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How a company’s culture can limit data breaches Logo cgma

  Neil Amato |   Free |   CGMA |   08 Nov 2016 |   CGMA.org

Strong internal controls, robust training and education, and stringent data management policies have been shown to reduce employees' carelessness with valuable information such as a company's strategic vision or its customers' personal data. But all that supposed strength – website filtering, complex password requirements, and two-factor authentication – is trumped by a softer and sometimes forgotten way to cut down on data breaches from unintentional employee mistakes: company culture.

Topics covered:
  • Management accounting: Business: Process management, Foundational
  • Management accounting: Technical: Accounting information systems: Information systems environment, Foundational
  • Management accounting: Technical: Accounting information systems: Accounting information systems and digital technologies, Foundational

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