Risks of SaaS assessing and managing the risk

Risks of cloud software are detailed in this Grant Thornton publication http://www.grantthornton.com/portal/site/gtcom/menuitem.91c078ed5c0ef4ca80cd8710033841ca/?vgnextoid=288fa42c5c13f210VgnVCM1000003a8314acRCRD&vgnextfmt=default

SOX 404 audits and Risk assessment

The point about this article is that there is more than just looking back  that is important in company audits   http://accounting.smartpros.com/x72966.xml

PCAOB and its critique of a big 4

 in terms of audit quality controls   http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/17/us-deloitte-pcaob-idUSTRE79G6EQ20111017

China regulators quiz large audit firms about

audit information that is shared with oversears regulators.
 http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/19/us-china-accounting-idUSTRE79I16420111019

Worst corporate boards of the last decade

See this article http://www.thedailybeast.com/galleries/2011/09/23/10-worst-corporate-boards-photos.html

ASB issues SAS 122-124 from Clarity Project

A description follows here.  http://www.aicpa.org/InterestAreas/FRC/AuditAttest/Pages/DescriptionofClarifiedSASs.aspx

Resources from AICPA to combat fraud

and look at risk http://www.aicpa.org/INTERESTAREAS/BUSINESSINDUSTRYANDGOVERNMENT/RESOURCES/CORPORATEGOVERNANCERISKMANAGEMENTINTERNALCONTROL/Pages/riskmanagmentandinternalcontrol.aspx