IT Governance, Risk & Controls

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May 15, 2015

Cyber concerns show no signs of cooling off, former Homeland Security chief says

The digital sun will never set, which means that digital threats to business and government will only grow in the future, Tom Ridge said Friday.

April 13, 2015

Monitoring fraud risks in the supply chain

Mark Pearson, who works in supply chain forensics for Deloitte, explains how companies can probe one of the top risks—third-party expense categories—and avoid overpaying.

January 28, 2015

How to manage risks connected with the “internet of things”

Although web-connected products and the “internet of things” provide opportunities for transformative growth, they also may carry substantial risks.

January 14, 2015

Viewing cybersecurity through a COSO lens

The principles outlined in a popular internal control framework can help organizations manage their cybersecurity.

July 23, 2014

Technology plays a role in board members’ top two concerns

In a business environment where a damaging Twitter post can have disastrous effects on a company’s financials, reputational risk remains the top nonfinancial concern for corporate directors, according to a new survey report. Another risk rooted in technology—cybersecurity and information technology risk—is rising quickly among directors’ concerns, according to the

May 1, 2014

How to use COSO to assess IT controls

CPAs can assess the effectiveness of their organization’s information technology controls by using Principle 11 of the newly updated internal control framework of the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). See a step-by-step procedure for applying Principle 11 to IT controls.

January 1, 2014

Unstructured data: How to implement an early warning system for hidden risks

Companies rarely use technology to effectively identify risks beyond those related to business and transaction processing in financial and operating system internal controls. This article provides techniques to expand the scope of an organization’s risk management processes—in a way that may help some identify hidden risks before they emerge as full-blown crises.