Data and information management

Industry accountants understand the reputational and material risks of a data breach, but they aren’t given enough of a say in security protocol.

The new offering strengthens the firm's cybersecurity capabilities.

The movement by major, established financial institutions could serve as a great way for accounting and audit professionals to get their feet wet on the technology.

Organizations are emphasizing hiring of technology employees in accounting and finance.

Accountants can gain access to the company’s software at a discount, improving margins on value-added services at their firm.

Wesley Bricker, chief accountant at the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of the Chief Accountant, told attendees at the Institute of Management Accountants’ annual conference in Indianapolis on Tuesday about the vital role he sees them playing in financial reporting.

Doc.It Explore and Doc.It Connect are the newest offerings from the document management and workflow software provider.

IT expert Donny Shimamoto and firm owner Dan Moore shared some tried-and-tested approaches to keep client data secure at the AICPA Engage conference.

The Go Beyond+ Disruption platform offers courses on human intelligence, data analytics, cybersecurity, blockchain and more.

The provider of expense tracking and bookkeeping automation has added features for accounting and bookkeeping partners.

Rather than solely managing their data, finance professionals are now able to activate it.

The Neat-Freak Partner Program is available to all firms and is set up to facilitate collaboration between accountants and their clients, while also providing incentives.

Cloud, machine learning and analytics are in the offing.

Course correction requires more than just spotting monthly variances. Business managers need reliable data at their fingertips.

At its recent user conference, the workflow solutions provider announced new scheduling, API and analytics capabilities.

Processing Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency payments is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the ways that blockchain-based technologies could disrupt the accounting profession.

The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation takes effect Friday, and it could affect accountants and auditors, along with their clients, in the U.S.

CPAmerica International is celebrating its 40th anniversary as the association continues to expand in the U.S. and reaches out abroad.

The new feature centralizes the storage of important supporting documentation needed for a given close or subsequent audit, but not tied to a single time period.

Now, more than ever, practitioners are vulnerable to increasingly sophisticated cybersecurity threats that can have severe consequences if appropriate protections are not put in place.