TechTalk Blog – US Chief Information Officer Says Big Cloud Providers Provide Best CyberSecurity CyberSecurity is a big issue facing both accountants and the business community today. In a blog posted by the Wall Street Journal -- United States Chief Information Officer Tony Scott compared companies that store data exclusively on premises to people who hide their cash in a mattress rather than keeping it in a bank
I attended the Rutgers Business School 38th World Continuous Auditing and Reporting Symposium on November 4 th & 5 th 2016 on the Rutgers campus in Newark, NJ. Here are my takeaways from a cybersecurity presentation. John Gomez , CEO of Sensato Cybersecurity Solutions ,...
I attended the Rutgers Business School 38th World Continuous Auditing and Reporting Symposium on November 4 th & 5 th 2016 on the Rutgers campus in Newark, NJ. William Bible, Deloitte partner , presented “Blockchain Technology – Disrupting the World of Accounting”....
One important issue to consider when choosing a cloud, or indeed any, software provider is the certainty of their ongoing business operations. A bankruptcy, an acquisition, or other circumstances can affect your vendor and render them unable or unwilling to continue providing the software...
We're pleased to announce that Treasury & OMB have selected XBRL late last week as the common data standard that will be used to exchange government financial information as described in this news article . On March 7, 2015 – We posted that in early May the US Treasury and the Office...
GREAT NEWS TODAY... The US Securities and Exchange Commission has voted today to move forward in mandating the use of Inline XBRL for US public company financial statement disclosure. See below story blogged on December 28, 2016 in which we discussed the possibility of the US SEC taking...
Great article on Blockchain technology, cloud shared public ledgers and how it can be used for state, local and federal government to provide new services to the public. Premise: Blockchain technology can be applied using distributed public record technology that can be directed to a wide...
Great article from the European Securities Market Authority on what EU public companies must do using the new Inline XBRL Global Data Standard for Better Transparency & Accountability by putting financial and non-financial financial statement info in a machine-readable format. The USA...
Interesting article … Largest democratic country in the world (India) is pushing the largest capital markets country in the world (USA) to have public companies disclose not only financial information but non-financial information to better serve both investors and the public. Including...
Earlier this week the US Securities and Exchange Commission's Office of Minority and Women Inclusion (OMWI) issued a report aimed at helping SEC-regulated entities assess diversity efforts to the capital markets and other interested stakeholders. The self-assessments are voluntary for US public...