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 ...

When management at Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) identified a concern related to the frequency and volume of manual journal entries, the company’s internal audit function initiated a dashboard to enable ...

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 ...

These validity tests are derived from known business policies and formulate the basis for the decision-making within the company. The results are published in reports to management. Each report ...

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.

Data privacy is at the top of the agenda as companies strive to comply with regulations such as the EU General Update To Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). At a time when firms are collecting vast ...

Loudoun County supervisors on Tuesday shelved a proposal to spend up to $200,000 on an outside audit of 15 data center projects that are allowed to move forward under the county's old rules.