Tools
The following tools were published on KnowledgeLeader this week:
IT and Business Risk Alignment Guide
This sample tool can be used as a guide for understanding and assessing an organization’s IT and business risk alignment process.
Capital Project Management Risks Guide
This sample document can be used as a guide to mitigating risks common to an organization’s capital project management process. Sample risks include: pass-through expenses are not properly identified and billed to the clients, records may not be retained in accordance with legal requirements, and assets are not billed timely or correctly.
Crisis Management and Emergency Operations Policy
This policy will (a) provide rapid and effective responses to emergencies, including appropriate coordination with public safety and law enforcement officials and (b) plan and provide for business continuation as soon as possible. This sample policy shares an overview of procedures organizations should take during the crisis management and emergency operations process.
Credit Risk Policy
This document communicates the tolerance of the company board and management for credit exposure and sets forth the acceptable techniques for avoiding, mitigating or effectively managing credit exposure. This policy outlines a set of procedures governing credit risk for a company.
ACH Payment Policy
In this policy, the supervisor is responsible for pulling a report and ensuring that there is funding for all ACH payments. The purpose of this policy is to outline the necessary steps to initiate an ACH payment.
Budgeting Process Audit Work Program
The purpose of this sample work program is to evaluate the overall process for planning and completing budgeting, to determine the effectiveness of compliance with corporate policies and procedures, and to ensure that the budget process is operating as planned.
Application Controls Audit Work Program
This Application Controls Audit Work Program was designed to help organizations ensure that information systems are secure and data is accurate and reliable.
Publications
KnowledgeLeader has also published several publications this week.
Unleashing the Power of Mobile Threat-Hunting Toolkits: Why They Are Crucial in Today’s Cybersecurity Landscape
This article discusses the importance of mobile threat-hunting toolkits in modern cybersecurity. In today’s highly connected world, the cybersecurity landscape has become increasingly complex and challenging, requiring organizations to implement strong and adaptable cybersecurity measures to protect their digital assets and data.
Talent Strategy Is Company Strategy
Even amid ongoing uncertainty in the market, economic headwinds, potential recession and geopolitical uncertainty, talent challenges, skill shortages and aligning needed capabilities with organizational strategy remain significant challenges.
2020 Audit Firm Market Share of ERISA
The Federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) requires entities or sponsors that offer post-employment benefit plans to disclose audited financial information to plan beneficiaries. In this article, Audit Analytics further examines the audit firm market shares of ERISA benefit plans broken down by single employer, multiemployer and direct filing entity plan types.
Recommended Resources
This list of recommended resources from the web may be of interest to you. Click each link to learn more.
- Five Tips to Secure Your First Role in Compliance
- How PepsiCo Secured an ESG Reporting Hat Trick
- Risk and the Board of Directors: From Bordeaux to Today, What’s Old Is New