How to hire an ethical hacker
Rob Goldberg, a principal at Deloitte, offers advice on why companies should hire an ethical hacker and how such a hacker can bolster cybersecurity.
Information Management and Technology Assurance
Ways to ward off cyberthieves outside the office
Working outside the office can leave you open to invasions from hackers if your device or the Wi-Fi network you’re on is not secure.
Microsoft Office: Tips for Excel-based financial reports
When it comes to producing financial statements and reports in Excel, here are a few formatting rules that may help the reports appear more professional.
Microsoft Excel: Upgrade to the latest Excel features
The days of downloading and installing the prerelease beta version of Microsoft Excel are gone, but you can still install the latest prerelease beta features for free.
Ergonomics: Ideas for a more productive workspace
You may want to consider the ideas in the following ergonomics checklist, which I developed based on years of sitting at other people's desks while installing accounting software.
Finding out if one can prosper investing in loans
A monthly look at applications, gadgets, and other technology that can improve a CPA’s job and life.
Cryptocurrency gift strategies for not-for-profits
Not-for-profits should proceed carefully as they consider whether to accept gifts of virtual currency. And here’s how they should proceed if they do.
The human skill CPAs need to leverage technology
As technology provides more and more real-time business information, CPAs will have the opportunity to provide valuable business advice to clients. To do that, however, CPAs need to ask the right questions of the right people to understand how the client’s business really functions, advises Amy Vetter, CPA/CITP, CGMA, CEO, The B3 Method Institute.
Don’t be scared of the robots; embrace them
While some view robotics and automation as a threat to accounting jobs, technology expert Amy Vetter, CPA/CITP, CGMA, sees these technologies helping accountants do their jobs more efficiently and effectively.
What you need to do to learn new technologies
The best way is to just do it, says technology expert Amy Vetter, CPA/CITP, CGMA, CEO, The B3 Method Institute.
CPAs’ route to high-tech starts in the cloud
The ability to access data and applications through the internet is essential for CPAs and their employers to leverage technology advances such as robotic process automation, artificial intelligence, and blockchain, explains technology expert Amy Vetter, CPA/CITP, CGMA, CEO, The B3 Method Institute.
What CPAs need to know about 4 cryptoasset classes
This article breaks down cryptoassets into four categories.
Cyber liability: Managing evolving exposures
Cyber liability exposures and regulations impacting CPA firms’ duties to protect confidential information have evolved significantly in recent years.
Account management: Trading many passwords for one
Because password management can be such a daunting process, you might want to consider using a password management tool to help you manage and periodically update your passwords.
Account management: Avoid commonly used passwords
Some CPAs consider themselves clever for coming up with easy-to-remember passwords, but hackers are often wise to this tactic.
12 common technology mistakes you should avoid
A typical technology review can uncover dozens of technological shortcomings at your organization. This article describes 12 common shortcomings and offers advice for avoiding them.
Microsoft Office: Pasting bullet lists from Word to Excel
J. Carlton Collins, CPA, explains how to paste a bullet list from Word into a single cell in Excel.
Break your digital addiction
Is your smartphone distracting you at work and at home? It’s possible to untether yourself.
Microsoft Office: Memory problems in Excel
Be aware that this memory error is not limited to just the VLOOKUP function, it can also occur in older editions of Excel when using the following six functions: HLOOKUP, LOOKUP, INDIRECT, OFFSET, INDEX, and MATCH.
Speech to text: Improving voice-recognition accuracy
Here are a few measures for improving your voice-recognition accuracy.
