The agency that administers the federal government’s 401(k)-style retirement program received the lowest of five possible scores on a recent audit to determine its compliance with federal information ...

On October 31, OIG for the Fed and the CFPB released its 2024 Audit of the Board’s Information Security Program. The audit found that the Board’s information security program continues to operate at a ...

The United States Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) recently issued a Compliance Supplement for 2019 that includes, for the first time, audit objectives for colleges and universities concerning ...

Information security auditing plays key role in providing any organization’s good security level. Because of the high cost, time and human resource intensiveness, audit expenses optimization becomes ...

Two years after the breaches that exposed the data of 22.1 million people, the Office of Personnel Management is still struggling to properly test its information security. A new audit by the agency’s ...

Security is about alleviating risks. Proper security audits help organizations spot weak points in their systems, processes and controls that hackers could potentially exploit or that insider threats ...

A smart contract security audit is a complete review to find and fix vulnerabilities in the code to protect against hacks and failures. Regular auditing is critical for robust security while also ...

A security audit is an independent review and assessment of an organization’s security protocols, processes and systems. An outside party conducts the audit and typically includes a detailed review of ...

Every company has to check the security credentials of its software vendors before signing on the dotted line to make a purchase. It usually involves a clunky non-digital process of signing NDAs and ...

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