Data and information management

The Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation division has created a cybercrime unit to combat the growing trend of identity theft-related tax fraud as the problem morphs into data breaches and becomes more international in scope.

Tim Loo learned early this year that his name and Social Security number had made their way onto a fraudulent tax return, and immediately wondered whether the identity thief might also have his bank-account details or his kids’ Social Security numbers.

Video surveillance is something that’s pretty easy to add in your office, and serves as both a deterrent to people poking around where they shouldn’t, and making a record of when they do.

Practical tips for when and what to disclose

Chief audit executives in the power and utility industry rank cyber security as the highest risk and biggest concern for their industry, according to a new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers.

One in four Americans (25 percent) fell victim to information security breaches in the past year, according to a new survey from the AICPA conducted by Harris Poll. This statistic represents more than double the number of people (11 percent) who reported being victimized in a similar survey taken just over a year ago.

Accountants’ top technology-related priority is preventing security threats, according to the 25th Anniversary North American Top Technology Initiatives Survey.

In a tax season plagued with identify theft and tax fraud, a new method of online criminal activity has been identified.

RubinBrown announced it has formed a new Cyber Security Advisory Services group, appointing Rob Rudloff to lead the national accounting and consulting firm’s new group.

Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen met with the heads of some of the major tax software companies, tax preparation chains, state tax commissioners and other officials in an effort to combat the growing problem identity theft and tax fraud.

The Internal Revenue Service is sending letters to verify the identity of taxpayers as part of its effort this tax season to combat the growing problem of identity theft.

Cybersecurity is a CEO-level issue, stated David Finn, executive director of Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit, during his closing day keynote of the 2015 Microsoft Convergence Conference.

Proper backups are crucial to disaster recovery

A majority of technology CFOs in the U.S. have increased their spending on cybersecurity in the last year, according to BDO USA’s annual survey.

A majority of Americans continue to be concerned about the privacy and safety of their personal and financial data when filing their tax returns online.

Tax preparation software developers like Intuit are coming under pressure to do more to control security to safeguard their software from identity thieves.

Internal audit professionals are making progress in meeting cybersecurity and data privacy standards, according to a new report, but a great deal of work remains, with many of the surveyed organizations rating themselves as less than “very effective” at addressing their cybersecurity risks.