Vol. 75 Nbr. 4, August 2018

Index

• THE HUMAN FACTOR.
• Reader Forum.
• CIOS PRIORITIZE SECURITY AND DATA: Tech leaders are focused on locking down company data.
• FEDERAL CYBER WORKFORCE UNCERTAIN: Agencies struggling to identify existing talent and future needs are raising their cyber risk.
• TRADE TURMOIL: Business impact of tariffs concerns U.S. executives.
• NOT WITHOUT CONSEQUENCES: U.S. employers can fire at will for speech made on or off the clock, says Veronica Nannis, principal and litigation practice group manager at Joseph, Greenwald & Laake P.A.
• RETAIL SHRINK HAS SHRUNK: Merchants report reduced inventory loss.
• PRODUCING QUALITY AUDIT REPORTS: Audit reports require thought and effort to not only inform audit clients, but to influence them, as well.
• PLUGGING MORE VALUE INTO INTERNAL AUDITS: Leveraging technology can enable practitioners to provide a deeper analysis of organizational risks.
• GDPR AND INTERNAL AUDIT: Auditors can help their organization navigate the compliance risks posed by Europe's General Data Protection Regulation.
• THE SLICE AND DICE FRAUD: A routine tax audit uncovers a $1 million theft by a former employee with a Criminal past.
• LESSONS LEARNED.
• HELD HOSTAGE: Victim organizations are paying a high price for ransomware attacks.
• SIX STEPS TO BETTER SECURITY.
• PULLING STRINGS: High-level hackers are using social engineering tactics to manipulate employees into giving up vital information.
• WHAT IS SOCIAL ENGINEERING?
• PREVENTION AND DETECTION TIPS.
• Internal Audit and the BLOCKCHAIN: There's more to blockchain than bitcoin, and auditors have much to learn about how it works.
• THE BLOCKCHAIN AUDIT.
• The ones you LEAST suspect: Internal auditors must be alert to the red flags of fraud, even when they point to the organization's most trusted employees.
• IT STARTS WITH CULTURE.
• RED FLAGS OF UNETHICAL BEHAVIOR.
• A Standard of Performance: NAOHIRO MOURI, the 2018-2019 chairman of The IIA's Global Board of Directors, urges internal auditors everywhere to "Emphasize the Basics--Elevate the Standards".
• THE CIA CERTIFICATION: THE MARK OF THE PROFESSION.
• THE STANDARDS.
• THE CHAIRMAN OF THE GLOBAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
• Women at the Top.
• ACHIEVING A BALANCE.
• SELLING ENTERPRISE RISK MANAGEMENT: "Competing with an edge" is the ultimate aspirational value proposition.
• I WAS RIGHT ALL ALONG: Confirmation bias can easily lead auditors to the wrong conclusions.
• AUDITORS AND ANALYTICS: Are you taking full advantage of the many opportunities of data analytics?
• IIA Calendar.
• ARE YOU SECURE? Internal auditors need to prepare themselves for the risk of political pressure.