auditing
4 things you can do to minimize cyberattacks on supply and value chains
Supply chain attacks target the weakest spot in most every enterprise’s security program: third-party access. The SolarWinds hack was a classic supply chain attack, …
Cloud technology adoption gap between internal audit and other enterprise functions to narrow
Internal audit’s ongoing digital transformation will rapidly accelerate in 2021, with 22% of respondents reporting that they will implement cloud-based technology this year, …
Leaders need to find ways to increase internal audit capacity without increasing budgets
A study of 299 internal audit organizations showed that the function faced both declining budgets and a significantly expanded workload in 2020, according to Gartner. “For …
Passing a compliance audit in the cloud doesn’t have to be hard
Companies are required to comply with regulations that set standards specific to financial and size thresholds, industry type, customer categories, or other parameters. But …
Organizations further along the digital transformation maturity spectrum have an advantage
Concerns around security, privacy, cloud and technology resilience are being further fueled by shifting business priorities, the pandemic-induced remote work environment and …
How to take SASE from a buzzword to a plan
Whether you are talking to your leadership or external auditors, it’s always best to be able to explain that your cybersecurity program is based on a framework utilizing …
How the pandemic has accelerated existing risk trends
COVID-19 has reorganized the risk landscape for chief audit executives (CAEs), as CAEs have listed IT governance as the top risk for 2021, according to Gartner. Analysts said …
Risk professionals expect a dynamic risk environment in 2021
A majority of audit and risk professionals believe the risk environment will continue to be dynamic and unpredictable in 2021, rather than returning to more stable …
Quantum computers: How to prepare for this great threat to information security
The race is on to build the world’s first reliable and truly useful quantum computer, and the finish line is closer than you might think – we might even reach it this …
Compliance activities cost organizations $3.5 million annually
Organizations are struggling to keep up with IT security and privacy compliance regulations, according to a Telos survey. Annual compliance cost The survey, which polled 300 …
2020 trends in SOX compliance
SOX & Internal Controls Professionals Group released a survey which measures the costs, execution, challenges and priorities faced by companies that comply with the …
Thousands of ISO certifications at risk of lapsing due to halted re-certification audits
Thousands of valuable ISO management system certifications earned by UK companies may now be at risk because auditors from Certification Bodies may not have been able to …