Data and information management

As the United States and the Caribbean are battered by hurricanes, how to deal with power outages and data loss is top of mind.

The cloud hosting provider experienced a ransomware attack that affected a third of its firm clients in California and Texas.

The recently disclosed breach came from the commission's test filing system.

The commission has been aware of the breach since 2016.

The Internal Revenue Service has proposed regulations allowing truncated Taxpayer Identification Numbers on the Form W-2 to help protect people’s Social Security Numbers from identity theft.

The IRS’s ‘Don’t Take the Bait’ campaign shares tactics for protecting client data and practitioner systems.

The Honolulu school will look to expose more native students to careers in data science and analytics.

While tax season is a period rife with hacking attempts, cybercriminals don’t take any time off. Accountants have to be vigilant with safety year-round, says cybersecurity expert Kevin O’Brien.

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ZipBooks adds new 1099 feature, and ReportAmigo adds several updates to its reporting software.

The IRS is warning about possible fake charity scams emerging due to Hurricane Harvey.

The Internal Revenue Service’s Computer Security Incident Response Center is preventing some cybersecurity violations, but could use some improvements, according to a new report.

The Internal Revenue Service is planning a series of actions in the coming months to improve e-Services usability and security on the online apps.

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The Internal Revenue Service will be bringing back its IRS Data Retrieval Tool on October 1 for people applying for federal student aid.

The Internal Revenue Service sent an urgent warning Monday about a new phishing scheme in which a scam email purporting to originate from the IRS and the Federal Bureau of Investigation is actually part of a ransomware effort to take computer information hostage.

One of the most important sources of protection? The humble engagement letter.

Digital transformation requires a management team that fills all the necessary niches.

Hilderbrand & Clark, a CPA firm based in San Ramon, Calif., disclosed it detected unauthorized access to its computer systems from abroad while filing tax returns.

CFOs can use the new tools to help their companies maximize profit and manage aspects of customer relations.