Whose Risk Is It, Anyway? When Management Says ‘No’ to Internal Audit
It sometimes happens that, even though you've identified a considerable risk and made a compelling case for addressing it, the ...
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Conducting An Antitrust Audit: A Primer
There are a number of “tells” indicative of anticompetitive conduct. If you’ve witnessed this behavior firsthand, or if you suspect ...
5 Risks That Should Be On the Internal Audit Radar – Now!
Internal auditors do a good job of assessing risks and developing risk-based audit plans -- generally speaking -- but there ...
Do You Know What Your Third Parties Are Up To?
Internal auditors are right to be concerned about third-party risks. The days of a company’s suppliers or partners being well-known ...
Audit Committees in the Private Sector: Essential or Excessive?
It is often said that being on an audit committee is a part-time job with full-time responsibilities. It’s no wonder ...
Strategically Leverage Compliance Activities to Add Value
Rather than make balance between compliance and all other priorities the goal, aim for achieving the greatest value out of ...
Are You Ready for Virginia’s Sweeping Reproductive Health Privacy Law?
Broadly defined ‘reproductive and sexual health information’ may affect any company doing business in the state
Demystifying Data De-Identification for US Privacy Compliance
De-identification is a valuable tool for protecting consumer privacy, but the process requires diligent compliance with multiple state and federal ...
What HIPAA-Covered Entities & Other Companies Need to Know About Cookies & Tracking Tech
New state laws seek to regulate collecting of health data
Navigating HIPAA Compliance in the Cloud: Is Google Workspace the Right Fit?
By 2025, an estimated 85% of enterprises will shift to a cloud-first mindset, while others will adopt a hybrid approach ...
Survey: Consumers Don’t Trust Big Tech to Handle Their Health Data
The number of healthcare data breaches in the U.S. has doubled over the past three years, according to a report ...
HIPAA’s Privacy Rule Is 20 Years Old. Why Do Organizations Keep Breaking It?
The pandemic showed us that large numbers of Americans don’t really understand HIPAA and what protections it provides consumers despite ...
