CFO Insights
This month, we explore the key areas CFOs are prioritising amid economic uncertainty, inflation and growing cybersecurity threats. This issue covers strategies for protecting sensitive data from cyberattacks and provides an update on important changes to EU sustainability regulations that could affect compliance.
Featured Pieces
CFOs’ Risk Outlook — The Economy, Cyber and Talent Are Top Concerns
Facing economic uncertainty and rising inflation, CFOs are prioritising cost optimisation, cybersecurity and talent management. This blog post explores the strategies helping businesses stay resilient and thrive.
How CFOs Can Protect Data From Cybersecurity Attacks
This article, featuring Managing Director Charles Sorrano, highlights the critical role of data protection for CFOs and details common cybercriminal tactics. Discover practical tips for identifying and safeguarding valuable data, conducting audits, and training employees.
When Money Isn’t Cheap, M&A Due Diligence Must Go Deeper
Protiviti’s Jim DeLoach maps the critical questions dealmakers should ask about their targets’ primary assets, compliance histories, ESG performance and talent pipelines before signing on the dotted line.
EU Omnibus Proposals May Substantially Scale Down CSRD Reporting Obligations
On February 26, 2025, the European Commission released an omnibus package aimed at significantly scaling down several EU sustainability regulations. The main regulations affected are the CSRD, the CSDDD, the EU Taxonomy, the CBAM and InvestEU.
If adopted, the proposals could remove many companies from scope for CSRD and reduce the reporting burden for the remainder by extending certain deadlines. In this report, we share some of the most significant proposed changes related to these regulations, and how they may play out for companies in the different compliance categories.
Spotlight
- Now open for responses: Protiviti x LSE - GENERATIONS Global Annual Survey
- CSDDD: It’s Not Too Soon To Get Moving
- Technology Enablement — Fueled by Data — Is the Ticket to Cost Optimisation
- Managing Organisational Blind Spots and Disruption
- SAP and BlackLine Integration: How One Client Simplified Its Accounting and Financial Processes
