Data and information management

The Securities and Exchange Commission approved a proposal that aims to improve the security of the filing system.

The IRS failed to address literally tens of thousands of unresolved security vulnerabilities, according to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.

When handling financial data, security might not be the first thought — but it absolutely should be.

After the leaking of Donald Trump's and a number of billionaires' tax info, House lawmakers voted to stiffen the penalties for unauthorized disclosures.

Business solutions platform Xero announced it will acquire cloud-based reporting, insights analytics platform Syft.

The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, in two reports, critiqued the IRS on cybersecurity for both its data warehouse and its cloud infrastructure.

Oracle NetSuite announced major AI-related enhancements to numerous products across its product suite.

Tax targets; getting creative; one SALT workaround; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Schellman forms new advisory board; New partnership lets Xero users send data to Caseware; Fortanix announces full disc encryption; and other accounting technology stories.

The Internal Revenue Service and its partners have identified half a dozen steps for safeguarding taxpayer information.

It's time to change our outlook and embrace the advancements in performing SOC 2 audits to fully realize the incredible amount of value and competitive advantage the service can provide.

A new template for a 'Written Information Security Plan' is available for practitioners to meet their mandate.

The proposal, under the Financial Data and Transparency Act of 2022, will make financial data more accessible, uniform and useful to the public.

SafeSend announced the rebrand of SafeSend Suite to SafeSend One, which now features the new Next Gen Gather AI solution to help professionals gather client documents.

High-income backdown; Direct File collision; the vaping excise mess; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Social engineering raises some serious questions about data protection and compliance of accounting firms.

A recent study looked at the impact of the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation and found that firms lost some value but, at the same time, suffered fewer data breaches.

The Internal Revenue Service issued a warning to tax professionals to be on guard against the identity thieves who are targeting them and their clients.

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