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Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales have been increasing every year—to the point that these deals run for almost a full week online. In 2019, during the holiday shopping frenzy, online shoppers spent more than $16 billion. The consistent growth of these sales, coupled with the increase in online shopping due to quarantine, points...

Businesses, governments, and individuals are forever attempting to stay one step ahead of web savvy hackers. Being aware of the most harmful computer viruses can help business owners and home users to potentially minimize risk and shore up their internet defenses. These new viruses represent some of the latest threats in the cyber world.

The...

The third week of October 2020 has been declared National Businesswomen’s Week. More than half of all accountants and auditors in the United States are women. To listen, to hear, and to celebrate the voices of these women is timely. It’s important to recognize their strides in their field and to identify implicit and explicit...

By Ben Sapet

Risk management operates on the principle that 10% of employees will always steal, another 10% will never steal, and the rest will steal under the right circumstances. Unfortunately for many companies, the Covid-19 pandemic has created the circumstances to push that hesitant 80% of employees to commit employee theft.

Putting on...

By Ben Sapet

In the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic, an estimated 62% of workers in the U.S. worked remotely as employers tried to reduce the spread of the virus. In what has been called “the world’s largest work-from-home experiment,” employers must make difficult decisions about providing office equipment to their remote workers....

By Staff writer

In the summertime, ice cream sales heat up. July is National Ice Cream Month after all (thanks to a Presidential Proclamation by President Ronald Reagan in 1984). August has plenty of ice cream themed days to celebrate also, including Ice Cream Sandwich Day, Frozen Custard Day, Ice Cream Pie Day, and Banana...

By now the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted most people’s lives significantly. And it’s bringing about more changes than just kids staying home from school and people working remotely. As the coronavirus spreads, so do the concerns of individuals and business owners. Companies are seeing business slowdowns, incurring revenue losses, experiencing disruptions in the supply chain,...

Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic disrupting the world, many people are dispersing to their homes to work and study. They’re taking their laptops and company data with them. Tech companies and IT staff members are swamped with requests to help employees set up the technology for their remote offices.

“People who have never...

“In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.”

Benjamin Franklin, 1817

Long, long ago, before there were forensic accountants and tax accountants, there were taxes. Taxes have roots that stretch back to the ancient world. More than 4,500 years ago, ancient Mesopotamians paid taxes in the form of livestock...

Hackers are inventive in many ways. Their lingo is no different. Like many groups, they have their own unique insider words and terminology. It’s a language that’s constantly evolving. While you don’t need to know the meaning of every word, it’s helpful to know terms relevant to things that might affect you.

Some hacker slang,...