Integrating data analytics into internal audit can yield considerable improvements in both speed and accuracy, but it requires a sweeping change in mindset and approach. “With the exponential growth ...

Modern privacy programs operate across websites, mobile applications, advertising platforms, CRM systems, cloud services, ...

The Institute of Internal Auditors has published a new guide to help auditors deal with the challenges of “big data,” the huge volumes of structured and unstructured information that’s being generated ...

Financial statement auditors increasingly need to know more about their clients’ businesses. Thanks to advances in data analytics and software, many auditors are finding ways to gain deeper ...

California just became the first state where data privacy compliance is no longer self-graded. Under regulations finalized by the California Privacy Protection Agency that give CalPrivacy regulators ...

Data security, once the realm of the IT department, has catapulted into a headline-grabbing topic in 2018, especially in light of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony before Congress in April.

As the Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) compliance challenge continues for financial services organizations, automated data auditing has become a priority. But how can you design data auditing systems and ...

Data is more than just information. In the age of analytics-as-a-service, it's a valuable asset. The Big Data and analytics market has a value of $274 billion globally. A significant part of that ...

The state’s power grid operator had already planned on auditing several data center proposals, but Abbott’s directive reworks the timeline and adds new requirements.