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Building a Robust Disaster Recovery Policy
Disaster recovery is the process of rapidly recovering business operations in the event of a business interruption. The disaster recovery team of an organization ...
Mastering the Credit and Collections Process
Credit and Collections DefinedWhen defining credit and collections, it's best to begin with an understanding of accounts receivables, which is money owed to an en...
How Quality IT Audit Controls Can Protect Your IT Investments
A Substantial InvestmentThe modern business enterprise can’t exist without the benefit of up-to-date information technology (IT), at least not as a competitive co...
Making the Most of Your Internal Audit Practice
IntroductionIf you are reading this article, you are likely in the internal audit (IA) profession or looking to refine your internal audit practice. Or perhaps yo...
How IT Controls Enhance the Value of IT Assets
It is impossible to overstate the value of information technology (IT) to the world of businesses and industries today. IT facilitates and enhances communication ...
The Benefits of Agile Auditing
Agile DefinedAgile is a methodology that focuses on maintaining flexibility and staying in touch with clients. It recognizes that the linear approach taken in tra...
Entity-Level Controls: The Importance of Setting the Tone
An effective organization of consequence, whether public or private, attempts to strike a balance between its mission (usually but not always profit) and its resp...
What Is IT Risk and How Should You Manage It?
What Is IT Risk?Information technology (IT) risk is any potential threat to business data, critical systems and business processes. It is the risk associated with...
Segregation of Duties Is a Best Practice That Can’t Be Ignored
Checks and BalancesThe judicious segregation of key duties within a business is a fundamental principle of risk mitigation that should never be ignored or taken l...
How to Ensure a Robust Compliance Policy
Introduction“Compliance” is defined as adherence to policies, plans, procedures, laws, regulations, contracts or other requirements within a company or organizati...
