Have Customers or Clients in Massachusetts New Standards Can Apply to You.
Executive Summary:
The Massachusetts regulation presents standards to be upheld by persons who own, license, store or maintain personal information about a resident of Massachusetts
Published on February 20, 2013
Statement on Auditing Standards
Overview:
These AICPA IMTA resources help support CPAs in achieving a level of quality when providing assurance services.
Published on April 10, 2013
CAATTs Ideal for Efficient Audits
Article:
With new issued and revised auditing standards and audit risk standards, this article explores the renewed emphasis on risk identification and certain key financial statement areas and assertions
Published on February 05, 2013
Federal, State and Other Professional Regulations
Overview:
CPAs engaged to perform privacy advisory services and attestation engagements must follow the pertinent, laws, rules, and standards
Published on March 08, 2013
Information Security Continues to Be Vital for CPAs
Article:
With the increased pressure on companies to comply with security standards, most businesses try to maintain a competitive edge by keeping certain information security initiatives at the forefront of their plans
Published on February 25, 2013
SOC 2 and SOC 3 - AICPA IT Section Webcast 2 of 4
Presentation:
This webcast will explore Service Organization Control (SOC) Reporting 2 and 3 options and the new standards and guidance, specifically security, availability processing integrity, confidentiality and/or privacy. AICPA IT Section Webcast #2 of the 4 part series
Published on May 08, 2013
IFRS Compass IT Systems Implications
Article:
The purpose of this book is to provide some initial background about International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and to raise awareness of the potential impact to an organization’s financial systems
Published on February 14, 2013
CAATTs Ideal for Efficient Audits
Article:
This article highlights renewed emphasis on risk identification, evaluation of controls, and certain key financial statement areas and assertions.
Published on March 04, 2013
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Federal Law:
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was passed by Congress on August 21, 1996. The law requires any health care provider to meet certain privacy standards with respect to personal health information
Published on April 27, 2010
Considerations in Risk-Based Auditing
Overview:
...Auditing is a strategic overview intended to provide readers with detailed, practical, specific and non-authoritative guidance when implementing the technology-related aspects of the eight Statements of Auditing Standards (SAS 104 through SAS 111
Published on November 18, 2011
Critical Security Audit Considerations
Article:
This article will address specific policies, procedures, and methods related to the security portion of an information technology internal audit.
Published on February 25, 2013
How ISO 27002 Relates to GAPPs Security for Privacy Principle
Executive Summary:
This mapping document provides users of ISO 27002 with an understanding of how information security management criteria relate to privacy requirements of GAPP.
Published on March 08, 2013
CITP Benefits FAQ
FAQ:
The CITP Benefits FAQ captures general inquiries about the benefits of the CITP credential.
Published on January 23, 2013
Privacy Resources
Overview:
This page provides useful resources to learn more about privacy initiatives through reports, articles and other sources.
Published on March 14, 2013
CAATTs Identifies Potentially Fraudulent Activities
Article:
This case study explores how Computer Assisted Auditing Tools and Techniques (CAATTs) enables you to discover fraud in a very short timeframe.
Published on March 18, 2013