Blog Archives Titles of Blog Posts from Roland|Criss > Common Deficiencies in Retirement Plan Audits > Cybersecurity Audits of Employee Benefit Plan Vendors Fall Short > Pressure Mounts on Healthcare Plans > Cybersecurity Regulatory Hotspots in 2025 > Managing a 401(k) Plan is Risky Business > What Does it Mean to Monitor Service Providers? > Assessments Enhance Assurance > HR is Pivotal in Cybersecurity Culture > Cybersecurity: Meeting the Risk & Regulatory Challenge > Third-Party Risk Management for Employee Benefit Plans > Independent 3(16) Fiduciary > Third-Party Risk Management (“TPRM”) > The Cyber Fiduciary > Why Investment Decision-Making is not Easy > Building Resilient Benefit Plan Committees > Healthcare & Welfare Plans Reach a Tipping Point > DOL Cybersecurity Audits Embrace Health Plans > Select and Manage a Health & Welfare Plan Broker Wisely > Navigating the Cybersecurity Landscape > Essential Elements of an Effective Cybersecurity Governance Strategy > Understanding the Digital Battlefield > Documents You’ll Need for a DOL Cybersecurity Audit > Concerns Grow Over Vendors’ Use of AI > What a Vendor’s Data Security Audit Proves > Principled Performance > Six Essential Policies > The Roland|Criss 4D Framework > Capital Preservation Funds > Mutual Fund Share Classes > Cybersecurity Triggers a New Paradigm in Vendor Monitoring > Healthcare & Welfare Plans Reach a Tipping Point > Cybersecurity’s Role in Plan Governance > Peering Into the Underbelly of Vendors’ Data Systems > RFP Insights for Recordkeeping Services > The Unpleasant Reality of Managing Vendors > AI: Beyond the Hype > TPRM is a Vital Fiduciary Discipline > Clarifying the Fee Rule > Data Security > Service Providers > Essential Governance Policies > GRC Framework > Should IT leaders be members of EBP committees? > The FTC’s cyber reporting rule warrants HR’s attention > What cybersecurity insurance covers > Cybersecurity and ERISA Plan Management > SOC it to Me > What fiduciary liability insurance covers > For better or for worse > Beware of the name game > What will become of pending retirement plan legislation? > How can fiduciaries serve safely in their highly regulated role? > Stewardship Maturity in Human Resources > Five Deadly Payroll Errors > What Qualifies YOU to be a Fiduciary? > Modernizing Practices for Investment Fiduciaries > How to Maintain Assurance > The Investment Policy Audit > Cybersecurity: Meeting the Risk & Regulatory Challenge > CPAs Shift Audit Risk to Plan Fiduciaries > The Evolving Face of Risk > Cybersecurity Essentials for HR Leaders & CFOs > Best Practices for Investment Fiduciaries > Data Security: Best Practices for Retirement Plans > The Expanding Unseen Risks in Retirement Plan Management > Fiduciary Perspectives on the Pandemic > COVID-19 Can Disrupt Traditional Investment Fiduciary Decision-Making > Five Key Actions ERISA Plan Fiduciaries Can Take to Mitigate COVID-19 Risk > The Remedy for Data Security Threats > Data Security Policy Considerations > Unraveling the Complexities of 403(b) Plans > Risk Strategies for Nonprofit ERISA Plans > The Real Impact of the Fee Disclosure Rule > A Periodic Comprehensive Plan Review is a Must > How Leading Fiduciaries Prevent Excessive Fee Lawsuits > Cybersecurity is a Fiduciary Matter > Where Did all the Trust Go? > Employee Benefit Risk Management from a Board’s Perspective > Timely Deposit of Retirement Plan Contributions > The Human Resources Community Needs an Intervention > 5 Operations Failures that Lead to DOL Problems > Video: FiduciaryGRC Makes Managers Better > Video: A Periodic Comprehrensive Qualified Plan Review is a Must > Video: Automating the ERISA Prudent Process > Video: Fiduciary Basics > Automating Fiduciary Controls > 5 Causes of Excessive Retirement Plan Fees > Upping the Ante on Conflicts of Interest > CPAs to Give ERISA Plans More Scrutiny > Habits of Best-in-Class Fiduciaries > Retirement Plan Investment Programs Harbor New Risks > ERISA Regulatory Enforcement Priority > Fiduciary Operations Assessments Cut Risk > When Employees Overpay…Employers Pay! > Seek Fiduciary Risk Assurance Backward > Action Plan for Monitoring Vendors > Unraveling the Complexities of 403(b) Plans > Staying Ahead of the Regulatory Tide > Staying Ahead of the Changing Healthcare Landscape > Understanding the Requirements of Plan Fiduciaries > Introducing the Retirement Plan Supply Chain > Retirement Plan Audits are Under the DOL’s Scrutiny > GRC Strategies for Nonprofit ERISA Qualified Plans > Why 401(k) Committees are Mulling Over IRA Rollovers > Four Key Trends in ERISA Process Outsourcing > 3(16) Services Can Hide under a Veil of Authenticity > Automating Fiduciary Compliance > Pursue Fiduciary Risk Assurance Backward > Tricky Angles on Fiduciary Duty #3 > Tricky Angles on Fiduciary Duty #2 > Tricky Angles on Fiduciary Duty > Know Your ERISA Plan’s Cybersecurity Duty > Payroll Breeds Trouble for Fiduciaries > Fiduciary Fallout Gets Personal for Human Resources VP > The Secret to Winning a Fiduciary Lawsuit > What it Means to “Monitor” Vendors > ERISA Regulatory Enforcement Emphasis > The Brewing Crisis Over Retirement Plan Fees > Avoid the risk that traps many HR managers > The Duke University case reshuffles human resources priorities > Fiduciary Habits of Best-in-Class HR Executives > 5 Answers to Best Practices Questions > The Veil of Authenticity > The Veil of Conflicts > The Veil of Complexity > Doing Fiduciary Governance Right Matters > IRA fiduciary rollover risk can be managed > Lawsuits Reveal the Risk Issues for 403(b) and 401(k) Plan Fiduciaries > Penalties hit ERISA plans in spite of CPA audits > How ERISA plan sponsors should respond to the new fiduciary rule > What if your ERISA plan’s CPA isn’t qualified? > Has Risk Trumped the Pursuit of Excellence? > Computer Automation Alleviates Fiduciary Risk > Retirement Plan Investment Programs Harbor Newly Revealed Risks > 4 Consequences of Not Having a Procurement Plan for Retirement Services > Managing Employee Benefit Risks in a New Regulatory Era > The “So What” of the New Conflict of Interest Rule > What is the Fiduciary Standard? > The Operational Impact of Fiduciary Rule Changes > Automating Fiduciary Compliance > Confronting the Complexities of Business Leadership > Are Conflicts of Interest Harmful…Really? > The REAL Impact of 408(b)(2) > Year End Takeaways for Plan Administrators > The Significance of a Signature > On a scale from 1 to 10, how vulnerable is your retirement plan? > Can ERISA go Organic? > Are We Sinking in a Sea of Conflicts? > Behind a Veil of Authenticity > Fiduciary Fumbles: How Do Plan Sponsors Choose the Right Fiduciary? > The Right Way to Construct a TPA / 3(16) Service Provider Model > 3(16) Fiduciary: New Flavor, or Simply a Matured Palate? > Two Takeaways from Fidelity’s Court Battle > Unraveling an ERISA 3(16) Plan Administrator’s Duties > The “Fiduciary” Fad: Can Anyone Be a Fiduciary? > “Starter Plan” or Non-Starter Idea: Obama’s “MyRA” Proposal > Update on Fiduciary Standard for Endowments and Foundations > The Gold Standard > What You Should Expect from your 3(16) Fiduciary > The Argument for a 3(16) Plan Administrator, Now > 401(k) Fee Structures Just Cracked! > Is the DOL forcing a change in the Plan Administrator role?
