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These learning resources are designed to help you - whether working in a business or firm - establish and maintain proficiency in the areas of information and data management and analysis; IT risk and assurance services, including service organization controls (SOC) reporting; and information security and privacy, including the growing issue of cybersecurity.
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Cybersecurity Hot Topics for CPAs
This archived webcast discusses cybersecurity hot topics.
Webcast Information security & privacy Foundational
The top 5 cybersecurity risks for CPAs
This article discusses the top five cybersecurity risks CPAs and their organizations face.
Article Information security & privacy Foundational
Data analytics helps auditors gain deep insight
Technology provides opportunity to test full data sets rather than just samples.
Article Data analytics Foundational
How small businesses can keep data secure
This article suggests ways for organizations with limited IT budgets to keep their data secure.
Article Information security & privacy Foundational
Viewing cyber-security through a COSO lens
This article explores a COSO report which discusses how the 2013 internal control framework can help organisations evaluate and manage cyber-risks.
Article Internal control Foundational
Why Predictive Analytics Should Be “A CPA Thing”
This paper explains the value of predictive analytics and explain why CPAs are well positioned to be crucial participants in its adoption.
Report Data management & analytics Foundational
How to use COSO to assess IT controls
This article shows the steps organizations can follow to understand their organization’s IT system and its controls, and assess the effectiveness of those controls.
Article IT controls Intermediate
Embracing the automated audit
Technology is changing the way audits are being performed, with greater access to data but also more data to sort through. Auditors can remain efficient and effective...
Article Data analytics Foundational
From insight to impact - unlocking opportunities in big data: Full report
‘From insight to impact - unlocking opportunities in big data' investigates how leading finance professionals are using data to drive commercial impact.
Report Data strategy and planning Advanced
A CPA’s Approach to Business Solution Implementations
This white paper provides an overview of business solution implementations and the critical role that CPAs can play to help ensure these initiatives are a success.
Report System acquisition, implementation & evaluation Intermediate
Information Integrity
The purpose of this white paper is to define what information integrity means and provide context for it to users, preparers and practitioners.
Report Attestation Foundational
Improving decision making in organisations: Unlocking business intelligence
This report provides tools to improve accounting operations and acquire a greater competence in informed decision making.
Report Financial analysis Advanced
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