Auditing database activity is a core component to any data security program. Databases capture data access and alterations during transaction processing, along with modifications to the database ...

Data security, once the realm of the IT department, has catapulted into a headline-grabbing topic in 2018, especially in light of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony before Congress in April.

Many seasoned database administrators howl in protest at the mere suggestion of running native auditing functions due to the poor performance and log management headaches that often come with auditing ...

A new audit data standard issued by the AICPA Assurance Services Executive Committee (ASEC) addresses the inventory subledger and is intended to accommodate basic analysis of the inventory process.

One of the major drivers behind auditing is compliance. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act in the U.S. requires that healthcare providers deliver audit trails about anyone and ...

Value stream management involves people in the organization to examine workflows and other processes to ensure they are deriving the maximum value from their efforts while eliminating waste — of ...

The Audit Research Summary (ARS) Database (auditingresearchsummaries.org) contains executive summaries of approximately 700 academic auditing research studies that have been published in leading ...

The Institute of Internal Auditors has published a new guide to help auditors deal with the challenges of “big data,” the huge volumes of structured and unstructured information that’s being generated ...

Internal audit departments are making greater use of innovative technologies such as data visualization, according to a new report. The report, from Deloitte Global, foresees an increase in dynamic ...

The University of Baltimore improperly left a database with students’ Social Security numbers unprotected and separately lost $22,600 when a vendor overcharged the institution, an audit found. In its ...