Audit & Governance Careers Advice - September 2019
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Posted on Monday, September 30, 2019 by CareersinAudit.com — No comments
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has caused an evolution of the regulatory landscape in the EU and arguably worldwide. Almost fifteen months later, CareersinCompliance thought it was time to unpack GDPR’s impact and look the where the regulation is focussed next. With the initial fear stemming from the possibility of €20 million fines or 4% of a company’s global turnover, aligning ...
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Posted on Monday, September 30, 2019 by CareersinCyber.com — No comments
Published: 30 Sep 2019 It has been a cyber buzz of 2019. Gender equality in the cyber space has saturated the media and when combined with the predicted 3.5 million cyber security job openings by 2021, it is evident why the issue has monopolised headlines. The need for gender equality and diversity spans industries yet the cyber space continues to lag whilst others flourish, or rather – ...
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Posted on Monday, September 30, 2019 by CareersinCyber.com — No comments
Published: 30 Sep 2019 p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #454545}p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #454545; min-height: 14.0px} Whilst closely linked and often used interchangeably by most, Information Security and Cyber Security are not synonymous. On a basic level both focus on protecting sensitive company ...
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Posted on Tuesday, September 24, 2019 by CareersinAudit.com — No comments
A recent report by ICAEW revealed some worrying figures on the pay disparity in accountancy and auditing. With the gap widening 5.4 percent since 2014, the report highlighted the average annual salary for males in senior auditing to be £100,900 compared to the female average of £63,900. This is a huge difference of 37 percent. The accounting and auditing profession offer excellent career ...
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Posted on Wednesday, September 18, 2019 by CareersinAudit.com — No comments
Whilst the perfect job is a fictional idea, a great job is not. Yet finding this elusive great job that manages to tick both your must-have and nice-to-have boxes can take considerable searching. For auditors, the Big Four represent a dominating portion of the industry. These four privately owned firms – KPMG, Ernst & Young (EY), Deloitte and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) represent the powerhouses ...
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Posted on Wednesday, September 18, 2019 by CareersinAudit.com — No comments
The recent vulnerability exposure of Slack, the American cloud-based team collaboration online tool provider, has raised renewed scepticism surrounding the safety of workplace communication platforms. With the assumption that internal networks like Slack, TeamViewer and Teams mean guaranteed security, attacks stemming from these platforms are catching companies vulnerable. Especially with those ...
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Posted on Wednesday, September 18, 2019 by CareersinAudit.com — No comments
If the news is anything to go by it’s looking more and more likely that Boris Johnson, unwittingly or not, is leading the UK towards a no deal Brexit. An uncertain state of affairs to say the least and one which will undoubtedly stir the nerves of businesses. For those working in audit , these are the things to consider as the 31 October deadline looms. The most practical advice is of course to ...
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Posted on Tuesday, September 17, 2019 by CareersinAudit.com — No comments
The European Union (EU) has just announced the EU Whistleblower Directive, an EU-wide protection which is the first of its kind for whistleblowers. Referred to as “pathbreaking legislation” by Transparency International , the legislation ensures a high level of protection against the conscious and inadvertent retaliation typically inflicted on whistleblowers. The call for stronger protection was ...
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Posted on Tuesday, September 17, 2019 by CareersinCyber.com — No comments
Published: 17 Sep 2019 With increasing cyber attacks linking back to insiders, are employees the greatest threat to a company’s security? Whether the insider is a disgruntled colleague, third party contractor or a careless employee, the potential enormity of a cyber attack from the inside is an underacknowledged threat. With these insider-caused incidents costing organisations almost double that ...
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Posted on Monday, September 16, 2019 by CareersinAudit.com — No comments
Whether actively or passively looking, creating a free account on CareersinAudit.com offers ongoing benefits. Having an account allows you to upload your CV , specify your Job Preferences , create a shortlist of jobs and instantly apply for positions. Our CV database is the first point of call for recruiters when searching for skill professionals. Uploading your CV as part of your ...
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Posted on Thursday, September 5, 2019 by CareersinCyber.com — No comments
Published: 05 Sep 2019 Artificial Intelligence is an indisputable factor in the way we do business now and it will only continue to reinforce our processes and operations moving forward. Driven by big data analytics, supervised and unsupervised machine learning; the question is to what degree the power of AI can change the face of cybersecurity in order to streamline business? At face value, ...