Summary: Without question, loss or theft of any type of high-value data can have lasting, negative effects on an organization from both operational and brand perspectives. Everything negative that happens to a company and becomes public can damage its brand—and cyber breaches and loss of IP are some of the fastest ways for this damage to occur. Read this month's newsletter with the link to the article!
George W. Bush promised to eliminate it. Barack Obama vowed to reduce it by $50 billion. Donald Trump said he’d reduce it by half over the next 10 years. What is it that they were all referring to? The “improper” payments by the U.S. government every year.
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has estimated that in 2016 these types of payments cost the government $144 billion or four cents on every federal dollar spent. While not every improper payment is undeserving, ... Read more
August 1, 2017 - .The "Internet of things" (IoT) is an increasingly growing topic of conversation both in the workplace and outside of it. It's a concept that not only has the potential to impact how we live but also how we as auditor’s work and what we need to be looking at.
According to a 2015 article in The Internal Auditor, "Internal auditors should evaluate the operational and financial risks that IoT can expose their organizations to and provide ... Read more
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I will be speaking at this year's TeamMate User Forum, a global event attracting auditors from some of the most innovative audit departments in the world, both large and small, across all industries. The core purpose of the TeamMate User Forum is to connect industry leading audit professionals, users of TeamMate software, and representatives from all departments within Wolters Kluwer.
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Effective July 1, 2017 AuditNet modified the CPE fee policy. The following takes effect with all training beginning in July for CPE processing fees for non-subscribers and non-site license users attending the AuditNet 2017 Webinars. This change does not apply to those who have registered and paid for CPE. The 2017 AuditNet Webinar programs offers free CPE to subscribers (except for free and trial) and site license users (ACL, IDEA, TeamMate, ... Read more
Did you miss our 2016 Data Analytics Webinars? Not to worry - we have loaded the 2016 Minutes to Analytics Webinars on a flash drive including the recordings, data files, slides, and a player so you can watch the training at your convenience. The flash drive with all the recordings and files are available for purchase for $199 individual or $799 for groups. You can use these on your laptop when you travel, your desktop in your home or office or use them for training your staff. See the listing below of the ... Read more
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