Monique Danao is a highly experienced journalist, editor, and copywriter with an extensive background in B2B SaaS technology. Her work has been published in Forbes Advisor, Decential, Canva, 99Designs ...

Work, even in teams such as IT audit, should be designed to address the business risks and opportunities that matter to the success of the organization. Earlier in my career I was an IT auditor ...

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 ...

A: Business owners looking for practical recommendations to improve or leverage their information technology (IT) and gain critical efficiencies should consider conducting an IT audit. “An IT audit is ...

Compliance is one of those thankless activities that add a lot more pain than gain to IT managers' and professionals' worklives. It's a matter of doing the minimum that needs to get done and be done ...

Phil Goldstein is a former web editor of the CDW family of tech magazines and a veteran technology journalist. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and their animals: a dog named Brenna, and ...

An audit trail consists of records that document every step in a business transaction. This may mean invoices for payments issued or sales contracts documenting revenue. Payroll and other human ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Lea Uradu, J.D., is a Maryland state registered tax preparer, state-certified notary public, ...