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Not Yet, AI… Not Yet
I have always been a lover of technology. By DNA, I am an early adopter. Back in the 80s, I was the first person I knew to own a CD player; 20 years later, I was the first with an MP3 player. I had digital fingerprint locks on my doors before they were a hardware-store staple, and I was carrying a Canon ELPH digital camera and printing at home when most people were still dropping off rolls of film at the pharmacy.
Ankura CTIX FLASH Update – April 24, 2026
Malware Activity When Old Devices and Destructive Malware Become WeaponsA series of recent cyber incidents highlight two growing and related risks: neglected network hardware and destructive malware aimed at disruption rather than profit. In one campaign, a Mirai botnet has been actively exploiting a known flaw in discontinued D‑Link routers, allowing attackers to remotely install malware and quietly turn these outdated devices into tools for large‑scale denial‑of‑service attacks. Although the vulnerability was disclosed more than a year ago, many of these routers remain in use despite no longer receiving security updates, making them easy targets. In a separate but equally ...
The Performance Playbook: Rapidly Scaling Revenue Through Digital
What if the real threat to growth right now is not the market — but the response to it? Matt Sgrignari, Ankura Performance Improvement expert, unpacks how organizations can drive sustainable revenue in today’s turbulent financial climate.
CyberView™ Case Study — Enabling Portfolio-Wide Cyber Risk Visibility for a Global Private Equity Firm
Discover how a global private equity firm addressed a lack of portfolio wide visibility into cybersecurity risk by implementing CyberView™ as a standardized assessment and reporting capability. By establishing a common controls baseline and centralized reporting model, the firm gained consistent, defensible insight into cyber maturity and risk across its portfolio.
Putting AI to the Test: How 5 Tools Performed Across 3 Financial Models
Every finance team is being asked the same question: Should we be using AI to build our models? The Ankura OCFO® team ran identical prompts through Claude for Excel, M365 Copilot (Agent Mode), ChatGPT in Excel, Shortcut (Free Tier - Open SourceModel), and Shortcut (Pro Tier) against a fictional company (Fieldstone Retail Holdings, approximately $180 million revenue, three entities).
Regional Disruption, Force Majeure, and Delay Analysis: Preserving Program Integrity and Project Records
Recent geopolitical instability in the Middle East has created a landscape of uncertainty that will likely affect logistics, supply chains, and the delivery of construction and infrastructure projects across the region.
India’s Economic Odyssey 2026: Navigating New Frontiers of Growth and Innovation
India’s Economic Odyssey 2026 is Ankura’s in‑depth analysis of India’s economic outlook, policy environment, and sectoral opportunities as the country enters its next phase of growth. As the world’s fastest‑growing major economy in 2026, India continues to attract global investment and strategic attention.
Post‑Acquisition TSA Analytics Platform
Following a healthcare technology acquisition, the private equity sponsor inherited a complex set of transition services agreements (TSAs), covering critical operational and financial services. The buyer needed immediate visibility into TSA status, changes to service scope, and the financial implications of those changes across a multiyear-transition period.
Medicare Proposes 2.4% Hospital Reimbursement Increase
On April 10, 2026, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the fiscal year (FY) 2027 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH) Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule.
Ankura CTIX FLASH Update – April 21, 2026
Malware Activity From Ransomware to AI: Why Trust Is the New Target Recent reporting highlights a shared theme across both ransomware operations and attacks on artificial intelligence: attackers are increasingly exploiting trusted systems rather than breaking them. The Payouts King ransomware group demonstrates this by abusing QEMU, a legitimate virtualization tool, to quietly run hidden ...
