Articles & Resources
Prevent and Detect Insider Cyberattacks
In one recent cybercrime scheme, a mortgage company employee accessed his employer’s records without authorization, then used stolen customer lists to start his own mortgage business. The perpetrator hacked the protected records by sending an email containing malware to a coworker. This particular dishonest worker was caught. But your company may not be so lucky. […]
The Balanced Scorecard Approach to Strategic Planning
In the early 1990s, the Balanced Scorecard approach to strategic planning was developed to enable business owners to better organize and visualize their objectives. With 2021 shaping up to be a year of both daunting challenges and potentially remarkable recovery, your company should have a strategic plan that’s both comprehensive and flexible. Giving this methodology […]
Rightsizing Your Sales Force
With a difficult year almost over, and another one on the horizon, now may be a good time to assess the size of your sales force. Maybe the economic changes triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic led you to downsize earlier in the year. Or perhaps you’ve added to your sales team to seize opportunities. In […]
Real-World Insights — Lessons from an Accountant’s Stories Worth Retelling
LOOK FOR ANOMALIES —Sometimes, even the pennies can matter! Although this example deals with detecting fraud and not so much internal financial reporting, it illustrates that even pennies can mean a lot. Kern and Company had been hired by some municipalities to assess the fairness of sewer rates that Harrisburg City was charging the municipalities […]