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Fraudsters Thrive On Social Networking Sites
Information Security Resources | October 1st 2009 by Anthony M. Freed
By Internet Crime Complaint Center Infected users are often spreading additional malware by having infected Web sites posted on their Webpage without their knowledge. Friends are then more apt to click on these sites since they appear to be endorsed read more
Internet Security Alliance October Events
Information Security Resources | September 30th 2009 by Anthony M. Freed
From The Internet Security Alliance ISAlliance President Larry Clinton, in Estonia by request of the US State Department; Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Congress; ISAlliance/CyLab Webinar; CMU Software Engineering Institute one day course: read more
Fighting DDoS Attacks at the ISP Level
Information Security Resources | September 29th 2009 by Anthony M. Freed
By John M. Salomon, Information Security Consultant I had a workshop at the offices of a major international backbone provider recently on the subject of security logging/monitoring/response and DDoS defense for large companies. In the course of prov read more
Spreadsheets Are Not Good Enough For Asset Management
Income Tax Articles | September 28th 2009 by Zig Zag
We’ve all used them, spreadsheets, whether it’s to do a simple list of items, or whether you are looking to create advanced sums for business forecasts. Despite being a pain to use and not having all our required features, we still use th read more
i’m doing a streamline FHA refinance and my closing costs are…
FHA Loan Rates | September 27th 2009 by hendro iskandar
about ,000. Is this high? I was told to expect lower than usual closing costs with this streamlined refinance (i.e. no appraisal needed, no employment verification, etc). Related Articles Mortgage Refinancing Scams May Target Nervous Homeowners Di read more
What Are You Worth On The Black Market?
Information Security Resources | September 24th 2009 by Anthony M. Freed
From The CCCNews Team Ever wondered how much your online identity is worth to a cyber criminal? Cyber crime is now larger than the international drug trade. Nearly 10 million people have reported identity theft in the U.S. over the last 12 months a read more
Owning the Show: The Art Of Building Share Of Voice
Experiential Marketing 2.0 | September 24th 2009 by Ian McGonnigal
Locked in every trade show is a number. Someplace deep inside event demographics, and underneath all the hype and buzz of exhibitors, speakers and attendees you will find it. The number of people you really want to talk to. These are your targets read more
Legalized Extortion?
Canadian Restaurant Tax Advisor | September 23rd 2009
I’m going to describe a real case study and let you decide if the title of today’s blog is true. This situation occurred several years ago at a client’s restaurant in Ontario. My client operated a small, reasonably successful, re read more
The True Cost of Staff Theft
Canadian Restaurant Tax Advisor | September 23rd 2009
As restaurateurs, we are all well aware of the high incidence of theft by our employees. Proper supervision and other internal controls can help minimize theft. As prudent businesspeople, we try to balance the cost of detecting and preventing t read more
How do they do it (to you)?
Canadian Restaurant Tax Advisor | September 22nd 2009
I’m often asked by my clients and fellow restaurateurs how the tax auditors arrive at their reassessments for unreported sales. It is a pretty simple approach, though the calculations will boggle the minds of those who don’t know how to u read more
You’ve Been Selected
Canadian Restaurant Tax Advisor | September 22nd 2009
You will find out about your upcoming audit, when you receive an officious telephone call from the auditor assigned to your establishment. He or she will try to schedule a start date for the audit within the next couple of weeks. They don̵ read more
Webinar: The Financial Impact of Cyber Risk
Information Security Resources | September 22nd 2009 by Anthony M. Freed
From The Internet Security Alliance Thursday, September 24 at 2 Eastern: ISAlliance & AIA are pleased to offer an exciting FREE webinar: The Financial Impact of Cyber Risk. Virtually every company has calculated the benefits of electronic busi read more
Is Your Restaurant Going to be Audited?
Canadian Restaurant Tax Advisor | September 22nd 2009
If you operate a restaurant or bar that serves alcohol, you can be certain that you will come face to face with one or more government auditors, about every four years. Why? Provincial and federal tax authorities truly believe that under-reporting read more
Interview Questions Part 2
Know Software Testing | September 22nd 2009 by ram
Q. What is a Risk? What are the important components of the risk?A. Risk is a condition that will result in loss.The important components of risk are a) Probability the risk will occur b) Impact of the risk read more
Welcome!
Canadian Restaurant Tax Advisor | September 21st 2009
Welcome to my new blog that should be a ‘must read’ for restaurateurs and their financial advisors. My primary focus is on the audit procedures and practices used by Canada Revenue Agency (GST and income taxes) and the various provinc read more
Upcoming Chiropractic Seminars: Learn the Latest Billing, Coding…
Chiropractic Billing, Coding, Documentation Blog | September 17th 2009 by Tom Necela
Discover the latest strategies to maximize reimbursements AND reduce audit risk from Tom Necela, DC and The Strategic Chiropractor! New Red Flag/ Identity Theft Plan Needed by 11/2009 – get one FREE at the seminar! Medicare Recovery Aud read more
How to Prepare Your Company For FDA Audits
Health and Beauty | September 14th 2009
Like it or not, if your business is involved with the FDA in any way, sooner or later, you will run into an inspection. A surprise audit. And if you?re not prepared, your company could be seized, penalized, or even brought up on charges. Getting a read more
Measure Thyself
GO For Change | September 4th 2009 by Julie Gabrielli
The way I see it, change involves three key steps: measure your current impacts, receive a new vision, and map out a plan of action to get there. Well, here's a confession: I have had the vision and the action, but I never measured. read more
Internet Security Alliance September Events
Information Security Resources | September 3rd 2009 by Anthony M. Freed
From The Internet Security Alliance ANSI Identity Theft Standards Panel webinar "Lessons from the Data Breach at Heartland" by Bob Carr, CEO of Heartland Payment Systems; Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute Insider Threat Works read more
Childrens Evaluation
The soft stuff | September 1st 2009 by elizabeth morris
Childrens Evaluation There are two ways of thinking about childrens evaluation. One is to think of the ways in which children can evaluate themselves, their learning and their experiences. The second is about how to evaluate children in their enviro read more
California Fires - Federal Request for Info
Information Security Resources | August 31st 2009 by Anthony M. Freed
From The Internet Security Alliance Please respond directly to DHS via the contacts below if you have any relevant information: The Station Fire in northern Los Angeles County, CA is threatening the Mount Wilson Communications Facility. Some other f read more
What is an Audit? Why are they Important?
Top Accounting Schools | August 27th 2009 by Aline Mike
Most of us have heard the word audit but we rarely know what it actually means. If you are also trying to understand what an audit is then you are at the right place. An audit is basically an accounting technique in which the financial records of read more
Internet Security Alliance Review 8-22-09
Information Security Resources | August 22nd 2009 by Anthony M. Freed
From The Internet Security Alliance Twitter used to manage botnet; Nasty malware attack targets web developers; Obama site only offers malware; Exploding iPhone/iPods; Old-school virus threatens Delphi files; Attacks may come from inside computers; read more
Distressed Homeowners Fighting Back With Forensic Loan Audits
loans debt management | August 17th 2009 by Douglas Carpenter
Washington, DC - 6 November 2008. National Loan Audits, announced today that homeowners in trouble with adjustable rate mortgages, which have difficulties in their loans or amended who are behind the payments and the risk of losing their home, now ha read more
Internet Security Alliance Review 8-15-09
Information Security Resources | August 15th 2009 by Anthony M. Freed
From The Internet Security Alliance Seattle man used Limewire for identity theft; CA auto-immune update trashes systems; U.S. appeals court cans CAN-SPAM suit; ‘Zeus Bot’ in Internet postcards; Storage reliability questioned after high profile o read more
A Career in Auditing
Article Database | August 11th 2009 by triz
Abstract An auditor’s job is to evaluate the validity and reliability of an organization. The internal auditor acts as part of the company, performing specific tasks as directed, and monitoring the results in order to improve read more
Inside the Health Care Bill, aka HR3200
The Elephants Trumpet | August 7th 2009 by Tammy
Here’s the full link to a PDF of the healthcare reform bill http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=111_cong_bills&docid=f:h3200ih.pdf Be patient the PDF takes a little while to load There is a man by the name of P read more
Cyber Security at Critical Juncture in DC
Information Security Resources | August 7th 2009 by Anthony M. Freed
From The Internet Security Alliance Cyber security threats have reached a critical juncture. With attacks becoming more sophisticated and damaging, members of Congress and the Administration have taken note. The Obama Administration's recent cyber s read more
ISAlliance on International Cyber Security
Information Security Resources | August 6th 2009 by Anthony M. Freed
From The Internet Security Alliance The US Government must get its priorities right. Too often “cybersecurity” is confused with “anti-piracy.” The average Joe or Jane downloading copyrighted content from Youtube is not a cybersecurity issue read more
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