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June 3, 2013 |  BY Ken Tysiac |  Article

Robert Hirth, CPA, a founding managing director of global consulting firm Protiviti, has been named chairman of the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). COSO is a joint initiative of five private-sector organizations, including the AICPA, that provides thought leadership by developing frameworks and guidance on enterprise risk management, internal control, and fraud deterrence.

May 15, 2013 |  BY Ken Tysiac |  Article

New developments associated with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) have companies changing their compliance processes more than a decade after the law was enacted, according to a new survey report. Organizations reporting rises in SOX compliance costs and external audit fees in 2012 vastly outnumbered those reporting decreases, according to global consulting firm Protiviti’s 2013 Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Survey report.

May 14, 2013 |  BY Ken Tysiac |  Article

An important development in the internal control landscape was completed Tuesday with the release of an update to the integrated framework of the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). COSO’s popular original internal control framework, released in 1992, was accepted by the SEC as a framework for attesting to internal control over financial reporting as required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX).

May 14, 2013 |  BY Doug Prawitt, CPA, Ph.D. and Ken Tysiac |  Article

Here is how organizations can implement the newly updated, principles-based internal control framework of the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO), which was released May 14 (visit ic.coso.org). The original 1992 framework has been sharpened and refreshed to reflect the current business environment. Create a team and a plan.

March 20, 2013 |  BY Ken Tysiac |  Article

The wait for the eagerly anticipated update of a popular framework for internal control is almost over. The board of the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) has approved its updated Internal Control—Integrated Framework and expects to issue it May 14, according to a news release distributed Wednesday.

January 8, 2013 |  BY Ken Tysiac |  Article

The Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) is seeking a new chair for a three-year term that would begin June 1. Dave Landsittel, the current COSO chairman, plans to step down after serving in that capacity for the past four years. The board chair serves in a part-time, stipend position.

December 10, 2012 |  BY Ken Tysiac |  Article

While scanning the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission’s proposed internal control framework, Kenneth Vander Wal counted more than 200 mentions of technology. “That’s probably about 199 more times than the ’92 framework,” said Vander Wal, a member of COSO’s Advisory Council and past president of the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA).

November 1, 2012 |  BY Ken Tysiac |  Article

News reports show the frightening weather satellite images of a hurricane that is causing concern for leaders of an automobile manufacturing plant. The storm’s possible effects on the supply chain seem obvious as it approaches one of the company’s suppliers. The problems this could cause for internal control over the company’s financial statements are less apparent.

October 26, 2012 |  BY Ken Tysiac |  Article

The Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) on Friday released a thought paper, Risk Assessment in Practice, designed to help organizations find the optimal risk-taking zone, which the paper refers to as the “sweet spot.” “Risk assessment is all about measuring and prioritizing risks so that risk levels are managed within defined tolerance thresholds without being over controlled or forgoing desirable opportunities,” Deloitte & Touche LLP partner and paper co-author Patchin Curtis said in a news release.

September 19, 2012 |  BY Ken Tysiac |  Article

News reports show the frightening weather satellite images of a hurricane that’s causing concern for leaders of an automobile manufacturing plant. The possible effects on the supply chain as the storm approaches one of the company’s suppliers seem obvious. The problems this could cause for internal control over the company’s financial statements are less apparent.