Lisa Traina, CPA/CITP, CGMA, president and owner of information technology security firm Traina & Associates, suggests ways for organizations with limited IT budgets to keep their data secure.
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Information management and technology assurance
Bringing analytics to life
The use of analytics has been recognized as a crucial part of any decision-making process in businesses. The explosion in transactional and nontransactional data that organizations have access to has made the need for new tools and technologies vital for organizational success.
3 iPhone camera tips
1. When operating the iPhone camera, the volume buttons can also be used to take a picture. 2. You can also take a picture using the volume buttons on your iPhone headphones. 3. Holding the camera’s picture button down will take a series of pictures. J. Carlton Collins (carlton@asaresearch.com) is
5 iPhone tips
1. When typing on the iPhone, double-tap the space bar to insert a period. 2. Your iPhone will charge faster in airplane mode. 3. Shake your iPhone to undo what you recently typed. 4. Swipe the iPhone Compass app to the left to use your iPhone as a level. 5.
Microsoft’s little-known anti-virus tool
Microsoft provides a free built-in anti-virus solution called Windows Defender.
Hotspot on fire
FreedomPop is a relatively new company that offers free high-speed mobile broadband internet; you just need to purchase one of its hotspot devices.
Ex-if
My high-end digital camera was recently stolen, and although the loss is covered by insurance, I am out the $1,000 deductible. Are there any cost-effective GPS tracking solutions I can use to keep tabs on my replacement camera?
Tech-no-phobes
The advantages of technologies may seem obvious to you and me, but not everyone agrees.
Excel: Windows vs. Mac
Our company uses Excel 2013 running on Windows, but one of our employees wants to switch to a Mac. If we allow him to do this, will his Mac-based Excel files be compatible with the rest of our office’s Windows users, and are there any specific differences between Excel for Mac and Excel for Windows?
Expanding your app-titude
A monthly look at mobile apps that can make the CPA’s job and life better. This month: SlideShark makes PowerPoint on iPads less painful … Online storage/synchronization: Dropbox, et al.
Apple nearly catches Samsung as smartphone sales soar
Strong demand for the new iPhone 6 and 6+ almost boosted Apple past Samsung in worldwide smartphone shipments.
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.
Viewing cybersecurity through a COSO lens
The principles outlined in a popular internal control framework can help organizations manage their cybersecurity.
When clipboard freezes
Occasionally my Windows 8 computer refuses to copy and paste additional content, and I find that I must reboot to restore the copy-and-paste functionality. Can you tell me how to avoid or fix this problem?
Updating links in Excel
Could a macro be used to update our workbook links automatically on a periodic basis?
Forever snippy
In Windows 8.1, pressing the PrintScreen button takes a snapshot of my desktop and saves it to my Windows Clipboard so I can paste the results into Word, Excel, or elsewhere; but how do I create a file image of my PrintScreen results?
Scrubbing Facebook
You don’t want your Facebook content to jeopardize potential job opportunities; therefore, you were wise to scour your Facebook page and remove obviously disparaging content, but this scrubbing measure might not be enough.
Broken formulas
In Excel, I use the CONCATENATE function to combine customer address information, but I would like the formula to display the results on separate lines in the same cell instead of just one line. Is there a way to accomplish this?
Expanding your app-titude
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How health care data security rules may affect you
CPAs must properly secure any patient health care data that may come into their possession, to avoid potentially severe civil and criminal penalties.
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