Data security

XBRL US and ConsenSys have formed a working group to develop standards for the tokenization of assets on blockchain.

The IRS and its Security Summit partners have declared the week of Dec. 5-9 “National Tax Security Awareness Week.”

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The Internal Revenue Service needs to provide better security when transmitting taxpayers’ personal information to outside government agencies, banks and contractors, according to a new report.

Some Internal Revenue Service employees didn’t do enough to protect sensitive taxpayer information when they were sending emails, according to a new report.

The Internal Revenue Service has launched the second year of its public awareness campaign aimed at improving taxpayer security in partnership with tax software companies, tax preparation chains and state tax authorities.

CIOs see significant gaps between IT capabilities and business expectations in areas including innovation and cybersecurity, according to a recent survey by Big Four firm Deloitte.

KPMG has joined the Industry Affiliates Program at the Data Science Institute at Columbia University.

The Internal Revenue Service didn’t do enough to mitigate risks in some of its information technology contracts, according to a new report.

The Internal Revenue Service convened a meeting of its Security Summit partners in the tax preparation industry and state tax authorities Thursday to discuss additional steps they can take to safeguard tax refunds from identity theft next filing season.