In the recent past we have seen discussions around Environmental, Social and Governance investment, it is not a new phenomenon, but has risen exponentially in the last five-six years. Including ESG factors in investment strategy is directly related to the financial performance and business sustainability of an organization. The investors and leaders in addition to
In today’s business environment, with a huge amount of financial data being available with the auditors, days of traditional methods can’t serve the business needs. The auditors need to understand more about the client’s business needs. With Data Analytics, auditors can have a deeper understanding of the amount of data available and can highlight high-risk
All compliance practitioners understand the need for risk assessments and do you know if you perform a simple Desktop Risk Assessment annually or more frequently while identifying and evaluating possible mishaps and consequences with a full worldwide risk assessment you ought to be in a sensible position to stay au fait with compliance problems. “If
In today’s globally connected business environment businesses are using Cloud based applications to store their data. But have you ever given a thought how secured that data is? Recent past reveals that data breaches or cyber attacks have cost businesses millions of dollars. Today here in this blog, we will discuss What is Cloud Security?
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), passed in June 2018 will affect majority of the businesses when comes into effect on January 1, 2020. The law dictates that the consumers of California have the right to access any or all the personal data being held by a company and can request the company to get it
In today’s globally connected environment, nations and organizations are facing a bigger threat named Cyber Espionage. It is an organized and deliberate cyber attack to gain unauthorized access to classified material for military or political gain. Such types of intrusions are done to shut down governments or military operations to create chaos at the global
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) harmonizes knowledge protection laws within the EU that are fit for purpose in the digital age. It is a game-changing privacy law set out on May 25th, 2018. GDPR imposes new rules on firms, government agencies, non-profits, and other organizations that offer goods and services to people in the
In today’s globally connected business environment enterprises are dealing with vast amounts of unstructured data that is being compounded by the increasing number of ways to share this data. Due to this reason mainly both the employers and employees are failing to either understand or care about their responsibilities when it comes to data protection
The Wall Street Journal published a comprehensive article on 5th September 2019 regarding; U.S. PG&E’s Long Record of Run-Ins With Regulators, outlining PG&E long history of breaking the law with impunity. The Wall Street Journal identified repeated instances over 25 years in which PG&E misled regulatory authorities, withheld required information, didn’t follow through on promised
In today’s digital era, Internal Audit Functions worldwide are adopting new technologies and methodologies to bring value to their organizations. Organizations are innovating their Internal Audit processes to future proof themselves, by embracing change and disruption and understand how best to apply new approaches and technologies. Organizations are adopting advanced analytics, artificial intelligence, applying agile
