Best Practices for Mitigating Risk in Expense Reporting Platforms
Expense reporting platforms have simplified the review and approval processes, making it easier to submit documentation for payment. However, this convenience can also lead to less stringent review of submitted documents and opportunities for changing electronic receipts. As a result, organizations need to implement best practices to reduce the risk associated with these reporting systems….
Kashif Ali Recognized in CIOLook’s Top 10 Pioneering Business Leaders to Follow
GRF’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Kashif Ali, MCITP, MCTS, Security+, has been named one of CIOLook’s Top 10 Pioneering Business Leaders to Follow in 2023. In the latest edition of their magazine, CIOLook profiles the excellence of 10 business leaders who inspire and motivate their teams with vision, innovation, empathy, and courage. CIOLook is a…
How Internal Audit Can Support Whistleblower Investigations
Do you know if an employee is stealing from your company? Quite often, the first hint of a problem comes from an insider tip. Having a comprehensive whistleblower program in place is a powerful early warning mechanism for identifying potential fraud or misconduct. If you have an internal audit function, you already have the tools…
Top 5 Tax Tips for Small Business Owners
By Jennifer Galstad-Lee, Senior Manager, Tax Services Small business owners have double-duty during tax season – preparing and filing their own taxes as well as taxes for their small business. With so many demands on their time already, tax season can be cause for dread, but advance planning and organization can make life a little…
Aligning Business Continuity Planning with Third Party Risk Management
Does your organization know all the third-party vendors who access and manage data on your behalf? In the event of a disaster, any gaps in responsibilities, security, and communications prolong the outage of business operations, so it’s better to identify and eliminate these gaps now before a disaster happens.
Essential stages of a third party risk management program
Developing and maintaining a third party risk management (TPRM) program can help to reduce the overall risk to your organization. What is TPRM? In short, it is the process of analyzing and mitigating risks associated with working relationships with outside entities. These parties can include everyone from contractors providing janitorial services to suppliers of a…
Four Things You Can Do Today to Improve Your Cybersecurity Posture
Cybersecurity is always changing and evolving as threats grow. Here are ideas that you can start on today that will help reduce your risk and improve your cybersecurity posture: 1. Require Multi-Factor Authentication Having multi-factor authentication (MFA) is essential for granting access to confidential data. It helps to reduce the risk of credential loss and…
2023 National 8(a) Association Conference Trends
This premier annual conference provides education and supplier diversity networking for small businesses. This year’s event was held at the Hyatt Regency New Orleans from February 13 through 15 and was sold-out. Clearly, many small businesses are ready to travel again for in-person events! In addition to making introductions to federal agencies and prime contractors,…
Accounting Technology Demos: Building a Stronger Budget vs. Actual Reporting in Sage Intacct
Sage Intacct is a flexible and configurable accounting software solution is built on a true cloud configuration, so you can access Enterprise Resource Planning software over the intranet. Sage Intacct brings robust technology infrastructure to any organization, making it easy to share data and integrate with best-of-breed solutions without the sky-high IT costs.
Budgeting and Planning Solutions that Replace Excel
Budgeting and Planning Solutions that Replace Excel