Today many companies recognize the desirability as well as the requirement to have an effective system of internal control. Yet, designing and implementing a cost-effective system of internal control ...

Craig is the founder/CEO of compliance operations software company Hyperproof and an expert in the compliance, risk, and technology space. In today’s volatile environment, organizations need to have ...

In this modern-day industrial revolution of power and energy, efficiency stands firmly in the spotlight of research and development. Highlighting its importance as perhaps the most critical aspect in ...

Internal controls play an integral role in a company’s success, but many young accounting and finance professionals enter their careers without a clear understanding of their importance. I recently ...

Of all the tools rushed to market to help companies comply with Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOA) requirements, the potential of those developed by the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) vendors themselves is ...

Distributed energy storage (DES) is an enabling technology for the future power grid. Largely composed of advanced electrochemical batteries, DES systems increase the efficiency of large centralized ...

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 ...

IMGCAP(1)][IMGCAP(2)]Effective internal controls reasonably prevent material misstatements in financial reporting and fraud, but poor internal controls have hurt businesses, investors and the public ...