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Lessons learned: trustee insights on preventing and responding to fraud in charities
- 04 Dec 2024
- Louisa Burton
- ICAEW
- Charity Community Newsletter
As a PhD Researcher from the University of Portsmouth, I interviewed officers of small charities who had experienced fraud for a recent study. These individuals shared valuable insights about how trustees can protect their charities against fraud.
What to expect from 2025
- 04 Dec 2024
- ICAEW Insights
- ICAEW Insights
We share predictions for the key trends and events that will shape life in the accountancy profession.
November cyber round-up
- 28 Nov 2024
- ICAEW Insights
- ICAEW
This month we look at criminals’ latest techniques, the 10th birthday of Cyber Essentials, fraud risk in the utilities sector, and how an artificial intelligence grandmother has joined the fight against cybercrime.
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Cybercrime and the impact on the legal sector
- 27 Nov 2024
- Nicci Barlow
- ICAEW
- Solicitors Community Newsletter
Cybercrime is expected to cost £8.5 trillion globally by 2025, highlighting the scale and sophistication of the cyber ecosystem. With the legal sector reportedly accounting for over 24% of global cyber-attacks, how can firms protect themselves from the ever-evolving cybercriminal?
Free CPD: Cyber security
- 20 Nov 2024
- ICAEW Insights
- ICAEW
Cybercrime continues to be a major threat to businesses and it’s not enough to just invest in protective technology. Update your knowledge on this ever-evolving topic with this free CPD-verifiable content.
BDO’s Ethics Watermark tackles AI’s new frontier
- 13 Nov 2024
- ICAEW Insights
- ICAEW
BDO senior leaders reveal to ICAEW members how the firm’s ‘ethics by design’ framework is meeting the artificial intelligence challenge.
Free resources: identify cyber vulnerabilities and create a tailored action plan for your charity
- 05 Nov 2024
- Kristina Kopic
- ICAEW
- Charity Community Newsletter
In today’s digital age, charities are increasingly reliant on technology to manage donations, communicate with stakeholders, and deliver services. However, this growing reliance on online systems also exposes them to significant cyber threats. Finance professionals and trustees play a crucial role in ensuring their organization’s cybersecurity, yet many lack the resources or expertise to address vulnerabilities effectively.
Payment scams, data hacks and Cyber Security Awareness Month
- 31 Oct 2024
- ICAEW Insights
- ICAEW
Cyber round-up: the continuing payment scams and personal data attacks on individuals, key takeaways from ICAEW’s Cyber Security Awareness Month campaign, and how to safeguard your data and business from harm.
Masterclass 6: Reviewing control processes
- 31 Oct 2024
- ICAEW Insights
- ICAEW
Jenny Blewett FCA, Head of Finance at Costello Medical talks about how she used generative AI to help check her firm’s banking controls when she was new in post.
AI: It’s only as good as the data you feed it
- 30 Oct 2024
- ICAEW Insights
- ICAEW
Without a well-managed body of subject-specific data at its core, an AI tool in your firm will not be able to help your clients properly, an insolvency practitioner explains.
Cyber: Assessing human cyber risk in your organisation
- 23 Oct 2024
- ICAEW Insights
- ICAEW
Cyber Security Awareness Month: Multiple surveys show that people are the weakest link in cyber defences. Karen Morrall ACA explains how businesses should manage and mitigate the human factor.
Cyber: your personal accounts could be arming cyber criminals
- 18 Oct 2024
- ICAEW Insights
- ICAEW
Cyber Security Awareness Month: Attendees at ICAEW’s annual cyber lecture learned about the government’s moves to tackle cybercrime, and how personal digital footprints can leave businesses vulnerable.
Cyber: the importance of security in supply chains
- 16 Oct 2024
- ICAEW Insights
- ICAEW
Cyber Security Awareness Month: often the weakest link in a company’s cyber security infrastructure, supply chains must be tightened to avoid costly, malicious breaches.
AI adoption challenges: an ethical dilemma for auditors
- 16 Oct 2024
- ICAEW Insights
- ICAEW
Artificial intelligence offers a lot of opportunities for audit firms and practitioners, but implementing AI solutions into audit functions comes with some complicated considerations.
Cyber: enhancing security when data sharing
- 15 Oct 2024
- ICAEW Insights
- ICAEW
Cyber Security Awareness Month: we consider the common cyber risks around data sharing and what processes, procedures and measures should be taken to mitigate them.
Cyber: accountants can mitigate supply chain concentration risk
- 10 Oct 2024
- ICAEW Insights
- ICAEW
Cyber Security Awareness Month: does your business risk relying too heavily on a few key suppliers? Diversifying and strengthening your supply chain could be essential for long-term resilience.
Cyber: how to help staff keep up with cybercrime
- 10 Oct 2024
- ICAEW Insights
- ICAEW
Cyber Security Awareness Month: Cyber threats are changing all the time, putting pressure on companies to educate staff effectively. But what is the right amount of training and what sort of tone should it take?
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Practical considerations
- 10 Oct 2024
- ICAEW
How do you practically get started with implementing AI during the deal cycle?
Cyber: is your insurance adequate in 2024?
- 08 Oct 2024
- ICAEW Insights
- ICAEW
Cyber Security Awareness Month: with the dynamic threat of cyber attacks and evolving regulations, businesses must ensure their cyber insurance policies are comprehensive and adaptable.
Why small accounting firms are prime targets for cybercriminals
- 08 Oct 2024
- ICAEW Insights
- ICAEW
Cyber Security Awareness Month: SMEs and small accounting firms are not taking cyber security seriously enough, according to Daniel Teacher.
Now cybercriminals can buy the tools to fool you
- 07 Oct 2024
- ICAEW Insights
- ICAEW
Cyber Security Awareness Month: With phishing attacks becoming increasingly commercialised, businesses need to do everything they can to help employees spot the danger, writes cybercrime journalist Chris Price.
I deepfaked myself. It was terrifyingly easy
- 07 Oct 2024
- ICAEW Insights
- ICAEW
How easy is it for criminals to create a deepfake of someone? ICAEW’s Head of Data Analytics and Tech, Ian Pay, decided to experiment with the technology.
Major cyber security risks and trends in 2025
- 07 Oct 2024
- ICAEW Insights
- ICAEW
Cyber Security Awareness Month: Organisations need to address risks through processes, protocols and procedures and not just buy that latest shiny technology.
Cyber security tops business risks, but AI on the rise
- 02 Oct 2024
- ICAEW Insights
- ICAEW
Poll of chief internal auditors reveals AI, cyber and digital threats will dominate the risk landscape for 2025 and beyond.
Update: cyber resilience can boost UK economic growth
- 26 Sep 2024
- ICAEW Insights
- ICAEW
Cyber roundup: there is a strong link between cyber security, resilience and the prosperity of the UK economy. A key component of resilience is ensuring critical national infrastructure remains secure and protected.
Cyber: CrowdStrike, new laws proposed and SCAM
- 31 Jul 2024
- ICAEW Insights
- ICAEW
In our latest round-up of cyber news and security insights for accountants and finance professionals, we explore what happens when cyber software goes wrong, new routes to Cyber Essentials and why you need to remember SCAM.
The ABCD+ of technology: cyber security
- 31 Jul 2024
- ICAEW Insights
- ICAEW
The ACA syllabus uses the ‘ABCD’ acronym to summarise the most impactful emerging technologies. Here, we explain the risks facing businesses and the importance of following best practice.
AI ‘will turbocharge cybercrime and fraud’
- 26 Jun 2024
- ICAEW Insights
- ICAEW
Chief internal auditors are worried that AI is likely to fuel a surge in cyber, fraud and economic crime, according to a new poll.
Cyber round-up: June 2024
- 26 Jun 2024
- ICAEW Insights
- ICAEW
Our latest round-up of cyber news features high-profile data hacks, insights into AI-enabled cyber security and the impact of heightened cyber risk ahead of the general election.
Supply chain: a cyber vulnerability blind spot
- 24 Jun 2024
- ICAEW Insights
- ICAEW
The supply chain is highlighted as the new frontier for cybercrime. Although activity can be outsourced, responsibility and accountability cannot, experts warn.
Tax news in brief 19 June 2024
- 19 Jun 2024
- ICAEW Insights
- ICAEW
Highlights from the broader tax news for the week ending 19 June 2024, including: a malware warning from HMRC; help from HMRC with submitting forms P11D and P11D(b); and developments in international tax.
Cyber round-up: May 2024
- 29 May 2024
- ICAEW Insights
- ICAEW
Supply-chain security, the growing peril of deepfakes, and the threat of ransomware are some of the big topics that continue to dominate the headlines.
New laws to bolster smart device security
- 07 May 2024
- ICAEW Insights
- ICAEW
Ban on default passwords part of legislation to help protect consumers from having their internet-enabled devices interfered with by hackers or cybercriminals.
Cyber round-up: April 2024
- 30 Apr 2024
- ICAEW Insights
- ICAEW
Our latest round-up of cyber news and insights features some of the key findings from recent government research on the UK’s cyber resilience, and the big stories from the past month.
How to overcome the digital euro challenge
- 15 Apr 2024
- ICAEW Insights
- ICAEW
As the digital revolution continues apace, plans for a digital euro offer significant benefits for society. Meglena Grueva looks at the journey from theory to practice.
Building up cyber security
- 09 Apr 2024
- Marc Mullen
- ICAEW
- Corporate Financier
Cyber security is an ever-increasing issue for businesses. Following the launch of the ICAEW Corporate Finance Faculty’s guide on cyber security in M&A, Marc Mullen looks at where advisers can help.
Cyber round-up: March 2024
- 27 Mar 2024
- ICAEW Insights
- ICAEW
This month we look at what can be learned from state-sponsored cyber attacks, how to avoid falling victim to increasingly sophisticated account takeover scams, and the ICO guidance on levels of fines for data breaches.
Accountability: building trust and ethics in the digital age
- 05 Mar 2024
- Gavin Aspden, PwC Partner and Professional Development Head
- ICAEW
New technologies are a force for good – they fuel innovation, improve efficiencies, enhance communication, and increase productivity – but they also raise new challenges that can be harmful. We’ve witnessed in recent years how technology has had undesirable consequences, with data breaches and online surveillance resulting in widespread concerns over privacy, security, and the spread of disinformation. This has eroded trust in businesses and institutions, while simultaneously knocking the confidence of businesses to fully embrace technological change.
Cyber round-up: February 2024
- 28 Feb 2024
- ICAEW Insights
- ICAEW
This month we look at the latest stories in the world of cyber, the lessons 2023 has taught us on how to improve cyber security, and the changes to the Online Safety Act.
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2024 prudential banking supervisory priorities
- 23 Feb 2024
- ICAEW Financial Services Faculty
- ICAEW
The PRA has published letters setting out its 2024 supervisory priorities for UK deposit takers and international banks.
How generative AI is set to disrupt finance
- 20 Feb 2024
- ICAEW Insights
- ICAEW
As its capabilities grow, Gen-AI is poised to shake up the finance function in general and accountancy in particular – but its risks and drawbacks cannot be ignored.
Code urges businesses to beef up cyber resilience
- 13 Feb 2024
- ICAEW Insights
- ICAEW
Cyber threats should be prioritised as a key business risk just like financial and legal challenges, the government says, as it seeks feedback on draft guidelines to help business leaders boost cyber resilience.
Cyber round-up: January 2024
- 30 Jan 2024
- ICAEW Insights
- ICAEW
As the year begins, organisations reflect on lessons learned in 2023, and set priorities and develop strategies for improving cyber security in 2024.
ICAEW leads charge against cyber-security threats in deals
- 24 Jan 2024
- ICAEW Insights
- ICAEW
Taskforce brings together the great and good of UK dealmaking to tackle the increasingly volatile and fast-moving nature of cyber-security risks.
Boards must seek assurance on supply chain security
- 10 Jan 2024
- ICAEW Insights
- ICAEW
A new report paints a stark picture of the potential fallout for businesses and consumers from supply chain disruption, including empty shelves, damaged reputations and business losses.
ICAEW Cyber round-up: December 2023
- 18 Dec 2023
- ICAEW Insights
- ICAEW
A look back at the year in cyber security.
Quantum computing is a cyber security gamechanger
- 30 Oct 2023
- ICAEW Insights
- ICAEW
In the ever-evolving arms race in cyber security, a new tool is emerging on the scene: quantum computing.
ICAEW cyber round-up: October 2023
- 27 Oct 2023
- ICAEW Insights
- ICAEW
This October marks the 20th anniversary of Global Cyber Security Awareness Month. In this round-up, we look at how cyber threats have evolved over the years and what this means for businesses and finance professionals.
You’ve been hacked: should you pay ransomware attackers?
- 26 Oct 2023
- ICAEW Insights
- ICAEW
In part two of our short series on what to do if you’ve been hacked, we look at whether you should pay up if you are the victim of a ransomware attack.
You’ve been hacked: how to respond in the first 48 hours
- 25 Oct 2023
- ICAEW Insights
- ICAEW
Your response in the first 48 hours after a cyber attack is critical. In the first in a short series, we look at the steps you should take to minimise the damage to your organisation and its reputation.
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