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Special: IT Advisory
Preface
It is with great pleasure that I write the preface for this international Compact special. KPMG IT Advisory has published…
Facts to Value
Decisions are increasingly being made on the basis of business cases built on quantitative data rather than qualitative factors and…
Successful Governance, Risk and Compliance within reach
In recent years, businesses have clearly been developing initiatives to promote cooperation among, and even integration of, the organizational units…
Privacy by Design: From privacy policy to privacy-enhancing technologies
Privacy protection in organizations is often a matter of legal and organizational procedural measures. However, privacy legislation is also concerned…
Establishing a Tax Control Framework: The utility and necessity of IT
The Dutch Tax Administration has developed a new approach to supervise tax paying organizations. It is called “horizontal supervision.” A…
SAS 70 revised: ISAE 3402 will focus on financial reporting control procedures
Many people now know that the current SAS 70 standard is going to be fundamentally changed. Expectations are that it…
Assurance in the cloud
Cloud computing seems likely to outgrow the hype stage in 2011. There is a growing realization that cloud computing has…
AudIT Innovation
How do I get more value from my SAP system? This was the title of a study conducted by KPMG…
Effective master data management
The article is intended as a quick overview of what effective master data management means in today’s business context in…