IT Governance, Risk & Controls

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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.

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