Over the past few months, I have received a number of questions that seem to focus on the difference between a security assessment and a security audit. These are two significantly different things.

Editor’s note: The author is technical director of the AICPA Center for Plain English Accounting. Addressing audit risk in financial statements with high levels of substantive procedures toward the ...

The AICPA Auditing Standards Board’s (ASB’s) plans to finalize a new risk assessment standard at its August meeting should be welcome news for many practitioners. Risk assessment is a fundamental ...

In an era of increasingly sophisticated financial crimes and evolving regulatory, compliance, and internal audit needs, financial institutions must continuously refine their risk assessment strategies ...

Manpower audit and assessment activities enable your company to determine if your human resources meet your strategic needs. Quantitative methods allow you to use statistics, numbers and data to ...

To fulfill their oversight responsibilities, audit committees typically evaluate the outside auditor at least annually to determine, in part, whether the auditor should be engaged for the subsequent ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A member of the Jackson County Legislature released a statement Monday calling for an emergency meeting after Missouri Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick found the county’s property ...

EVACUATE. LET’S GET TO SOME BREAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW. THE MISSOURI STATE AUDITOR SAYS HE IS SUING THE JACKSON COUNTY ASSESSOR, AND THE ASSESSMENT OFFICE TO OBTAIN MORE DATA TO COMPLETE AN AUDIT.