Auditing database activity is a core component to any data security program. Databases capture data access and alterations during transaction processing, along with modifications to the database ...

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A longtime mainstay for audit and assurance professionals, ITAF was last updated in 2020. The comprehensive IT audit framework establishes standards that address IT audit and assurance practitioners' ...

The Institute of Internal Auditors has published a new guide to help auditors deal with the challenges of “big data,” the huge volumes of structured and unstructured information that’s being generated ...

Many seasoned database administrators howl in protest at the mere suggestion of running native auditing functions due to the poor performance and log management headaches that often come with auditing ...

Regulatory compliance is a critical aspect of the IT landscape these days, and the ability to audit database activities showing who did what to which data when is a specific requirement of many ...

Data security, once the realm of the IT department, has catapulted into a headline-grabbing topic in 2018, especially in light of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony before Congress in April.

Most companies are subject to audit, be these quality or financial. Audits, as defined in the internal standards for quality audits, ISO 19011:2018—Guidelines for auditing management systems, are a ...

Value stream management involves people in the organization to examine workflows and other processes to ensure they are deriving the maximum value from their efforts while eliminating waste — of ...

In an effort to make the audit process more efficient and effective, the AICPA Assurance Services Executive Committee (ASEC) has developed voluntary audit data standards that would standardize the ...