Data and information management

The Internal Revenue Service is cautioning tax professionals to safeguard their information from identity thieves.

Blockchain is one of the hottest topics in the accounting and financial services field, but a substantial amount of uncertainty remains.

Internal auditors are getting more involved in technology initiatives like cybersecurity and data analytics, according to several new reports.

Looking beyond traditional tools to the analysis of unstructured information can help paint a clearer picture of financial fraud and uncover a wealth of evidence that could have gone undetected.

Taxes, cybersecurity, global trade and tariffs, and executive misconduct in the midst of the #MeToo movement are just some of the topics likely to come up at this year’s stockholder events, according to BDO USA.

The firm has formed an alliance with Okta, providing its clients with single sign-on and other identity and access management tools.

Two ways accountants can take some hands-on responsibility for the security of client data.

Hangouts Chat has been added to Google’s G Suite, along with integrated bots from Xero and Egnyte.

The Internal Revenue Service is beginning to release tax refunds for taxpayers who claim the Earned Income Tax Credit or the Additional Child Tax Credit after subjecting their tax returns to some extra scrutiny.

The Securities and Exchange Commission voted unanimously to approve guidance to encourage public companies to provide more information about cyber attacks, data breaches and the risks of them occurring.

Identifying areas of vulnerability is the first step to addressing the cybersecurity problem.

The Internal Revenue Service failed to tell nearly half a million victims of identity theft last year their information was being used by others for employment purposes, according to a new report, which attributed the failure to a computer programming error.

The new offering is designed to help employees plan more collaboratively with finance departments.

The Internal Revenue Service warned taxpayers Tuesday to beware of a quickly proliferating scam involving erroneous tax refunds being deposited in their bank accounts, after a data breach on their tax preparers' computers gives them access to sensitive client information.

The Internal Revenue Service needs to do more to prevent inactive Employer Identification Numbers from being used to commit business identity theft and tax fraud, according to a new government report.

The Internal Revenue Service said Thursday it saw dramatic declines in tax-related identity theft last year, thanks to the effort of the Security Summit, which brings together the IRS with state tax authorities and the tax industry.

The Internal Revenue Service is making progress on improving its authentication processes after a string of data breaches on some of its e-Services and online apps, but some of the improvements haven’t been completely implemented, according to a new report.

In the coming years, the industry will play a significant role in driving the adoption of this world-changing technology.

The Internal Revenue Service’s processes for assigning Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers don’t always manage to identify fraudulent or incomplete applications, according to a new report.

The Internal Revenue Service warned tax professionals Friday to beef up their security measures and avoid clicking on some new phishing emails that can download malware onto their computers to steal their clients’ data.