paul Schuurmans – Director of Digital, Patterson Companies, Inc.

PPP Lenders are moving at a rapid pace and the forgiveness phase is around the corner. How do you prepare?

This webinar will describe the eligibility, process, and level of effort to comply with PPP terms for forgiveness. We will explore the benefit of implementing a replicable evaluation process, securing a dedicated team of resources, and establishing documentation protocols prior to the surge of forgiveness applications.

Managing cyber risks in today’s digital environment was already challenging enough, but now we are amidst a once-in-a-century event which is straining our ability to keep systems and data secure. Individuals with malicious intent are taking advantage of the current chaos to launch attacks and break down defenses already weakened by a myriad of impacts.

These impacts include a reduction in available security staff; end point devices originally designed to operate inside a controlled environment are now operating outside of that protective environment; security initiatives are being deferred; and increased phishing attacks are preying on employee fears and lack of security awareness. Security and control professionals are doing their best to cope under adverse circumstances. They realize, however, that hitting the pause button on security initiatives and technical audits could lead to catastrophic security breaches jeopardizing critical business processes.

This webinar will provide an overview of where we are currently, the challenges we are facing, and what organizations need to understand if they are to survive. You will hear:
•How attackers are successfully taking advantage of the current crisis
•What is happening today in many organizations that magnifies the problem
•How to assess and reduce the risk posed by third party service providers
•Practical ways to identify and mitigate the gaps putting your organization
at risk
•The 10 steps your organization needs to be taking right now

Regardless of your industry, this session will provide practical advice on how to weather the storm, keep a challenging situation from becoming disastrous, and alert you to actions your organization can take right now to withstand these attacks and keep essential services running.

* eligible for 1.0 CPE credit

Were you prepared for a predominantly remote workforce? What issues did you face and what improvements are you making? What are the short-term and long-term impacts to your organization and how are your tech teams responding? Join us as we tackle these real-world questions and dig into the practical answers from organizations like yours that are navigating the changing world of work right now. You’ll gain a view into how other tech teams are tackling major concerns brought on by the global pandemic and walk away with new ideas and solutions to bring back to your organization.

Moderator: Perry Wedum, SVP, Experis NA
Panelists:
Evan O’Mahoney, VP, Technology Services, CPS Energy
Brian Johnson, Director of Enterprise Architecture, Protolabs
Kellie Christensen, CIO, Banner Engineering

Organizations are under pressure to be effective in identifying and managing the risks they face – financial, operational, regulatory, social, ethical, crisis, and environmental.

The impact of risk on small and middle market companies is certainly more acute and these companies are often less able to absorb the impact of realized business peril. Still, many small to middle market companies are challenged to justify the cost benefit of allocating resources and time to an enterprise-wide risk management program. Even progressive companies that have adopted enterprise risk management (ERM) programs struggle to create mature ERM practices despite the fact that the volume and complexity of risk is increasing.

This webinar will describe the benefit of developing an enterprise-wide risk management program. We will describe a pragmatic approach for promoting a risk management culture and executing risk assessment activities by exploring the following:
•Aligning your ERM methodology with the newly released COSO Enterprise Risk Management Framework
•Small and Medium Market approach to ERM and risk management agenda
•Explaining the difference between Enterprise Risk Management and Enterprise Risk Assessment
•Executing Enterprise Risk Assessment methodology, scoring and reporting
•Control gap assessment and remediation

Whether or not you have created a formal ERM program, this session provides practical advice and consideration for managing your organization's risk in a manner that’s scalable and tailored.

In light of the COVID-19 outbreak, colleges and universities are experiencing an unprecedented need for business continuity. In fact, Educause surveyed College Leadership on the topic of “Are your IT Business Continuity Plans ready for COVID-19?”. Less than 50% of those surveyed indicated they were.

This webinar, hosted by Experis, a division of ManpowerGroup, will help IT leaders understand what their role should be in helping their organizations in the short and medium-term respond to the decision to close down their campuses and transition to a remote worker and remote learner model. Presenters will cover the approaches that one of the largest systems of education in the country, the California Community Colleges, and Hennepin Technical College, part of Minnesota State Colleges and Universities have taken both historically and in reaction to recent events. We’ll also talk about why this is an ideal time for IT leaders to revisit all past recommendations and decisions while it has the attention of leadership.

The webinar will be moderated by Cesiah Kessler, Senior Regional Vice President at Experis and presenters include:
Lou Delzompo, Chief Technology Officer, California Community Colleges Technology Center
Jason Kopp, Vice President of Technology, Effectiveness & Planning, Hennepin Technical College
Linda Grandlund, Managing Principal Experis

Top IT talent wants flexibility and control in their work life. Experis Solutions has learned how to deliver high-quality tech support with teams working remotely. Learn how to manage work-from-home teams - a big trend in IT management - with advice from our experts.

Managing operational resilience in today’s digital environment is extremely challenging. But what happens when the threat is not a computer virus, but a biological one causing much of your workforce to call in sick, either because they are infected or because they are afraid to come in to work. In response to the potential for a widespread pandemic, many organizations are working to create a plan for how essential business processes can be sustained in the face of a pandemic. Proactively dealing with the potential threat of a pandemic increases the organization’s awareness of the potential impacts and costs, and enables them to take actions that reduce the overall risk, minimize the impact of a pandemic on essential operations, and ensure the continuity of essential services.
This webinar will provide a high-level overview of the impact of a pandemic and explore the following:
•How past pandemics provide us with a baseline for understanding the potential impact on an organization
•Which elements of business continuity planning are most applicable to pandemic planning
•Which elements of pandemic planning differ from traditional business continuity planning
•Estimating the impact of a pandemic on your supply chain and service providers
•How to determine your organization's readiness to continue essential operations during a pandemic
•Ways to assess your current and future organizational exposure under different scenarios
•Who should be involved (internal and external) in pandemic planning
•What are some practical steps to begin implementing pandemic planning in your organization
Whether or not you have a formal pandemic plan, this session will provide practical advice on what is involved in pandemic planning, how to incorporate it in your organization’s overall business continuity management efforts, and how pandemic planning can improve your organization’s ability to continue to operate during such a crisis.
* eligible for 1.0 CPE credit

Experis Finance is pleased to announce another installment of our “Hot Topics Series” for Chief Audit Executives and their teams. This series of webinars provide practical insights on topics of interest to internal audit professionals. This discussion covers the proven components of high performing internal audit teams. In today’s business environment, Internal Audit Departments have to assemble highly effective teams and activities that produce insightful work for their organization in an efficient and nimble manner. Acquiring top notch talent, keeping them engaged and motivated, then having this team complete value-added audits as quickly and effectively as possible, is the ultimate goal of internal audit executives today.

The webinar will provide participants with the following learning objectives:

•Hear discussion on leading practices from cutting edge audit functions
•Learn strategies on how to recruit, engage, challenge and retain the best internal audit talent for your organization
•Understand the impact of today’s job market environment as you plan to address your Human Capital challenges in the year ahead
•Discuss approaches to enable your internal audit function to provide more insight and expertise to your organization in the future
•Hear strategies to employ to reduce internal audit completion cycle times and increase the value of each audit deliverable
•Highlight the leading factors to establishing a winning culture within your internal audit function

Presenters
Ed Williams, Sr. Manager, Risk Advisory Services, Experis
Timothy Lietz, Director, Risk Advisory Services, Experis

Machine learning can bring a lot of value to companies - if they use it correctly. In this informative and lively session, we examine myths and truths about machine learning and, as a bonus, share ways to build better models.

As companies realize the need for rapid application development, they are embracing DevOps methodologies. But implementing DevOps practices without establishing a culture of quality often results in lower quality software or a poor customer experience, which impacts the business bottom line. Leave this session with ideas, approaches, and tools to shift your organization’s culture, process, and technology toward quality.

Robotic process automation, or RPA, can speed up and improve many rote business processes. Learn how to scale up or expand into other areas of your business with tips to accelerate your success, from technologies to processes, in a center of excellence framework.