INTERRUPTIONS, DISRUPTIONS AND IMPACT OF EMERGENCE

Emerging technology introduces new avenues for innovation. But it also creates new sources of risk. Organizations must take steps to prepare by learning to adapt to forces outside of their control.

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Is Detrimental Unexpected IT Emergence Inevitable?

Author: Guy Pearce

Given the increasing pace of global IT development, it is important to understand if detrimental, unexpected IT emergence is in organizations’ control.

Additional languages available: 中文

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The Potential Impact of the European Commission’s Proposed AI Act on SMEs

Authors: Jakob Gassauer and Gerald Burch

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) technology has been consistently growing in popularity; therefore, many countries are designing and implementing policy frameworks to address the use of AI with regard to its ethical and security-related impacts.

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Identifying and Preparing for Interruptions, Disruptions and Emergence

Author: Anantha Sayana

It is important for information systems auditors to understand the nature of these interruptions, disruptions and emergence events to help their organizations to mitigate the adverse impact.

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Cloud Computing Evolution and Regulation in the Financial Services Industry

Author: Kilian Trautmann

It is crucial for financial institutions to understand the role played by cloud computing in the increasingly digitized banking world, how to mitigate the risk of depending on cloud services and the further development that may materialize through the rise of distributed ledger technology.

Additional languages available: 中文

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Case Study: Taming Unruly Data to Improve Compliance

Author: Mick Brady

Through a very modest investment and reliance on the ingenuity of its problem-solving team, the on the ingenuity of its problem-solving team, the bank prevented its fictitious records problem from morphing into a big data disaster.

Additional languages available: 中文

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Digital Trust and the Audit Function

Author: Gopikrishna Butaka

With the ever-increasing use of and reliance on the Internet, big data and disruptive technologies, digital trust has become a necessity due to its ability to measure confidence in an organization's ability to protect, store and secure data and personal information.

Additional languages available: 中文

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Protecting Industrial Control System Software With Secure Coding Practices

Author: Matthew Scott

The best way to ensure secure ICS software is to apply a security perspective throughout the software development life cycle—from design to code development through verification and operation.

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Information Security Matters: Who Leads Cyberresilience?

Author: Steven Ross

Resilience is an enterprisewide undertaking and all functions must work together to achieve it.

Applying Lessons Learned From Election Processes to Data Integrity for Business Innovation

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IS Audit in Practice: Data Integrity On Demand

Author: Cindy Baxter

As a risk manager or audit professional, how does one assess data integrity for new and innovative business when time is of the essence?

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The Bleeding Edge: API Sprawl and Emergence

Author: Ed Moyle

Unforeseen outcomes represent a blind spot in our ability to plan and can undermine security or privacy, make it harder to provide validation, or decrease the effectiveness of governance.

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The Digital Trust Imperative: The Impact of Relationships on Trustworthiness

Author: K. Brian Kelley

An organization's relationships, and the quality of those relationships, may be the keys to surviving an unexpected disruption.

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ENISA’s Threat Landscape and the Effect of Ransomware

Author: Antonio Villamor

The blurred lines between cyberespionage and cybercrime, especially if state-sponsored actors carry out the attack, confirm that ransomware is a national security issue.

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The Future of Cybersecurity Assessments Is Here

Authors: Karthik Sridharan, Jyothsna Chalasani and Pradeep Sekar

Data-driven security assessments are the next generation of cybersecurity assessments that organizations need to adapt to augment existing, traditional security assessments.

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The Impact of Blockchain Technology on Accounting and Auditing

Author: Mohammad K. Elshqirat

If the adoption of new technologies such as blockchain changes the process of conducting transactions, accountants and auditors should understand the changes to correctly reflect them in their work.

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Auditing and Digital Transformation Are at a Crossroads

Author: Vimal Mani

To help organizations sustain this fast-paced growth, the performance and resilience of enterprises‘ IT systems and controls must be assured through internal and external audit and assurance partners.

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Combatting Social Engineering

Author: Chun Li

Although ransomware, data breaches and other large-scale cyberattacks are frequently in the headlines, it is too easy to overlook the common thread that runs through many of these incidents: social engineering.

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User Susceptibility to Social Engineering in AR Environments

Author: Sarah Katz

The cutting-edge technology augmented reality has seen increasing use but the potential cybersecurity risk facing users of this technology remains a point of concern.

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Agile Manifesto for Internal Audit

Author: Luigi Sbriz

The internal audit process must be responsive to internal enterprise changes to easily align with the evolution of the business and guarantee the effectiveness of audit operations.

Additional languages available: Italiano

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Application of the Nudge Theory for Improving Information Security Awareness Campaigns

Author: Sudeep Subramanian

Study findings provide strong evidence for the applicability of the nudge theory in improving the effectiveness of information security awareness posters.

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RPA Is Evolving but Risk Still Exists

Author: Larry Wlosinski

There are many benefits and uses of robotic process automation, and the newest addition of command-and-control centers; however, implementing these tools can also lead to risk.

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Considerations for Developing Cybersecurity Awareness Training

Author: Tan Soon Chew

it is important to implement effective cybersecurity awareness training to help employees understand proper cyberhygiene, recognize the security risk factors associated with their actions and identify cybersecurity incidents they may encounter in their work.