MANAGEMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR EVALUATING and reporting on a company’s controls. The external auditors are responsible for auditing management’s assertion and independently coming to their own ...

In its most recent guidance for compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley section 404 requirements for smaller entities, the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) has provided ...

The Committee of Sponsoring Organizations grew out of a private sector initiative known as the Treadway Commission in 1987. COSO was tasked to develop and explain an integrated framework for the ...

Internal fraud controls aren't fire-and-forget. Smart collaboration and ongoing improvement will help keep fraud in check. Here are the basics. There are several keys to effective prevention, but some ...

Internal controls are the security policies, procedures and tech that businesses and governments use to help prevent employee theft and financial error. Lack of ...