Editor’s note: The author is technical director of the AICPA Center for Plain English Accounting. Addressing audit risk in financial statements with high levels of substantive procedures toward the ...

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board issued a report Thursday warning about significant deficiencies it is seeing in auditing firms’ assessment of risks in their clients. Processing Content ...

At companies where internal audit and risk processes are maturing, they are now honing their operations to become more efficient and effective. It all starts with strong, open, trusting relationships ...

In an era of increasingly sophisticated financial crimes and evolving regulatory, compliance, and internal audit needs, financial institutions must continuously refine their risk assessment strategies ...

Tracy Harding, CPA, was on his way to work and looking forward to completing an audit he was working on. But on the way in, he heard a news report that changed the objective of his day. A local ...

Annually, we perform a campus wide risk assessment, with the support of Internal Audit and the University’s Compliance Program. We embraces a holistic strategy for risk identification, utilizing a ...

Protiviti's second edition of the IT Audit Benchmarking Survey analyzes some of the underlying IT audit trends and gaps evident in organizations today. In addition to data and analysis, the survey ...

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has decided to re-propose seven auditing standards and amendments that would change the requirements for assessing audit risks. The PCAOB had initially ...

The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) has released its agenda for the September 8 board meeting, which includes (among other topics) presentation of a draft ...

The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) is seeking comment on privacy rules requiring certain large businesses to conduct annual cybersecurity audits and risk ...