Everyone talks about “best practices” but what exactly are they? A "best practice" is a professional procedure or tactic that is accepted or prescribed as being correct or most effective. Take a ...

As the repositories of some of the most sensitive and regulated data in the enterprise, databases stand as perennial targets in hacker crosshairs. But they also draw a lot of unwanted attention from ...

As the volume and variety of data that can be collected, stored, and analyzed has skyrocketed over the past decade-and-a-half, we’ve seen the issue given growing prominence. Both the European Union ...

Data is more than just information. In the age of analytics-as-a-service, it's a valuable asset. The Big Data and analytics market has a value of $274 billion globally. A significant part of that ...

Auditors are expected to comply with the requirements in AU-C Section 240, Consideration of Fraud in a Financial Statement Audit, in conducting financial statement audits. As academics who perform ...

The true measure of an effective data warehouse is how much key business stakeholders trust the data that is stored within. To achieve certain levels of data trustworthiness, data quality strategies ...

“We’d like to think that we have been transforming the way we audit for decades, especially in light of everything that’s been going on in the marketplace, particularly with the regulatory changes ...