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 ...

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 ...

In this, the first in a two-part series, we walk through the initial steps businesses need to take to mobilize their data: a data audit and data consolidation. It has been argued that “data is the ...

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.

Most companies are subject to audit, be these quality or financial. Audits, as defined in the internal standards for quality audits, ISO 19011:2018—Guidelines for auditing management systems, are a ...

Big Data is powerful. It can also be daunting. The current data analytic landscape focuses on the use of “scripts” that can identify duplicates and quantitative outliers. Yet, there is little guidance ...

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 ...

As audit firms face growing transaction volumes, increasingly complex client environments, and mounting pressure to improve audit quality and efficiency, MindBridge is introducing new capabilities ...

As the world of business grows in complexity, the Internal Audit process has become more time consuming and difficult. Internal auditors are often unable to validate that a business is being run ...

In a finding that should surprise no one, an audit of how UK political parties are handling voter information has surfaced a damning lack of compliance with data protection rules across the political ...