Although this IT risk assessment template deals with risk assessment for disaster recovery requirements, it can be customized for other IT requirements. Head this way ...

In today’s world of interlocked companies and IT service providers, it’s standard practice for a company to ask its tech suppliers to fill out detailed questionnaires about their security practices.

The widespread use of information technology (IT) can introduce various risks that affect financial reporting and the audit process. To assist auditors in identifying and addressing these risks, the ...

While security threats evolve and challenges to managing organizational risk become more seemingly every year, the foundation of securing the business is knowing and understanding its vulnerabilities ...

Every business needs a risk management plan, whether it is as simple as purchasing liability insurance or so complex as to require full-time risk managers to execute it. Risk assessment and ...

[Excerpted from "How to Conduct an Effective IT Security Risk Assessment," a new report posted this week on Dark Reading's Risk Management Tech Center.] Many security and compliance projects begin ...

Tracy Harding, CPA, was on his way to work and looking forward to completing an audit he was working on. But on the way in, he heard a news report that changed the objective of his day. A local ...

Keeping up with the latest security threats can be a full-time job. Bad actors constantly find new ways to infiltrate company servers, databases and websites. The result is lost data, locked systems ...

With data at the core of any highly functioning and mature business, AI tools like Microsoft Copilot and Gemini are exposing vulnerabilities in the management of sensitive information. As these ...

The government's meaningful use initiative calls for healthcare providers to conduct risk assessments, but that's no easy task. The Health IT Policy Committee earlier this year noted the inability of ...