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Predicting Disruptive Technologies

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ISACA Panel: Predicting Disruptive Technologies Moderator: Rosemary M. Amato, CISA, CMA, CPA, Managing Director within Global Finance, Deloitte, serving as EMEA Controller

Panelists:

Natasha R. Barnes, CISA, IT Manager, Internal Audit & Financial Advisory, Protiviti

Justine Bone, CEO, MedSec

Ashley C. Holmes, CISA, CISM,CRISC, VP, Information Security Governance Manager, SunTrust Banks, Inc.

Claudia M. Johnson, Dr. rer.nat., CISSP, Cloud Technologist, Oracle

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Panelist descriptions: disruptive technologies in their fields



• Rosemary M. Amato, CISA, CMA, CPA, Managing Director within Global Finance, Deloitte, serving as EMEA Controller

• Overview of current disruptive technologies in the work environment and everyday life

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Did you know?

• Companies spent nearly US$ 300 billion on 'disruptive innovation-related' M&A deals in 2016, four times the $72 billion in 2012

• Significant political and economic shifts, disruptive technologies, social-media driven changes in attitudes, unpredictable weather and the constant threat of terrorism and cyber-attack are just a few of the issues being grappled with.

• Which means companies are more exposed to failure and exploitation, to theft, fraud and abuse

• Uncertainty is the new normal

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How do you keep up with each new disruptive technology?

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How do you approach change more broadly?

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• Disruptive technologies can complement each other to drive greater value.• Blockchain can serve as a new foundational protocol for trust throughout the enterprise and

beyond. • Cognitive technologies make automated response possible across all enterprise domains.• Digital reality breaks down geographic barriers between people, and systemic barriers between

humans and data. • Together, these technologies can fundamentally reshape how work gets done, or set the stage for

new products and business models.

See Tech Trends from for more info: https://www2.deloitte.com/insights/us/en/focus/tech-trends/2018/tech-trends-introduction.html

https://www2.deloitte.com/insights/us/en/focus/tech-trends/2018/tech-trends-introduction.html


Today we will hear about

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• Cybersecurity in health care: medical devices, smart hospitals, sensitive data • Artificial Intelligence in financial services: connecting to big data and bots• RPA – Robotic Process Automation• The future of cloud



• Justine Bone, CEO, MedSec

• Cybersecurity in health care: medical devices, smart hospitals, sensitive data

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• Ashley C. Holmes, CISA, CISM, CRISC, VP, Information Security Governance Manager, SunTrust Banks, Inc.

• Artificial Intelligence in financial services: connecting to big data and bots

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• Natasha R. Barnes, CISA, IT Manager, Internal Audit & Financial Advisory – Protiviti

• Robotic Process Automation

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RPA bot reporting for duty.

1. Collect process documentation

2. Program process steps and references

(applications and documents) 3. Execute RPA activities

(manual or scheduled)

What is robotic process automation (RPA)?How it Works

Goals

• Save time • Save money • Enhance

performance• Increase reliability

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What are the benefits of RPA in an organization?Higher Quality

Productivity Increase

Cost Reduction

Ease of Implementation

Reduction in human errors

Faster processes and availability around

the clock

Initial results possible within a short time

frame

Lower process costs and easily scalable

Complete audit trail maintained

Employees can focus on value-adding

activities

Potential for rapid return on investment

No significant technical expertise

required

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The World of robotic process automation (RPA)

Strategy | Governance | Sponsorship | Business CaseBusiness Foundation

Infrastructure | Security Policy | Software | Change ManagementTechnology Foundation

Operate

Design

Deploy

Build

RPA Lifecycle RPA

AutomationOpportunity

Protiviti’s RPA Governance Framework

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User Provisioning | Process Mapping

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robo

tics

man

ual

Obtain User Details from HR System

Add User to Financial System

Start Finish

Grant Access within

Financial System

ValidateOpen Items

Trouble Shoot 5%

RPA POTENTIAL GREATER THAN 90%

User Exists?

No

Yes

Obtain User Details from HR System

Add User to Financial System

Start FinishGrant Access

within Financial System

ValidateOpen Items

Mark Exception

User Exists?

No

Yes

All manual steps in scope are automated.Additionally, the common error handling cases can also be automated.

The process of user provisioning is depicted below in a simplified manner before and after RPA.


Challenges of RPA in an Organization

Workforce Impact Security and Privacy

Governance/Compliance Time Frames and Red Tapes

Tool Identification Visibility Issues

Making a Business Case Change Management

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• Claudia M. Johnson, Dr. rer.nat., CISSP,Cloud Technologist, Oracle

• The future of the cloud

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Panel discussion: Questions from the moderator and audience

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