Data and information management

In a hard market, accountants need to protect themselves.

The inspector general said that the service was running inadequate security scans on its databases, which were not compliant with policies.

The Internal Revenue Service is updating its login procedures for several of its online applications to improve their security.

Chicago-based Top 10 firm Grant Thornton found that finance leaders, who were already concerned about inflation, grew even more pessimistic about the road ahead. 

A recent analysis has found that the United States suffers more ransomware attacks than any other country.

The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration found 681 unauthorized users (out of 3,939) on the IRS's taxpayer digital communications platform.

Chief financial officers have tech on their minds when it comes to their priorities going forward.

Remembering a reform expert; more suggestions for IRS improvement; fluffy nonsense; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

While the vast majority of finance teams agree that data analytics will be critical, most are still developing their strategies for how to use it for their benefit.

The information came from the Form 990-T, the business tax returns filed by tax-exempt organizations.

Leveraging artificial intelligence with financial data has enormous potential to help a firm's strategies in the days, months and years ahead.

Claims against accountants are rising in the face of new challenges.

A recent study has found a positive association between sanitizing contract information and later cyberattacks.

Visualizations are essential tools for accountants as they look to convey meaningful knowledge.

Scare tactics about the IRS; marketing for one; a new blog; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

At a time when many crypto companies have seen their fortunes plummet, one corner of the industry is thriving: auditing.

Crypto thieves are shifting tactics, moving from scamming to outright theft as a result of market changes.

While information is non-tangible, people treat it like a physical object, and demonstrate similar loss aversion responses, according to a recent study.

IRIS Software announced that its document management solution Doc.It has expanded beyond on-premise functionality.

A recent analysis examined how much personal data major apps require to determine which were the most intrusive.