Tracy Harding, CPA, was on his way to work and looking forward to completing an audit he was working on. But on the way in, he heard a news report that changed the objective of his day. A local ...

Too many healthcare providers fail to conduct comprehensive, timely risk assessments, as required under HIPAA as well as the HITECH Act, says security consultant Kate Borten, president of The ...

Environmental contamination control is a crucial aspect of sterile pharmaceutical manufacturing, and risk management is needed to guarantee that the necessary control procedures are in place. The risk ...

Eight standards rolled out in 2006 by the Auditing Standards Board are sparking a cultural shift for auditors. The standards—Statement on Auditing Standards nos. 104–111—are designed to enhance ...

Organizations with seemingly mature TPRM programs still experience failures because privacy accountability can lag behind the ...

AI elevates compliance, or exposes it. The technology presents compliance leaders and lawyers with an extraordinary opportunity to elevate their roles, as well as an equally extraordinary risk of ...

Formal risk assessment methodologies can help take guesswork out of evaluating IT risks if applied appropriately. Here are six to consider. Technology is one of the greatest assets companies have, ...