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Information security & privacy
The robots are not just coming, they are already here
In the accounting technology industry, machine learning systems are already working in the background.
How board members can perform oversight of cybersecurity risks
A new tool can help board members understand what questions to ask in their oversight of cybersecurity risk management.
How consumers are changing their behavior to combat ID theft
Four of out five respondents say they’ve changed their behavior in response to the threat of cyberbreaches affecting credit card and debit card processing systems.
Online security: The password-recovery questions you should be answering
The challenge for organizations is to not make the security questions so difficult that users are unable to remember their answers later.
SEC publishes new requirements for cybersecurity disclosures
Public companies received new guidance from the SEC on the disclosures they should make related to cybersecurity.
Internet forms: Password-protecting Form 941
How to add password protection to IRS Form 941, Employer’s Quarterly Tax Return.
Bruce Sussman, CPA
Adapting defensive tools to be used in an analytic, predictive mode is a key to facing cybersecurity challenges, according to Bruce Sussman, CPA, payment card industry global executive for AIG.
Cybersecurity tips from the ‘Shark Tank’
Shark Tank star and cybersecurity expert Robert Herjavec said CPAs have an important role to play as trusted advisers on cybersecurity.
Cybersecurity: A new engagement opportunity
CPAs who possess the appropriate expertise can perform new consulting and attest services for clients under a recently released AICPA framework. Developing expertise in this area is the key.
Blockchain opens new era for cross-border payments
Blockchain could streamline how money moves between nations.
Cybersecurity by the numbers
Key statistics illustrate the threats facing the accounting profession—and potential liability for firms if a breach occurs.
A factor of singular importance in cloud computing
What should CPAs be doing to better protect their data and derive more value from the investments in technology? Find out from our panel of accounting technology experts.
The single factor of most concern in the cloud
Our annual technology roundtable explores the importance of multifactor authentication and solutions for securing clients’ data in the cloud.
How to protect your CPA practice from hackers
Nick Graf, an ethical hacker with CNA, discusses all the cyber threats that go bump in the night and ways to prevent them from harming your business.
Why finance executives should care about blockchain
This column discusses five reasons finance executives should care about blockchain and its potential.
A new cybersecurity risk management reporting framework for management and CPAs
The framework gives an organization’s management criteria for explaining its cybersecurity risk management program and provides CPAs with guidance to be used in engagements to report on clients’ cybersecurity controls.
Default Google Chrome to incognito mode
To launch Chrome’s incognito mode by default in Windows 10, create a shortcut on your Desktop and edit the shortcut’s command line as follows.
Use of driver’s license numbers raises security concerns
The decision of the IRS and some states to recommend—or, in a few cases, require—the use of driver’s license numbers as form of authentication on electronically filed personal tax returns has made them a higher-value target for hackers and other criminals.
Great links for increasing your digital knowledge
These recently released publications can help jump-start CPA efforts to remain competitive in the evolving digitized environment.
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