Cybersecurity & Privacy: Regulatory and Reporting Issues for CPAs FLEXCAST
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4.0 Credits
Member Price $196.00
Non-Member Price $225.00
Overview
This course highlights the financial consequences of cybersecurity breaches and privacy violations and explains the role the CPA should play in addressing these issues. Small businesses are often barely aware of their exposure. Increasingly, monitoring and reporting on data breaches involves both internal and external accountants. Threats from data breaches and privacy violations affect every company.
Highlights
The Threats. Cybercrime is an Industry. B2B IOT and Data Security. COVID-19 Cybersecurity Challenges and Budgets. Privacy, Data Analytics & Coronavirus. The Equifax Data Breach. US Regulatory Responses to Cybersecurity and Data Breaches. Regulating Privacy GDPR and CCPA. Accounting and Disclosure. COSO Managing Cyber Risk in a Digital Age.
Prerequisites
None.
Designed For
CPAs, auditors, consultants, and financial and managerial professionals.
Objectives
Gain an overview of the changing cybersecurity landscape. Study cases involving data breaches and their effects on the company’s controls and information systems. Recognize the accounting and audit standards which address data controls and breaches. Appreciate the fragmented regulatory environment that companies face in cyber reporting. Become familiar with the assurance services that can mitigate risk. Keep up to date on privacy regulation in the digital economy. Understand the challenges in obtaining adequate cyber insurance coverage.
Preparation
None.
Notice
This is a FlexCast (no exam required) and may be viewed only Monday - Saturday, 5am - 5pm PT. You may take up to one year from the date of purchase to complete the course. Pause your FlexCast and resume at a convenient day during the hours above. Partial credit for 2+ credit courses: If you are unable to complete the course in one sitting, partial credit can be awarded (minimum of one credit). To earn the remaining credits, you must return later and start the course from the beginning. Use chat to ask questions of a subject matter expert during the program.
Leader(s):
Leader Bios
Ray Thompson, Western CPE
Dr. Ray Thompson, CBA, CFM, CMA, is an emeritus associate professor of accounting and finance at the University of Pittsburgh. He served as department head at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown (UPJ) campus for over 25 years. He was the associate director of UPJ’s Entrepreneurial Development Assistance Project, where he was involved in financial consulting and assisting in preparing loan proposals for small business start-ups. He has taught in graduate and undergraduate business programs in Europe, Africa, and the United States.
Ray received his BS and MS degrees in economics and systems dynamics from the University of Bradford in the United Kingdom, his MBA in accounting from Xavier University in Ohio, and his PhD in business administration from Nova University. Ray is also certified in financial management and is a certified management accountant (CMA), a certified business appraiser (CBA), and holds the accredited valuation analyst credential from the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (NACVA). He recently became certified in IFRS though the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
Non-Member Price $225.00
Member Price $196.00