Risk & Cybersecurity

Cherry Bekaert helps organizations manage unforeseen and emerging risks through the Firm’s risk assessment, internal audit, compliance advisory and cybersecurity services.

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How Can I Successfully Navigate My Business Risks?

At Cherry Bekaert, we design our risk and cybersecurity solutions to safeguard your business from emerging threats while boosting operational efficiency. Our team develops customized strategies to identify, evaluate, and mitigate risks, ensuring your organization remains resilient and compliant.

Our approach to risk management is comprehensive and proactive. We help you implement effective internal controls to mitigate risks and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements. We provide ongoing monitoring and reporting to ensure that your risk management strategies remain effective and aligned with your business objectives.

By working with us, clients benefit from advanced technology, industry best practices, and a proactive approach to risk management, empowering them to focus on growth and innovation with confidence.

Leverage Risk for Business Growth

We provide services to help manage your risks with confidence:

  • Information Assurance & Cybersecurity

    Our Information Assurance & Cybersecurity practice offers cybersecurity services to protect information systems and data from cyber threats. We identify risks, develop solutions and minimize the likelihood and impact of data being compromised.

  • Risk Advisory

    Our Risk Advisory practice assists clients in protecting value, powering performance, and building resilience with mature internal controls. We provide cost-effective risk management solutions that diagnose, mitigate, and monitor financial, operational and compliance risks.

  • Accounting Advisory

    Our Accounting Advisory practice helps modernize accounting organizations by providing efficient solutions to close books and enable finance and accounting teams to become business partners by providing accurate financial information for quicker decision-making.

Leveraging Enterprise Risk Management for Better Decision-Making

Learn more about our Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Services and how our professionals can help you manage organizational risks.

Our Risk Advisory & Cybersecurity Services

To help you understand and navigate this ever-changing landscape, our risk professionals provide assistance with the following solutions:

Accounting Advisory

Technical Accounting

  • Accounting Standard Implementation Services
  • Accounting for Complex Transactions
  • Technical Accounting & Financial Reporting

Accounting Transformation

Accounting Co-Sourcing

  • Accounting Services
  • Audit Readiness
  • Financial Statement Reporting
  • FP&A Strategies (Budgeting Oversight and Forecasting)
  • Post-Acquisition Assistance
  • Operating Accounting

Information Assurance & Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity Risk Management & Offensive Security Services

Attestation & Certification Services

Compliance-as-a-Service

  • GRC Framework Development & Implementation
  • Compliance Program Management
  • Governance, Strategy, Policies & Procedures
  • Lead and Manage Compliance Readiness & Remediation Work for:
    • Service Organization Controls (SOC) Services
    • Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS)
    • FedRAMP, StateRAMP, TxRAMP
    • HITRUST
    • ISO 27001, 27701, 27017
    • Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC)
    • Network & Information Security (NIS)2 Directive

Regulatory Compliance Services

  • Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC)
  • Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA)
  • NY Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) Cybersecurity Regulation
  • General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
  • California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA)
  • SEC Cyber Disclosure

Managed Security Services

Advanced Endpoint Protection

Security Information & Event Management (SIEM)

Security Orchestration & Response (SOAR)

Breach Coaching & Incident Response Advisory

Information Technology Audit & Consulting

Risk Advisory

Internal Audit Co-sourcing & Outsourcing Services

Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance

Risk Management

  • Risk Management Consulting Services for the Financial Services Industry
  • Enterprise Risk Management
    • Enterprise Risk Management Frameworks
    • Enterprise Risk Assessments
    • Project Risk Review
    • Risk Training
  • Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM)
  • Governance, Policy & Procedure Development
  • Risk Management Training & Change Acceleration

Risk Analytics & Data Management

Control Testing & Compliance

System Implementation Project Assurance

Fraud Risk Analytics & Due Diligence

Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance

Internal Audit Staffing

  • Internal Audit Co-Sourcing
  • Internal Audit Outsourcing
  • Internal Audit Staff Augmentation & Support

Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Section 404 Compliance

  • SOX Compliance Readiness
  • SOX 404(a) Compliance (Disclosure Controls and Procedures (DCPs and ICFR Assessment)
  • SOX 404(b) Compliance

Control Testing & Audit Performance

Risk Assessments & Strategy

Accounting Advisory

  • Technical Accounting
  • IPO Readiness
  • Audit Readiness & Support
  • SEC Reporting & Disclosures
  • Accounting & Financial Statement Conversion & Implementation
  • Accounting Technology Support (ERP or other Technology)
  • Tactical Accounting & Audit Assistance
  • Staff Augmentation

Tax Planning & Support

Tax Provisions

ESG & Sustainability

Bank Regulatory Compliance Services

  • Bank Secrecy Act (BSA)/Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Compliance
  • BSA & AML Model Validation
  • Compliance Monitoring
  • Consent Order Remediation & Validation
  • Fair Lending Assessments
  • Lending, Deposit & Other Consumer Regulatory Compliance
  • Risk Assessments
  • Staff Augmentation

Accounting Advisory

Technical Accounting

  • Accounting Standard Implementation Services
  • Accounting for Complex Transactions
  • Technical Accounting & Financial Reporting

Accounting Transformation

Accounting Co-Sourcing

  • Accounting Services
  • Audit Readiness
  • Financial Statement Reporting
  • FP&A Strategies (Budgeting Oversight and Forecasting)
  • Post-Acquisition Assistance
  • Operating Accounting

Information Assurance & Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity Risk Management & Offensive Security Services

Attestation & Certification Services

Compliance-as-a-Service

  • GRC Framework Development & Implementation
  • Compliance Program Management
  • Governance, Strategy, Policies & Procedures
  • Lead and Manage Compliance Readiness & Remediation Work for:
    • Service Organization Controls (SOC) Services
    • Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS)
    • FedRAMP, StateRAMP, TxRAMP
    • HITRUST
    • ISO 27001, 27701, 27017
    • Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC)
    • Network & Information Security (NIS)2 Directive

Regulatory Compliance Services

  • Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC)
  • Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA)
  • NY Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) Cybersecurity Regulation
  • General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
  • California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA)
  • SEC Cyber Disclosure

Managed Security Services

Advanced Endpoint Protection

Security Information & Event Management (SIEM)

Security Orchestration & Response (SOAR)

Breach Coaching & Incident Response Advisory

Information Technology Audit & Consulting

Risk Advisory

Internal Audit Co-sourcing & Outsourcing Services

Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance

Risk Management

  • Risk Management Consulting Services for the Financial Services Industry
  • Enterprise Risk Management
    • Enterprise Risk Management Frameworks
    • Enterprise Risk Assessments
    • Project Risk Review
    • Risk Training
  • Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM)
  • Governance, Policy & Procedure Development
  • Risk Management Training & Change Acceleration

Risk Analytics & Data Management

Control Testing & Compliance

System Implementation Project Assurance

Fraud Risk Analytics & Due Diligence

Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance

Internal Audit Staffing

  • Internal Audit Co-Sourcing
  • Internal Audit Outsourcing
  • Internal Audit Staff Augmentation & Support

Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Section 404 Compliance

  • SOX Compliance Readiness
  • SOX 404(a) Compliance (Disclosure Controls and Procedures (DCPs and ICFR Assessment)
  • SOX 404(b) Compliance

Control Testing & Audit Performance

Risk Assessments & Strategy

Accounting Advisory

  • Technical Accounting
  • IPO Readiness
  • Audit Readiness & Support
  • SEC Reporting & Disclosures
  • Accounting & Financial Statement Conversion & Implementation
  • Accounting Technology Support (ERP or other Technology)
  • Tactical Accounting & Audit Assistance
  • Staff Augmentation

Tax Planning & Support

Tax Provisions

ESG & Sustainability

Bank Regulatory Compliance Services

  • Bank Secrecy Act (BSA)/Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Compliance
  • BSA & AML Model Validation
  • Compliance Monitoring
  • Consent Order Remediation & Validation
  • Fair Lending Assessments
  • Lending, Deposit & Other Consumer Regulatory Compliance
  • Risk Assessments
  • Staff Augmentation
Case Study

Navigating Compliance for Biopharma’s U.S. Expansion

Discover how Cherry Bekaert optimized regulatory, tax and SOX compliance for a biopharmaceutical company expanding into the U.S.

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Collin Hill

Chief Executive Officer and Managing Partner

Chief Executive Officer and Managing Partner, Cherry Bekaert LLP
Partner, Cherry Bekaert Advisory LLC

Scott Peyton

Risk Advisory Leader

Partner, Cherry Bekaert Advisory LLC

Chase Wright

Accounting Advisory Leader

Partner, Cherry Bekaert Advisory LLC

Kurt Manske

Information Assurance & Cybersecurity Leader

Partner, Cherry Bekaert Advisory LLC

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