Information Technology Resources
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The Information Technology Center helps members to meet the challenges of emerging technologies, by providing comprehensive tools and access to the latest information in the field.
Published on May 18, 2012
Privacy Resources
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The protection of sensitive information is a high priority to organizations at large. This page provides useful resources to learn more about privacy initiatives through reports, articles and other sources.
Published on May 09, 2012
United States-Computer Emergency Readiness Team
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Cyber Security Tip ST04-008—Benefits of BCC Although in many situations it may be appropriate to list email recipients in the To: or CC: fields, sometimes using the BCC: field may be the most desirable option. This Alert discusses some of the privacy
Published on May 09, 2012
National Institute of Standards and Technology
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This page contains links to publications from the National Institute of Standards and Technology on privacy related topics.
Published on May 09, 2012
Identity Theft
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Learn more about identity theft by visiting the articles and sites on this page.
Published on May 09, 2012
Trust Services PC
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The document, Trust Services Principles, Criteria, and Illustrations provides guidance when providing assurance services, advisory services, or both on information technology (IT)-enabled systems including electronic commerce (e-commerce) systems. It is particularly relevant when providing services with respect to security, availability, processing integrity, online privacy, and confidentiality.
Published on May 01, 2012
Service Organization Control Reports
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The purpose of this 2 hour video webcast is to provide better understanding on how the replacement of SAS 70 reports by three new reporting options affects their risks and assurance concerns.
Published on April 30, 2012
IT Assurance Services
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Assurance Services are independent professional services that improve information quality or its context. The major purpose of assurance services is to provide independent and professional opinions that improve the quality of information to management as well as other decision makers within an organization.
Published on April 30, 2012
Service Organization Control Reporting
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Today, it is common for entities to outsource business tasks or functions to service organizations, even those that are core to an entity’s operations. Although user entities may rely on a service organization to perform outsourced tasks or functions, the user entity still retains responsibility (and the risks associated) for
Published on April 27, 2012
Business Intelligence
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Business intelligence (BI) refers to the use of technologies to support the collection, integration, analysis, and presentation of business information. The purpose of business intelligence is to help managers better understand their organization?s operations, make more informed business decisions, and manage operational performance.
Published on April 26, 2012
Data Management
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Data management plays a significant role in an organization’s ability to generate revenue, control costs and mitigate risks. Successfully being able to share, store, protect and retrieve the ever-increasing amount of data can be the competitive advantage needed to grow in today’s business environment.
Published on April 26, 2012
2012 Top Technology Initiatives
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The 2012 AICPA Top Technology Initiative survey was conducted from Jan. 17-Feb. 15 and was based on responses from 2,259 AICPA members who are interested in information technology. This year, the survey included a new methodology intended to explore IT issues in more depth.
Published on April 26, 2012
2012 Top Technology Initiatives Master Toolkit
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2012 Top Technology Initiatives Marketing Toolkit
Published on April 26, 2012
A Practice Aid for Records Retention
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This practice aid provides an overview of what to consider when assessing records retention requirements, discuss possible frameworks that can be applied in the development of a records retention policy, and provides an overview of the factors that organizations should consider in assessing their records retention needs and strategy for
Published on April 24, 2012
An Overview of Data Management
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This document provides an overview to help accountants understand the potential value that data management and data governance initiatives can provide to their organizations, and the critical role that accountants can play to help ensure these initiatives are a success.
Published on April 24, 2012