Natalie Gross is a freelance journalist and podcast producer based in the Washington, D.C., area. She has a master’s degree in journalism from Georgetown University. The morning of Aug. 16, 2019 began ...

The 2023 ECCP re-emphasized the need for both performing a root cause analysis but equally importantly using it to remediate your compliance program. It stated, “a hallmark of a compliance program ...

Just as risk assessment is the bedrock for an effective compliance program, root cause analysis (“RCA”) similarly underpins successful remediation of compliance violations. The DOJ’s March 2023 ...

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Editor’s note: This article is the second in a series to help practitioners learn about the AICPA’s new quality management standards and prepare to implement them. The interrelated final standards on ...

The interrelated final standards on quality management issued in June 2022 by the AICPA’s Auditing Standards Board and Accounting and Review Services Committee are intended to clarify and improve ...

When there’s a major systems outage or performance issue, IT teams come to the rescue to restore services as quickly as possible. Some IT organizations follow IT service management (ITSM) incident ...

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Failure to pinpoint cause of breaches leaves many organizations wide open to further attacks. Resource shortages, firefight pressure, planning issues, and lack of post-incident follow-up to blame.