A new survey finds that corporate boards are expected to ask IT, IT audit, and other functions responsible for securing the company’s data and systems for more information on the effectiveness of cybersecurity programs. The survey, by Deloitte, found that 62.7 percent of C-suite and other executives expect board directors’ Read More
It didn’t take long for the lawsuits to start flying over allegations of non-compliance with the European Union’s new set of data governance rules. Austrian data privacy advocacy group None of Your Business (NOYB) filed suits against Facebook, Google, and Facebook subsidiaries WhatsApp and Instagram alleging that the tech firms Read More
It might be time for a data governance and compliance audit. A new survey by ISACA finds that more than two out of three companies aren’t fully prepared to comply with the European Union’s new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which creates new rules for how companies manage and protect Read More
Companies will need to be more transparent about the management of employee data or risk getting caught on the wrong side of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation. GDPR takes effect May 25 and builds upon existing European data-privacy rules to protect personal identifiable information and to empower the Read More
The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) takes effect on May 25, and it represents a significant new legal regime for protecting personal data that will impact organizations worldwide. GDPR establishes standards governing the collection, use, storage and destruction of personal data of EU residents. It replaces the 1995 Read More
New survey results from the Ponemon Institute are likely to send shivers down the spines of IT auditors, cybersecurity professionals, and risk managers. The alarming results say companies are losing the battle to protect digital assets and intellectual property from hackers and online thieves. Here’s the lowlights: A whopping 82 Read More
Blockchain has recently become a topic of major concern to internal auditors. And while there is a lot of hype around blockchain, many internal auditors are just starting to ask basic questions: What is it? What can it do? How can it be used? Is it really as unhackable as Read More
Robert Rudloff, senior vice president of internal audit at MGM Resorts International, has spent 38 years honing his craft as an internal auditor and leads a 100 person team at the hotel and gaming giant. During that time he has seen rapid change in the profession and has led numerous Read More
A trio of internal audit studies published recently indicate that internal audit departments in the United States have a big technology problem. Internal audit is generally behind the times when it comes to adopting leading-edge technology, the reports find. The studies shed some needed light—along with some dire warnings—on why Read More
Facebook on Sunday faced a backlash about how it protects user data, as lawmakers demanded that the social media giant explain how a political data firm with ties to President Trump’s 2016 campaign was able to harvest private information from more than 50 million Facebook profiles without the social network’s Read More
