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Compliance: How to Position for Ultimate Effectiveness
Positioning Compliance for EffectivenessPositioning the compliance function for effectiveness is a matter of first defining the roles executive management and the...
Electronic Discovery Risks, Challenges and Procedures
Electronic discovery (eDiscovery) refers to the process of searching, locating and securing electronic data for the purpose of using it as evidence in a legal cas...
What Are the Benefits and Risks Associated With Data Integrity?
Data integrity is the assurance that information can only be accessed or modified by those authorized to access the system. Measures taken to ensure integrity inc...
What You Need to Know About Robotic Process Automation
Are You Familiar With Robotic Process Automation?Robotic process automation (RPA) has been gaining traction as an efficient way to automate labor-intensive and re...
Close-the-Books Guide: Reduce Financial Close Risk
A fast, close-the-books process provides multiple benefits for the finance function and for the company. First, a fast close process creates more time for finance...
Settlement Risk: Using Key Performance Indicators to Mitigate Exposure
Settlement risk, in its simplest form, is the risk that one party won’t hold up their end in a transaction. There are several reasons this can occur, includi...
Developing Budgets: What You Need to Know
In a previous blog on Managing Mergers and Acquisitions KPIs, we discussed what exactly key performance indicators are:“KPIs are generally defined as quantifiable...
How to Keep Your Organization’s Policies Up to Date
Defined policies and procedures play an integral role in efficient and effective company operations. They are also key to the company’s internal control environme...
Self Assessment: Launching Here and Soaring Beyond
First Step: Use Self-Assessment Within the Internal Audit DepartmentThe first and simplest way to use the self-assessment process is to use it in determining your...
What You Need to Know About GDPR Compliance
Are You Familiar With GDPR?The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) became effective May 25, 2018, and introduced strict rules for the protection of the pers...
