Tools
The following tools were published on KnowledgeLeader this week:
Military Leave of Absence Policy
The purpose of this policy is to allow military employees to actively serve their country. Under this policy, employees who are subject to annual military training or call-up for emergency service must make this fact known to their supervisor at the time of their employment, military employees may take a leave of absence to comply with state or federal orders for active service or to attend drills and may be requested immediately upon employment, and the service delivery supervisor must approve the request in advance of the leave whenever possible.
Procurement Internal Controls Audit Work Program
This sample audit work program reviews the internal controls in an organization’s procurement process. Sample questions to consider include: Are purchase orders based on authorized requisitions? Are purchase orders properly coded to identify the cost objective (direct, indirect or inventory)? Are purchase orders serially controlled and accounted for? Is the use of standardized purchase orders required?
Shared Services Center Review Report
Use this audit report sample to evaluate, measure and redesign the accounts payable, deal posting and daily cash receipts processes in your organization’s shared services center. Objectives covered in this audit report sample include: interviews were conducted with key accounts payable, deal posting and cash receipts personnel to understand the current state and activities by position and process maps and activity analyses were prepared to document workflow and responsibilities.
Corporate Website Policy
Ensure that your company website reflects a consistent corporate image that preserves and builds the value of the corporate brand with this policy. In this policy, the company website should incorporate consistent standards to maintain and reinforce the corporate image. Appropriate measures will be taken to safeguard the privacy of users of the website and to maintain the confidentiality of information collected.
Publications
KnowledgeLeader has also published several publications this week.
Digitizing Democracy: Former Estonian President on How E-Government Saved a Struggling Country
Toomas Ilves was president of Estonia from 2006 to 2016. He is renowned for making Estonia one of the most digitally advanced nations through innovative policies that invested heavily in the future. He served as Estonia’s ambassador to the United States and Canada as well as Estonia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, successfully steering Estonia into the EU and NATO in 2004. In this article, the former president of Estonia describes the effort to digitize government services and lift the country out of Soviet stagnation.
A Quantitative Approach to Assessing and Managing Cybersecurity Risks
This article explores the importance of risk quantification in cybersecurity audits, emphasizing its role in aiding decision-making processes and enhancing organizational resilience. Risk quantification relies on well-established methods to mathematically express ranges of probabilities. These methods and algorithms have been used dependably in finance, epidemiology, seismology, meteorology, space and nuclear safety. There are several approaches for quantifying cyber risk, and work in this area has been ongoing since as early as the 1960s.
Executive Perspectives on Top Risks for 2024 And 2034: CIOs/CTOs
The near-term risk concerns for CIOs and CTOs center chiefly on people-related areas. Businesses today face many challenges as they work to adapt and transform their operational models to overcome future obstacles, including competitive pressures and cyber threats. This report highlights numerous factors shaping the risk landscape in the eyes of CIOs and CTOs, according to the results of Protiviti’s latest Top Risks Survey.
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